Rhedir gan School of Ocean Sciences

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

1 week residential field course the week before welcome week at the beginning of third year. Taught in Semester 1

Trefnydd: Dr Martin Austin

1. To provide an interdisciplinary, holistic, observational investigation of a Holocene coastal barrier complex.

2. To provide practical training in techniques used by oceaonographers in shallow water and intertidal environments.

3. To use geophysical, sedimentological, and micropalaeontological data to formulate and test hypotheses on estuarine processes and coastal barrier evolution.

4. To understand how a sedimentary facies is determined by pre-, syn-, and post-depositional processes.

The principal component of this double module is a residential field course in the Carmarthen Bay area. The field course is centred on a macrotidal estuary and adjacent coastal barrier and it is designed to teach students the essentials of field techniques in shallow water oceanography and intertidal geophysics and micropalaeontology. Students gain practical experience of measurements of estuarine and foreshore dynamics, sediment transport, surficial sediment thickness and structure, foraminifera ecology, and Quaternary stratigraphy. They gain experience of data collection from small boats. Most of the work is done in teams of 2-3, some in teams of up to 8, students. All of the data collection requires team effort. The acquired dataset enables students to test hypotheses and synthesise processes on time scales of 10(-2) to 10(3) years, and to produce an integrated model of Holocene coastal evolution. There are associated practical sessions in Menai Bridge.

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Ability to collect and present data with clear awareness of precision and accuracy; good knowledge of the coastal barrier and estuarine systems gained from the field course; clear ability to test hypotheses and to integrate information; good evidence of ability to integrate data on a range of time scales.

ardderchog

Ability to collect and present data with developed awareness of precision, accuracy and matters of data quality assurance; excellent knowledge of the coastal barrier and estuarine systems gained from the field course and from wider reading; developed ability to test hypotheses and to integrate information; good evidence of creative ability to integrate data on a range of time scales.

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Ability to collect and present data with basic awareness of precision and accuracy; basic knowledge of the coastal barrier and estuarine systems gained from the field course; basic ability to test hypotheses and to integrate information; basic ability to integrate data on a range of time scales.

1. Show an appreciation of a complex field measurement programme in a hazardous environment in a responsible and safe manner with due attention to risk assessment, health and safety regulations, and environmental impacts

2. Identify individual and collective goals and responsibilities in a research group and collaborate within the group to maximise output

3. Analyse data and integrate several lines of evidence, to formulate and test hypotheses on estuarine sedimentary processes and coastal barrier morphodynamics and evolution

4. Understand the morphodynamics of a coastal barrier and estuarine system on a range of temporal and spatial scales with particular reference to human activities

5. Understand and utilise the strengths of an interdisciplinary, holistic approach to investigating a depositional sedimentary environment and facies

6. Analyse and synthesise field and laboratory data and information critically

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
LLYFR LOG NEU BORTFFOLIO	Fieldwork notebook		20.00
ADDRODDIAD	Scientific Report		80.00

		Oriau
Lecture	Lectures are given in Semester 1 after the field course to analyse and interpret data, thus providing support for the Scientific Paper assignment.	9
Private study	Data processing and interpretation. Preparing Scientific paper.	142
Fieldwork	Residential week long field course in South Wales in June: 8 hours per day.	42
Practical classes and workshops	3 x 2 hour computer practical sessions 1 x 1 hour laboratory practical session	7

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Ymwybyddiaeth o ddiogelwch - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch amgylchedd a hyder o ran cadw at reoliadau iechyd a diogelwch
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Mentora - Gallu cefnogi, helpu, arwain, ysbrydoli ac/neu hyfforddi eraill
• Gofalu - Dangos consyrn am eraill; gofalu am blant, pobl ag anableddau ac/neu'r henoed
• Rheloaeth - Gallu defnyddio, cydlynu a rheoli adnoddau (dynol, ffisegol ac/neu ariannol)
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.
• Arweinyddiaeth - Gallu arwain a rheoli, datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ac amcanion, cynnig arweiniad a chyfarwyddyd i eraill, ac ymdopi â'r pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig ag awdurdod o'r fath

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

The field course element of this module is paid for by the School of Ocean Sciences. Students are however required to pay for their food and drink during the field course.

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/osx-3007.html

Rhagofynion

• OSX-1005: Fundamentals of Oceanography
• OSX-2004: Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes
• OSX-2007: Ship-based field course

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• F841: BSC Coastal Geography year 3 (BSC/COASTG)
• F650: BSC Geological Oceanography year 3 (BSC/GEO)
• F62F: BSc Geological Oceanography year 3 (BSC/GEOF)
• 8S54: BSc Geological Oceanography (with International Experience) year 4 (BSC/GEOIE)
• F842: BSc Marine Geography year 3 (BSC/MARG)
• F710: BSC Marine Environmental Studies year 3 (BSC/MES)
• F713: BSc Marine Environmental Stud with International Experience year 4 (BSC/MESIE)
• F79P: BSc Marine Environmental Studies year 4 (BSC/MESP)
• F652: MSci Geological Oceanography year 3 (MSCI/GO)

Opsiynol mewn cyrsiau:

• CF17: BSC Marine Biology/Oceanography year 3 (BSC/MBO)
• F7F6: BSc Ocean and Geophysics year 3 (BSC/OGP)
• F700: BSC Ocean Science year 3 (BSC/OS)
• F840: BSc Physical Geography and Oceanography year 3 (BSC/PGO)
• F712: MSci Marine Biology and Oceanography year 3 (MSCI/MBO)
• F71P: MSci Marine Biology and Oceanography with Placement Year year 4 (MSCI/MBOP)