Marine Pollution and Control detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of marine pollution and control is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT Seas and oceans, continental area, coastal zone, properties of sea water, principles of marine geology, coastal features – beaches, estuaries, lagoons, salt marshes, mangroves and sand dunes-the oceans and climate, coastal zone regulation in india- national and international treaties.
Unit II
OCEAN HYDRODYNAMICS Wave theory, waves in shallow waters – refraction, diffraction and shoaling, approximations for deep and shallow water conditions – tidal classification – general circulation of ocean waters – ocean currents – coastal sediment transport – onshore offshore sediment transport – beach formation and coastal processes – Tsunamis, storm surge, El Nino effect.
Unit III
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Unit IV
MARINE POLLUTION MONITORING Basic measurements – sounding boat, echo sounders – current meters – tide gauge – use of GPS – measurement of coastal water characteristics – sea bed sampling – modelling of pollutant transport and dispersion – oil spill models – ocean monitoring satellites – applications of remote sensing and GIS in monitoring marine pollution – online marine pollution monitoring,
Unit V
MARINE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES Marine discharges and effluent standards, pollution control strategies – marine outfall design selection of optimal marine outfall locations – Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) applications – protocols in marine pollution control- Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and sustainable development.
Course Outcomes:
- Ability to know about marine environment.
- Understand the physical concepts lying behind the oceanic currents and natural processes of various activities happening over the marine environment.
- Acquired knowledge on the marine pollution and the effect of the same on the ecology.
- Should have gained knowledge on remote sensing and various other techniques for measuring and monitoring oceanic environment parameters.
- Should have acquired knowledge on control of marine pollution and sustainable development.
Reference Books:
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