EN3004 Marine Pollution and Control Syllabus:
EN3004 Marine Pollution and Control Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To educate the Coastal and Marine environment.
To educate the ocean dynamics
To sources of marine pollution and methods for monitoring, modeling and control.
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 MARINE POLLUTION
Sources of marine pollution – point and non-point sources, pollution caused by effluent discharge, oil exploration, dredging, offshore mining, port and harbour activities, power plants, agriculture runoff, plastic waste, marine debris and marine litter – effects of marine pollution on marine water quality and coastal ecosystems.
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.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Ability to know about marine environment.
CO2 Understand the physical concepts lying behind the oceanic currents and natural processes of various activities happening over the marine environment.
CO3 Acquired knowledge on the marine pollution and the effect of the same on the ecology.
CO4 Should have gained knowledge on remote sensing and various other techniques for measuring and monitoring oceanic environment parameters.
CO5 Should have acquired knowledge on control of marine pollution and sustainable development.
REFERENCES:
1. “Marine Pollution (5th Edition) R.B. Clark, C. Frid and M Atttrill Oxford Science Publications, 2001
2. Marine pollution Dr.P.C.Sinha , Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1998.
3. “Problems of Marine Pollution” : India and Canada, Raghavan, Sudha , Eastern Book Corporation, Delhi, India, 2005
4. Laws, E.A., “Aquatic pollution”, an introductory text. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2018.