The following is a semi-detailed list of topics we will cover during the class, along with appropriate reading sections from your text, web links, and other notes. The instructor reserves the right to alter this schedule to fit class needs.
This
schedule is an evolving document, and you should check it at least
weekly
for updates and changes!! You are responsible for knowing about
any
updates to this schedule and its assignments each week!!!
| Week
1 (1/22) |
Introduction:
Class Information, Syllabus, Overview of Extent and Mapping of Oceans Chapter 1 Slides-Prologue Units and Sci Notation Lecture Notes |
Text Readings: Chapters 1
and 2 Assignment #1 Units and Sci Notation Worksheet |
| Week
2 (1/27,29) |
Quiz #1: Units and Scientific Notation Discussion: Ocean salinity and rationale, Discussion of Prologue and Ocean Exploration, Ocean Geography - Water Planet and Earth/Ocean Relationships. Water Planet Slides |
Text:
(Chapters 1 and 2) Discuss Ocean Salinity and PP Presentation Topics, Water Planet ideas. |
| Week
3 (2/3,5) |
Quiz #2
2/5-Thursday: Chap1 and 2 Complete Water Planet and Maps/Charts Physical Properties of Ocean Water: Chemical makeup of water, ice, density, heat capacity, Sound and Light Transmission, ATOC experiment, SOFAR, SONAR: Physical Properties Slides Presentation Schedule and Topics |
Text
Readings: Chapter 5 Prop of Water Study Questions Pgs. 151-152 (1-4, 6,7,10-14). Study Problems 1-5. - What is "acoustic thermometry?" - What makes "green icebergs" green? Physical Property Questions Answers |
| Week
4 (2/10,12) |
Physical
Properties of Ocean Water:
Chemical makeup of water, ice, density, heat capacity, Sound
and Light Transmission, ATOC experiment, SOFAR,
SONAR (continued) |
Complete
Physical Properties: Continue Readings from last week. Presentation #1 (2/12 Thursday) |
| Week
5 (2/17,19) |
Quiz
#3 Tuesday 2/17 StartThe Ocean Floor: Hydrothermal Vents, Sea-floor Spreading, New Concepts in Ocean Tectonics Dynamics; Plate Tectonics and Mid-Ocean Ridges, vents, hydrothermal zones. Plate Tectonics and Ocean Floor Slides |
Text Readings:
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics (Sections 3.3 and 3.4 and "Hot Spots pp.
78-82;
Section 3.7 Hydrothermal Vents; Box Recovery of Black Smokers); Presentation #2 (2/19 Thursday) |
| Week
6 (2/24,26) |
NOTE CHANGE! Ocean Floor,
Sediments and Basin Morphology Sediments and Basin Morphology Slides |
Readings:
Chap
4,Sections
4.1-4.2 (Seafloor),
Section 4.3 (Sediments) Study Questions: 1,2,3,7,12,13; Study Problems: #2,3,4. Presentation #3 (2/24 Tuesday) |
| Week
7 (3/3,5) |
Exam
#1 Thurs, March 5 Continue Ocean Floor, Sediments, Basin Morphology |
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| (3/9-3/13) |
SPRING BREAK! | |
| Week
8 (3/17,19) |
Chemistry of Ocean Water: Seawater Chemistry Slides |
Study Questions:
p170: # 4, 6, 11, 13, 15 Study Problems: p. 171: #1, 2,3,4 Presentation #4 (3/17 Tuesday) Presentation #5 (3/19 -Thursday) |
| Week
9 (3/24,26) |
Quiz #4 Tuesday,
3/22 Finish Seawater Chemistry |
Presentation #6 (3/26-Thursday) Answers to Study Seawater Chemistry Questions/Problems |
| Week
10 (3/31,4/ |
TOPEX/Poseidon
Satellite Mission: Video
Clips and Outline Start Ocean Thermal Salinity and Structure Ocean Thermal and Salinity Structure Slides |
Presentation #7 (4/2-Thursday) Readings: Chapter 8 (both text editions), Sections 8.1-8.4; Study Questions 6, 8, 10, 12. |
| Week
11 (4/7,9) |
Quiz #5 Tuesday
4/7 Ocean Thermal and Salinity Structure (complete) |
Presentation #8 (4/9 Thursday) |
| Week
12 (4/14,16) |
Exam
#2 Thursday, April 16 Exam #2 Review |
Exam
#2 Thursday, April 16 Presentation #9 (4/14Tuesday) Answers to Temp/Salinity and Ocean Structure Questions/Problems (week 11) |
| Week
13 (4/21,23) |
Required Seminar,Tuesday,April 21,7-8pm, 109 Bowers (No Class Meeting at 4:25) Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation, Currents; El Nino Winds and Currents Slides/El Nino Slides |
Required
Seminar: Tuesday, April 21 Chapter 7 pp. 172-177; pp. 184-188; pp 197-201 (El Nino). |
| Week
14 (4/28,30) |
Coastal
Oceanography Coastal Oceanography Slides |
Chap 12 (8th ed.)
: Coasts, Beaches and Estuaries. Pamphlet:
Coasts in Crisis Presentation #11 (4/28) Presentation #12 (4/30) |
| Week
15 (5/5) |
Final Class,
Tuesday, 5/5; Quiz #7 Tuesday Coastal Oceanography: Final Thoughts Exam Review |
Exam #3 Review Document |
| FINAL
EXAM |
Tuesday, May
12, 4:25-6:25 (same room) |
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