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Syllabus
| Date | Lecture # | Topic Background Reading PPT = PowerPoint file |
Lecturer |
| M Mar 29 | 1 |
Introduction, Marine Science at OSU
Please READ YOUR SYLLABUS! PPT | Marine Science at OSU web site |
Wright/Duncan Guest speaker: John F. Kennedy |
| W Mar 31 | 2 | The Study of the Oceans | PPT
Chapter 1 |
Wright |
| F Apr 2 | 3 | Shape of the Ocean Floor | PPT Chapter 2 |
Wright |
| M Apr 5 | 4 | The Shifting Crust/Plate Tectonics |
PPT Chapter 3 Additional Resource: Plate Tectonics Flash animations |
Wright |
| W Apr 7 | 5 |
Creation, Aging, and Recycling of the Ocean Floor |
PPT
Chapter 3 |
Duncan |
| F Apr 9 | 6 |
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes and Sea Level | PPT Chapter 3 Additional Resource: Biq Earthquake Coming Sooner than Thought (Oregonian article) |
Duncan |
| M
Apr 12 |
7 | Hot Spots, Plumes, and Mass Extinctions | PPT | Duncan |
| W
Apr 14 |
8 |
Origin and Distribution of Sediments | PPT Chapter 4
| Duncan |
| F
Apr 16 |
9 | Paleoceanography and Climate Change | PDF (WARNING: 30.7 Mb in size!) |
Guest speaker Andreas Schmittner |
| M Apr 19 | 10 |
Properties of Seawater | PPT
Chapter 5: pp. 133-151 |
Wright |
| W Apr 21 | -- | MIDTERM 1 | -- |
| F
Apr 23 |
11 |
Chemical and Physical Structure of the Oceans | PPT
Chapter 5: pp. 152-174 Additional Resource: Name That Sound in the Sea! |
Duncan |
| M Apr 26 | 12 | Chem/Phys Structure + Ocean Acidification and Carbon-Cycle | PPT | Duncan |
| W Apr 28 | 13 |
Ocean Surface Circulation | PPT Coriolis movie Chapter 6: pp. 185-207 |
Duncan |
| F Apr 30 | 14 |
Deep Ocean Circulation | PPT
Chapter 6: pp. 208-222 |
Wright |
| M May 3 | 15 | El Niño and La Niña | PPT Pressure Demo El Niño animation 1 | El Niño animation 2 La Niña animation |
Wright |
| W May 5 | 16 |
Waves in the Ocean | PPT
Chapter 7 Energy Demo Wave motion animation | Wave refraction animation |
Wright |
| F May 7 | 17 |
Waves cont. | PPT Chapter 7 Oregon Coastal Atlas OSU Wave Tank Movie
Additional Resources:
Tsunami animation |
Wright |
| M May 10 | 18 | Satellite Oceanography | PPT |
Guest Speaker Peter Strutton |
| W May 12 | 19 |
Gliding Through Coastal Oceanography | PPT Real-Time Glider Data |
Guest Speaker Kipp Shearman |
| F May 14 | 20 |
The Prince of Tides
| PPT
Chapter 8 Tidal cycle animation |
Wright |
| M May 17 | -- | MIDTERM 2 | -- |
| W May 19 | 21 | Ocean Wave Energy |
PPT (36 Mb!)
Additional Resources:
Related OSU Press Release |
Guest speaker Ted Brekken |
| F May 21 | 22 | Biological
Productivity/Ocean Ecosystems | PPT Chapters 9 and 10 |
Wright |
| M May 24 | 23 | Life in the
Deep Blue | PPT Chapter 9 Giant squid link |
Wright |
| W May 26 | 24 | Fisheries | PPT | Duncan |
| F May 28 | 25 | Oregon Intertidal
Communities | PPT
Oregon Coastal Atlas link Common Species Handout |
Wright |
| Saturday May 30 | -- | FIELD
TRIP to OREGON COAST
Additional Resources:
Seal Rock State Park |
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| M May 31 | -- | MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY | -- |
| W Jun 2 | 26 | Human Impacts and Ocean Uses | PPT | Duncan |
| F Jun 4 | 27 | Wrap Up & Review for Final | Duncan/Wright |
| Monday, June 7 | -- | FINAL EXAM 12:00-2:00 p.m., Gilfillan
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Last update: June 15, 2009
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