Simon Brassell
TEXT
World's Oceans
by
Duxbury, Duxbury &
Sverdrup
W.C. Brown
6th ed. (2000)
GY126
ASSIGNMENTS
6 web-based exercises
EXAMS
3 Tests
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* Planned sequence of lecture topics, and web-based exercise assignments.
* The proposed timing for presentation of specific class topics, reviews & exams.
* Dates of issue and for discussion of the exercise assignments.
Comments:
* All timings for lecture topics are subject to change, dependent on progress.
* The successive sequence of topics and the dates of the exams are fixed.
* The exams will only test topics that have been covered in class.
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Introduction and Handouts |
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History of Oceanography |
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MLKing Jr. Holiday: No class | ||
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Water Planet |
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Plate Tectonics |
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Exercise
1.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes |
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The Sea Floor and Its Sediments |
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The Physical Properties of Water |
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Exercise
2.
Plate Motion and Seafloor Topography |
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The Chemistry of Seawater |
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Review Session |
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Exam #1 |
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Structure of the Oceans |
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Exercise
3.
Ocean Temperatures and Salinities |
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Dynamic Processes in the Oceans |
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The Ocean and the Atmosphere |
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The Currents |
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Exercise
4.
Atmospheric Gases and Hurricanes |
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Spring Break | ||
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The Waves |
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Review Session |
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Exam #2 |
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The Tides |
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Exercise
5.
Ocean Currents and Waves |
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Coasts, Beaches and Estuaries |
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Oceans: Environment
for Life
Production and Life |
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Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean |
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Exercise
6.
Ocean Tides and Primary Production |
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Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea |
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Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor |
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Environmental Issues and Concerns |
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Review Sessions |
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Final Exam (2:45-4:45pm) |
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