G131 Oceans & Our Global Environment: Visuals
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Simon Brassell

TEXT

World's Oceans
by
A.C.Duxbury, A.B.Duxbury & 
K.A. Sverdrup
W.C. Brown
6th ed. (2000)
 LECTURES
MWF 12:20-1:10pm
GY126

ASSIGNMENTS
6 web-based exercises
(biweekly sequence)
EXAMS

3 Tests:
Multiple choice & short answer questions
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  Content:
   Links to visuals used for each lecture topic. 
   All of the materials presented on these pages are my original drawings and text, or were copied from existing web pages.  If any owner of the copyright to individual images objects to their use in this educational forum they may contact me by email: simon@indiana.edu.
Simon Brassell
January 14
Date(s)
 Topic
Ch.*






Jan 10
 Introduction
 
Jan 12/14
 History of Oceanography
Pro.
 Jan 19/21
 Water Planet
 1
Jan 24/Feb 2
 Plate Tectonics
2
Jan 28
 Exercise 1. 
 Earthquakes and Volcanoes
-
Feb 4/7
 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
3
Feb 9/14
 The Physical Properties of Water
 4
Feb 11
 Exercise 2. 
 Plate Motion and Seafloor Topography
-
Feb 16
 The Chemistry of Seawater
5
Feb 18
 Review Session for Exam #1
1-5
Feb 23/28
 Structure of the Oceans
6
Feb 25
 Exercise 3.
 Ocean Temperatures and Salinities
-
Mar 1/3
 The Ocean and the Atmosphere
7
Mar 6/8
 The Currents
8
Mar 10
 Exercise 4. 
 Atmospheric Gases and Hurricanes
-
Mar 20/22
 The Waves
9
Mar 24
 Review Session for Exam #2
6-9
Mar 29/Apr 3
 The Tides
10
Mar 31
 Exercise 5. 
 Ocean Currents and Waves
-
Apr 5/7
 Coasts, Beaches and Estuaries
11
Apr 10
 Oceans: Environment for Life
 Production and Life
13/14
Apr 12
 Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean
 15
Apr 14
 Exercise 6. 
 Ocean Tides and Primary Production
-
Apr 17
 Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea
16
Apr 19
 Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor
17
Apr 21
 Environmental Issues and Concerns
12
Apr 24/26/28
 Review Session for Final Exam
1-17