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Syllabus
| Date | Lecture # | Topic Background Reading PPT = PowerPoint file |
Lecturer |
| M Mar 28 | 1 |
Introduction, Marine Science at OSU
Please REVIEW the COURSE WEB SITE! PPT | Marine Science at OSU web site |
Wright/Duncan Guest speaker: John F. Kennedy |
| W Mar 30 | 2 | The Study of the Oceans | PPT | Wright |
| F Apr 1 | 3 | Shape of the Ocean Floor | PPT
Additional Resources: |
Wright |
| M Apr 4 | 4 | The Shifting Crust/Plate Tectonics |
PPT Today's Tunes: Fathoms Below | Under the Sea
Additional Resources: |
Wright |
| W Apr 6 | 5 |
Creation, Aging, and Recycling of the Ocean Floor |
PPT
|
Duncan |
| F Apr 8 | 6 |
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and the Oregon Coast | PPT
Additional Resources: |
Duncan |
| M
Apr 11 |
7 |
Hot Spots, Plumes, and Mass Extinctions |
PPT
Additional Resources: |
Duncan |
| W
Apr 13 |
8 |
Origin and Distribution of Marine Sediments | PPT
| Duncan |
| F
Apr 15 |
9 | Paleoceanography and Climate Change | PDF (WARNING: 30.7 Mb in size!) |
Guest speaker Andreas Schmittner |
| M Apr 18 | 10 |
Properties of Seawater | PPT
|
Duncan |
| W Apr 20 | -- | STUDY GUIDE | -- |
| F
Apr 22 |
11 |
Chemical and Physical Structure of the Oceans | PPT
Additional Resource: |
Duncan |
| M Apr 25 | 12 |
Ocean Acidification and Carbon-Cycle
| PPT
Additional Resource:
Today's Tune:
Hawaii Five-0 |
Guest speaker Jack Barth |
| W Apr 27 | 13 |
Ocean Surface Circulation | PPT NASA web site Coriolis movie Upwelling/Hypoxia movie (best in Firefox) Today's Tune: Swim |
Guest speaker Jack Barth |
| F Apr 29 | 14 |
Deep Ocean Circulation | PPT
Methane Hydrate movie Gulf Stream "geoengineering" movie Today's Tune: Pukaea (by Oceania) |
Guest speaker Jack Barth |
| M May 2 | 15 | El Niño and La Niña | PPT Pressure Demo El Niño animation El Niño animation/La Niña animation La Niña animation |
Wright |
| W May 4 | 16 |
Satellite Oceanography |
PDF Today's Tune: POTC Orchestra of One!
Additional Resources: |
Guest Speaker Ted Strub |
| F May 6 | 17 |
Waves in the Ocean | PPT
Today's Tune: The Ocean - Led Zeppelin Energy Demo Wave motion animation | Wave refraction animation |
Wright |
| M May 9 | 18 |
Waves cont. | PPT
Today's Tune: This is the Sea - the Waterboys Oregon Coastal Atlas OSU Wave Tank Movie
Additional Resources: |
Wright |
| W May 11 | 19 |
Gliding Through Coastal Oceanography | PPT Movie 1 | Movie 2 | Movie 3 Additional Resource: Real-Time Glider Data |
Guest Speaker Kipp Shearman |
| F May 13 | 20 |
The Prince of Tides
| PPT
Today's Tune: SpongeBob Pirates
Additional Resource: |
Wright |
| M May 16 | -- |
STUDY GUIDE
Today's Tune: Jaws |
-- |
| W May 18 | 21 | Ocean Wave Energy |
PPT (33.8 Mb!)
Additional Resources: |
Guest speaker Ted Brekken |
| F May 20 | 22 | Oregon Intertidal
Communities | PPT
Today's Tune: Techno Pirates of the Caribbean Oregon Coastal Atlas link Common Species Handout Oregon Field Guide: Tide Pool Features |
Wright |
| Saturday May 21 | -- | FIELD
TRIP to OREGON COAST
Additional Resources: |
Wright |
| M May 23 | 23 | Biological
Productivity/Ocean Ecosystems | PPT Today's Tune: Into the Ocean - Blue October Reminder: Evals of Instructors and TAs in labs this week |
Wright |
| W May 25 | 24 | Life in the Deep
Blue | PPT
Today's Tune: Oceans - Pearl Jam Additional Resources: Giant squid link Experience a whale dive (courtesy of FW 302) |
Wright |
| F May 27 | 25 |
Coastal Zone Management | PPT
Today's Tune: Theme from The Cove Additional Resources: Wave Energy Research Center Human Dimensions of Wave Energy Generation Impacts on Beaches and Shorelines Ocean Acidification Changes in Upwelling State Planning |
Guest Speaker Flaxen Conway |
| M May 30 | -- | MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY | -- |
| W Jun 1 | 26 | Human Impacts and Ocean Uses | PPT | Duncan |
| F Jun 3 | 27 | Review for Final | Duncan/Wright |
| Wednesday, June 8 | -- | FINAL EXAM 6:00-8:00 p.m., Gilfillan The Goonies "R" Good Enough |
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