Module Identifier | EA21510 | ||
Module Title | OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE GEOLOGY | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Alex Maltman | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Charles Bendall, Dr Robert Whittington | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 30 Hours Up to 10 x 3 hours | |
Assessment | Supplementary examination | 2 Hours | 100% |
Exam | 2 Hours Written examination, with the title of the essay on the ODP component, worth 25%, announced in advance. | 100% |
Topics to be addressed:
An introduction to Oceanography
Overview of oceanography. Open University Video
Techniques in Marine Geology
Marine Navigation; GPS. Research Vessels
Seabed and subseabed sampling; dredge and core sampling; divers; ROVs; submersibles; boreholes.
Satellite bathymetry. Single beam echo sounding. Swath bathymetry
Side Scan Sonar; basic physics of method; distortions; shelf surveying; GLORIA and TOBI surveying of the deep ocean.
Seismic reflection; basic physics of methods; analogue single channel reflection profiles; multi-channel digital reflection profiles.
The Ocean Drilling Programme (ODP)
Marine and laboratory techniques; range of the project; case studies on convergent plate margins.
Continental Shelves, Ocean basins, Tectonics and Sedimentation
Plate tectonics and the oceans; climate, waves, tides and ocean currents. Shallow marine siliciclastic sedimentation. Shallow marine carbonate sedimtation. Deep water sedimentation, turbidites and oozes.
Video linked into separate lecture courses above.
Waves Open University Video
Currents Open University Video
Oceans and Climate Open University Video
Global Sea Level Open University Video
The Ocean Floor Open University Video
Rockall Open University Video
Jamaica and the Sea Open University Video
Polar Science Open University and other videos
Marine Minerals Other videos
Deep Marine Life Other videos