GEOLOGY 5533
MARINE GEOLOGY
| WEEK | SUBJECT | REQUIRED READINGS |
| WEEK 1 | HISTORY OF MARINE GEOLOGY | 1. Kennett, Ch. 1, History of Marine Geology 2. Agassiz, A., 1888, The permanence of the continents and of the oceanic basins: In Agassiz, A., Three Cruises of the "Blake" I, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin, v.14, p.125-139. 3. Jackson, I.C., 1985, Exploration as Science: Charles Wilkes and the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42: American Scientist, v.73, p.450-461. |
| WEEK 2 | OCEAN BASIN GEOMORPHOLOGY | 1. Kennett, Ch. 2, Geophysics & Ocean
Morphology 2. Kennett, Ch. 7, The Oceanic Crust 3. Menard, H.W., 1958, Development of the median elevations in ocean basins: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.69, p.1179-1186. 4. Hamilton, E.L., 1956, Sunken islands of the Mid-Pacific Mountains: Geological Society of America Memoir 64, 97p. Students are also encouraged to visit the Marine Geology & Geophysics section of the National Geophysical Data Center |
| WEEK 3 | OCEAN BASIN TECTONICS | 1. Kennett, Ch. 3, Continental Drift &
Sea-Floor Spreading: Prelude to Plate Tectonics. 2. Kennett, Ch. 4, Plate Tectonics. 3. Hess, H.H., 1962, History of Ocean Basins: In Engel, A.E.J., James, H.L. and Leonard, B.F. (eds.), Petrological Studies: A Volume in Honor of A.F. Buddington, p.599-620. |
| WEEK 4 | GLOBAL GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES | 1. MacIntyre, F., 1970, Why the sea is salt:
Scientific American, v.223, p.104-115. 2. Siever, R., 1974, The steady state of the Earth's crust, atmosphere and oceans: Scientific American, v.230, p.72-79. 3. Edmond, J.M and Von Damm, K., 1982?, Hot springs on the ocean floor: Scientific American, v.???, p.78-93. 4. Haymon, R.M. and Macdonald, K.C., 1985, The geology of deep-sea hot springs: American Scientist, v.73, p.441-449. |
| WEEK 5 | OCEAN MARGINS | 1. Kennett,Ch. 11 2. Pratson, L.F. and Haxby, W.F., 1997, Panoramas of the seafloor: Scientific American, v.???, p.???. |
| WEEK 6 | PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS | 1. Kennett, Ch. 11, Divergent or Passive Margins |
| WEEK 7 | ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS | 1. Kennett, Ch. 12, Convergent or Active Margins |
| WEEK 8 | OCEAN CIRCULATION | 1. Anonymous, 1989, The atmosphere and ocean: In
Bearman, G (ed.), Ocean Circulation: Oxford, Pergamon
Press, p.13-29. 2. Anonymous, 1989, Ocean Currents: In Bearman, G (ed.), Ocean Circulation: Oxford, Pergamon Press, p.33-69. 3. Anonymous, 1989, Global Fluxes & Deep Circulation: In Bearman, G (ed.), Ocean Circulation: Oxford, Pergamon Press, p.159-204. |
| WEEK 9 | OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS | 1. Idyll, C.P., 1973, The anchovy crisis:
Scientific American, v.228, p.22-29. 2. Ramage, C.S., 1986, El Nino: Scientific American, v.254, p.77-83. 3. Cane, M.A., 1986, El Nino: Annual Reviews of Earth & Planetary Sciences, v.14, p.43-70. Students are also encouraged to visit the El Nino Home Page to learn about the latest ENSO warm phase. |
| WEEK 10 | SEA-LEVEL | 1. Fairbridge, R.W., 1960, The changing level of
the sea: Scientific American, v.202, p.70-79. 2. Kennett, Ch. 9, Sea-level History and Seismic Stratigraphy. |
| WEEK 11 | LIBRARY RESEARCH | No assigned readings. |
| WEEK 12 | SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY | 1. Kennett, Ch. 9, Sea-level History and Seismic Stratigraphy. |
| WEEK 13 | OCEAN SEDIMENTS | 1. Kennett, Ch. 13, Terrigenous Deep-Sea Sediments |
| WEEK 14 | BIOGENOUS SEDIMENTS | 1. Kennett, Ch. 14, Biogenic and Authigenic Oceanic Sediments |
| WEEK 15 | PALEOCEANOGRAPHY | 1. Kennett, Ch. 17, Approaches to Paleoceanography |
| WEEK 16 | PALEOCEANOGRAPHY | 1. Kennett, Ch. 19, Global Paleoceanographic Evolution: Critical Events in Ocean History. |