Marine Geology

GLY 5736- Fall 05

Date	General Topic	Readings
Aug. 24	Introduction and Overview	OB Ch 1 (Intro)
Aug. 27	Ocean Basins and Provinces	OB Ch 2 minus 2.3
Aug. 29	Crust/Lithosphere	OB Ch. 4
Aug. 31	Mid Ocean Ridges (Perfit)	OB sec 2.3
Sept. 3	LABOR DAY
Sept. 5	Mid Ocean Ridges (Perfit)
Sept. 7	Mid Ocean Ridges (Perfit)
Sept. 10	Discussion- Ocean Crust
Sept. 12	Convergent Margins	(proposal topic)
Sept. 14	Passive Margins	OB Ch. 3
Sept. 17	Discussion- LIPs and Hotspots
Sept. 19	Shallow Ocean Circulation	Any intro text
Sept. 21	Ocean Circulation	MBC section 2.4
Sept. 24	Deep Ocean Circulation
Sept. 26	Discussion- Ocean Conveyor
Sept. 28	Ocean Geochemical Cycles	OB Ch. 7; MBC Ch 2 to 2.2
Oct. 1	Geochemical Cycles and Sediments	MBC Ch. 2.2 on (proposal outline and refs)
Oct. 3	Marine Sediments	MBC Ch 1; OB sec. 6.1
Oct. 5	MIDTERM
Oct. 7	Marine Sediments
Oct. 10	Carbonate Systematics	OC Ch. 3
Oct. 12	Discussion- Carbonate Sediments
Oct. 15	Dating
Oct. 17	Dating
Oct. 19	Dating (?)
Oct. 22	Continental Margin Sedimentation (Jaeger)	MBC Ch. 4
Oct. 24	Continental Margin Sedimentation (Jaeger)	MBC Ch. 4
Oct. 26	Sequence Stratigraphy (Jaeger)

Oct. 29	Discussion- Continental Margin Sedimentation
Oct. 31	Interstitial Fluids/Early Diagenesis	MBC Ch. 5 (Proposal introduction)
Nov. 2	HOMECOMING
Nov. 5	Discussion- Hydrothermal Fluids	OB Ch. 5
Nov. 7	Paleoceanography- Goals and Methods
Nov. 9	Paleoceanography- the Past 100 m.y.
Nov. 12	VETERAN’S DAY
Nov. 14	Fluid Flow (Screaton)	OPD Hydrogeology PPG Rpt
Nov. 16	Pleistocene Paleoceanography
Nov. 19	FINAL
Nov. 21	Discussion- Paleoceanography
Nov. 23	THANKSGIVING -EAT TURKEY
Nov. 26	Presentations
Nov. 28	Presentations	(Proposals due 11/28)
Nov. 30	Presentations
Dec. 3	Presentations
Dec. 5	Presentations
Dec. 7	No class- Proposal Reviews Due

Red = no class

Blue= Ellen out of town

OB = The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution

MBC = Marine Biogeochemical Cycles