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GLY450-550: Geological Oceanography - Marine Geology Spring Semester 2007 University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Syllabus

Lecture Time/Location:   Tuesday-Thursday, 12:30-1:45, Deloach 101
Lab Time/Location: Monday 2:00-4:50, Deloach 120 unless notified otherwise.

Text: No up-to-date, in-print text book exists for this class, so each instructor will assign readings from appropriate books and primary sources for each topic. Copies of readings will be placed on reserve in the library, in a file in the G&G office, and/or as PDF files posted on instructors' web pages. Assigned readings on each topic should be completed prior to the class on that topic. Students are responsible for all materials in the assigned readings.

Attendance: Punctual attendance is required for all classes, labs, and field trips. If you must miss classes for a legitimate reason (serious illness, death in the immediate family, etc.), we will do what we can to help you make up what you missed, and any pertinent deadlines will be appropriately extended. Nevertheless, you are responsible for all readings and class notes that you may have missed.

Grading:

Lecture Exam I (WC) 25%
Lecture Exam II (LA) 25%
Lecture Exam III (RL) 25%
Labs, field trips, pop quizzes, and other assignments 25%
TOTAL 100%

Each instructor is responsible for 1/3 of the course and therefore 1/3 the final grade.

Honor Code: It is UNCW's stated policy that no form of dishonesty among faculty or students will be tolerated. Although all members of the university community are encouraged to report occurrences of dishonesty, honesty is principally the responsibility of the individual. Reporting and adjudication procedures have been developed to enforce the policy of academic integrity, to ensure justice, and to protect individual rights. The Student Handbook and Code of Student Life contains more details of the Honor Code.
 

Tentative Lecture/Lab Schedule - Abrams Section

Dates	Instructor	Topic/Reading
Feb. 15 (Th)	Abrams	Rocks & Minerals / Earth's Structure/ Press & Siever, Understanding Earth - , Chapter 3, - Chapter 4, - Chapter 19 (pp 485-497)
Feb. 19 (M.)	Abrams	Lab #1 Geology Basics: Rocks and Minerals
Feb. 20 (T.)	Abrams	Ocean Basin Physiography / Riddy, P. and D.G. Masson, The Sea Floor--Exploring a Hidden World, in Oceanography An Illustrated Guide, ed. Summerhayes, C.P. and S.A. Thorpe, Ch. 20, p. 300-313, John Wiley & Sons, 1998 Open University, The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 1
Feb. 22 (Th)	Abrams	Plate Tectonics/Earth's Magnetic Field Cox, A. and R. B. Hart, Plate Tectonics: How it works, Chapter 1 and chapter 8 Open University, The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 2 Press & Siever, Understanding Earth, Chapter 19 (pp 498-501)
Feb.26 (M.)	Abrams	Lab #2:  Ocean Basin Physiography/ Plate Tectonics (Deloach 120)
Feb. 27 (T.)	Abrams	Plate Tectonics Part 1 / Plate Tectonics Part 2 Cox, A. and R. B. Hart, Plate Tectonics: How it works, Chapters 1 and 8 Open University, The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 2 Press & Siever, Understanding Earth, Chapter 19 (pp 498-501)
Mar. 01 (Th)	Abrams	Formation of Oceanic Lithosphere/Structure of Mid-Ocean Ridges Open University, The Ocean Basin: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 4 The MELT Seismic Team, Imaging the Deep Seismic Structure Beneath a Mid-Ocean Ridge: The MELT Experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1218, 1998.
Mar. 05-09		Spring Break
Mar.12 (M)	Abrams	Lab #3 - Plate Tectonics & Magnetic anomalies
Mar. 13 (T)	Abrams	Structure of Mid-Ocean Ridges/ Open University, The Ocean Basin: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 4
Mar. 15 (Th.)	Abrams	Thermal Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere/ Open University, The Ocean Basin: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 5
Mar. 19 (M.) Scheduled for *Apr. 13 (Fri.) 12-5 PM - CMS Dock	Abrams	Lab #4 - Field Methods in Marine Geology: Cruise to demonstrate seismic reflection, sidescan sonar, box core, and grab sampler in Cape Fear River.
Mar. 20 (T)	Abrams	Plate Driving Forces Cox, A. and R.B. Hart, Plate Tectonics:  How it works, Chapter 10 Putting it all Together, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 337-354***(not entire chapter), 1986
Mar. 22 (Th)	Abrams	Exam #2 (material covered Feb. 15 - Mar. 20)