Required Readings:

Several marine geology-related texts and articles have been put on reserve in Randall Library.  Most of the readings are available on-line and can be printed directly from the internet.  Reading assignments will be given throughout the course from this reserve material.  Please check this page on a weekly basis for any updates or changes in assignments.

Aug. 25, 27

Press & Siever, Understanding Earth, Chapters 3, 4, 7 (Seaport)

Sept. 1

Press & Siever, Understanding Earth, Chapters 9, 19 (pp 485-498) (Seaport)

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 2 pp 13-21(Seaport)

Sept. 3

Riddy, P. and D.G. Masson, The Sea Floor--Exploring a Hidden World, Chapter 20, in Oceanography An Illustrated Guide, ed. Summerhayes, C.P. and S.A. Thorpe, p. 300-313, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.(Library reserves)

Open University, The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 1 (Seaport)

Kennet, Marine Geology, Chapter 2 pp 40 -50 (Seaport).

Sept. 8, 10

Kennet, Marine Geology, Chapter 2 pp 23-39 (Seaport)

Sept. 15, 17, 22

Cox, A. and R. B. Hart, Plate Tectonics: How it works, Chapters 1 (Basics of a Revolution) and 8 (Magnetism & Isochrons) (Library reserves)missing pg266, pg274

Kennet, Marine Geology, Chapter 2 pp 21-23, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 pp131-144 (Seaport)

Open University, The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 2 (Seaport)

Press & Siever, Understanding Earth, Chapter 19 (Seaport)

Sept. 24

Cox, A. and R.B. Hart, Plate Tectonics: How it works, Chapter 10 Putting it all Together (Library reserves)

Tackley, P., 2000, Mantle Convection and Plate Tectonics: Toward an Integrated physical and chemical theory, Science, 288 , 2002-2009 (Library reserves)

Anderson, D., 2001, Top Down Tectonics?, Science, 293, 2016-2019 (Library reserves)

Grand, S., van der Hilst, R., Widiyantoro, Global Seismic Tomography: A snapshot of convection in the Earth, GSA Today, 7, 1-7, 1997(Library reserves)

Sept. 29

Kennish, M. and R. Lutz, Ocean Crust Formation, Reviews in Aquatic Sciences , 6(5,6):493-527, 1992.(Library reserves)

Open University, The Ocean Basin: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 4 (Seaport)

Macdonald, K., Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, eds. Buck, Delaney, Karson and Lagabrielle, Geophys. Monograph 106, Amer. Geophys. Union, 27-58,1998.(Library reserves)

Langmuir, C. and Forsyth, D., 2007, Mantle Melting Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges, J. Oceanography Soc. 20, 70-89 (Library Reserves).

Supplemental:

The MELT Seismic Team, Imaging the Deep Seismic Structure Beneath a Mid-Ocean Ridge: The MELT Experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1218, 1998 (Library reserves)

Macdonald, K., D. Scheirer and S. Carbotte, Mid-ocean ridges: Discontinuities, segments and giant cracks, Science, 253, 986-994, 1991 (Library reserves).

Oct. 1

Kennet, J., Marine Geology, Chapter 5 pp 145-149. (Seaport)

Stein, C.A., 1995, Heat flow of the Earth, AGU, Handbook of Physical Constants, 144-158(Library reserves)

Supplemental:

Stein, C. A. and Stein, S., 1992, A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age, Nature, 359, 123-129 (Library reserves).

Whitmarsh, R.B., Bull, J.M., Rothwell, R.G., and Thomson, J., 1998, Chapter 8: The Evolution and Structure of Ocean Basins, in Oceanography an Illustrated Guide, eds. Summerhayes and Thorpe, pp 113-123 (Library reserves)

Oct. 8

Stern, R.J, Subduction Zones, 2002, Rev. Geophys, 40, 1012, doi:10.1029/2001/1RG000108, 1-38 (Library reserves)

Supplemental:

Ruff, L., 1996, Large earthquakes in subduction zones: segment interactions and recurrence times, in eds. Bebout, Scholl, Kirby and Platt Subduction Top to Bottom Geophysical Monograph 96, American Geophysical Union, 91-104 (Library reserves).

Peacock, S., 1996, Thermal and petrologic structure of subduction zones, in eds. Bebout, Scholl, Kirby and Platt . Subduction Top to Bottom Geophysical Monograph 96, American Geophysical Union, 119-133 (Library reserves).

Oct. 13

Lister, G.S., Etheridge, M.A., and Symonds, P.A., Detachment faulting and the evolution of passive continental margins, Geology, 14, 246-250, 1986 .(Library reserves)

Whitmarsh, R.B., Bull, J.M., Rothwell, R.G., and Thomson, J., 1998, Chapter 8: The Evolution and Structure of Ocean Basins, in Oceanography an Illustrated Guide, eds. Summerhayes and Thorpe, pp 113-123.(Library reserves)

Larsen, H.C., 2002 , Investigations of rifted margins, ODP Legacy Publications, 85-90 (SeaPort).

Kennet, J. Marine Geology, Chapter 11 pp 325-351.(Seaport)

Oct. 20, 22, 27

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 14, pp 455 - 485 (Biogenic Sediments) (Seaport)

Open University Marine Biogeochemical Cycles Chapter 3 (Seaport)

Open University: Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sediments, Chapter 1 (Seaport)

Seibold & Berger, The Sea Floor, Chapter 8, pp 222 - 234 (Includes Clay & Biogenic sediment)(Seaport).

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 14, pp 492 - 501 (Authigenic Sediments) (Seaport)

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 13, pp 397 - 399, 405 - 415, 426-437, 441-450 (Deep-Sea Terrigienous Sediments)(Seaport)

Oct. 29, Nov. 3

Komar, Beach Processes and Sedimentation, 1998, Chapter 2, Geomorphology of Eroding and Accreting coasts(Seaport)

Komar, Beach Processes and Sedimentation, 1998, Chapter 3, (pp 45-56) Beach Morphology and Sediments(Seaport).

Komar, Beach Processes and Sedimentation, 1998, Chapter 7, (pp 270-285, 302-307, 311-314) Beach Profiles and Cross-Shore Sediment Transport(Seaport).

Oertel, G., 1985, The barrier island system, Marine Geology, 63, 1-18(Library reserves).

Thieler, R., 1996, Shoreface proceses in Onslow Bay, in ed. W. Cleary, Environmental Coastal Geology: Cape Lookout to Cape Fear, NC, Carolina Geological Society Fieldtrip Guidebook 23-32(Library reserves).

Riggs, Cleary and Snyder, 1996, Morphology and dynamics of barrier and headland shorefaces in Onslow Bay, North Carolina, in ed. W. Cleary, Environmental Coastal Geology: Cape Lookout to Cape Fear, NC, Carolina Geological Society Fieldtrip Guidebook, 33-47(Library reserves).

Supplemental:

Cleary, W., 2002, Variations in inlet behavior and shoreface sand resources: Factors controlling management decisions, Figure Eight Island, NC, USA, Journal of Coastal Research, 36, 148-163 (Library reserves).

Thieler, et al. 2001, Modern sedimentation on the shoreface and inner continental shelf at Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 71, 958-970 (Library reserves).

Nov. 5

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 8 (Ocean Circulation)(Seaport)

Seibold & Berger, The Sea Floor, Chapter 4, pp 111-125 (Effects of Currents)(Seaport)

Nov.10

Seibold & Berger, The Sea Floor, Chapter 8, pp 236 - 240. ( Stratigraphy & Dating)(Seaport)

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 3 (Time Scales & Stratigraphy)(Seaport)

Nov. 12, 17

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 17, pp 595 - 598, 627 - 636 (Paleoceanography)(Seaport)

Seibold & Berger, The Sea Floor, Chapter 9, pp 249-257(Seaport)

Open Universrsity, Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sedments, Chapter 3, pp 61-76(Seaport)

Open University: Marine Biogeochemical Cycles, Chapter 4(Seaport)

Zachos et al., Evolution of early Cenozoic marine temperatures, 1994, Paleoceanography .(Library reserves)

Lear, C.H., Elderfield, H., and Wilson, P.A., 2000, Cenozoic deep-sea temperatures and global ice volumes from Mg/Ca in benthic foraminiferal calcite, Science, 287, 269-272 (Library reserves).

Stickley et al., 2004, Timing and nature of the deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway, Paleoceanography, 19, 1-8.(Library reserves)

Haug and Tiedemann, 1998, Effect of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama on Atlantic Ocean thermohaline ciruclation, Nature.(Library reserves)

Supplemental:

Barker, S., I. Cacho, H. Benway and K. Tachikawa, 2005, Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca as a proxy for past oceanic temperatures: A methodological overview and data complilation of the Last Glacial Maximum, Quarternary Science Reviews, 24, 821-834.

Nov. 19

Kennett, Marine Geology , Chapter 19, pp 714 - 751(Cenozoic Paleoclimatic History)(Seaport)

Zachos et al., 2001, Trends, Rhythms, and Aberrrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to Present, Science (Library reserves)

Zachos et al., 2008, An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics, Nature.(Library reserves)

Raymo, M. and Huybers, P., 2008, Unlocking the mysteries of the ice ages, Nature.(Library reserves)

Nov. 24, Dec. 1

Seibold & Berger, The Sea Floor, Chapter 5(Seaport)

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007.

Cabanes et al., 2001, Sea Level Rise During Past 40 Years Determined from Satellite and in Situ Observations, Science .(Library reserves)

Cazenave et al., 2008, A sea-level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo, Global and Planetary Change(Library reserves).

Fairbanks, 1989, A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence of glacial melting rates on the Yonger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation, Nature (Library reserves).

FitzGerald et al., 2008, Coastal Impacts Due to Sea-Level Rise, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, 36, 601-647(Library reserves).

Open University,The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Chapter 6 (Seaport)

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