SYLLABUS
    Spring 2007 revised

READINGS

Ocean Sediments

   Mar. 27-Apr. 9

      1. Sampling Methods

           p.93-103

      2. Terrigenous-Lithogenous

           Oceanic Sediments

      3. Biogenic Sediments

  Apr. 12-19

    1. Stratigraphy  p. 52-93

     2. Microfossils

  April 23-26

     1. Paleoceanography 1

     2. Paleoceanography 2

     3. Critical Events

  Journal Articles

     Gutierrez

     Kuznetsov

    For April 16

      Mekik & Francois

      Kastanja & Henrich

    For April 23

      Bradtmiller et al.

POWERPOINTS

   Marine Sediments 1

    Marine Sediments 2

    Marine Sediments 3

    Paleoceanography 1

    Paleoceanography 2

RELATED LINKS
NOAA
USGS
National Weather Service
Univ. Wash., Sch. Oceangr.
Scripps
URI School  Oceangr.
U. Miami - Rosenstiel
Ocean View
Oculina

US Ocean Commission

Pew Oceans Commission

PBS Ocean Adventure Series

INSTRUCTOR:  Dr. Richard A. Laws; laws@uncw.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Physiography, petrology, structure, sediments and geological history of the ocean floor including estuarine and coastal environments.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  NO CLASS THURSDAY 4/19