| Week | Dates | Topic | Instructor | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 19 | Introduction | Kastens | |
| 2 | Jan 24/26 | Where did Ocean come from? | Anderson | MG: Ch 1 |
| 3 | Jan 31/ Feb 2 | History of Geology under the Sea | Kastens | MG Ch 2 |
| 4 | Feb 7/9 | Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics | Kastens | TPT: Ch 2,3, 4, 5,6,8,9; MG Ch3 |
| 5 | Feb 14/16 | Plate Tectonics (con't) | Kastens | TPT: Ch 10, 11,13, 14, 15 |
| 6 | Feb 21/23 | The Oceanic Lithosphere; Ophiolites | Kastens | MG: Ch 4 & 5 |
| 7 | Feb 28/ Mar 1 | The Ridge Axis and Magma Chambers | Anderson (M); Kastens (W) | MG: Ch 6 |
| 8 | Mar 6/8 | Black Smokers, Metal Deposits, and Fantastic Organisms, | Kastens (M); Field trip to AMNH Hall of Planet Earth (W) | MG: Ch 7, 8 |
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| 9 | Mar 20/22 | El Niño & Climate Change | Anderson | National Geographic article on reserve |
| 10 | Mar 27/29 | Marine Stratigraphy and Sedimentation | Anderson | MG: Ch 10 |
| 11 | Apr 3/5 | Subduction Zones | Anderson | MG: Ch 11; TPT: 12, 16 |
| 12 | Apr 10/12 | Continental Formation and Deformation | Kastens | MG: Ch 12 |
| 13 | Apr 17/19 | Rifting of Continents, Oil and Gas | Anderson | MG: Ch 13 |
| 14 | Apr 24/26 | The Driving Force of the Lithospheric Plates | Anderson | MG: Ch 14 |
| 15 | May 1 | Review, paper due | Anderson/ Kastens | |
MG: Marine Geology, a Planet Earth Perspective, by R.N. Anderson.
TPT: Theory of Plate Tectonics, written by E. Tarbuck, published by TASA Graphics. This is a CD-ROM electronic book. The CD-ROM can be viewed in the Geology Library, 601 Schermerhorn. A student worksheet suitable for self-study is available on-line.