Geological Oceanography

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Introduction to geological processes in marine systems, including the origin and evolution of the oceans, oceanic crust, continental margins, plate boundaries, physiographic provinces, slopes, coastlines, beaches, morphology, structure, plate tectonic theory, volcanism, geochemistry, stratigraphy, sedimentation, and pale oceanography. Emphasis on the application of core concepts with examples from the marine geology of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.