Introduction to Oceanography.

Catalog description

An introduction to the geological, chemical, physical, and biological aspects of the Earth's ocean. This lecture and laboratory class introduces students to plate tectonics, physiography of ocean basins and continental margins, ocean sediment, atmosphere and ocean circulation, waves and tides, coasts, and marine ecology. Laboratory applications include problem-solving in oceanography, including related aspects of geology, physics, chemistry and biology of the ocean. ( GE3A , GESI )