Class Schedule, Reading Assignments and Online Notes
Oceanography - Fall 2006

All readings are from Garrison's "Oceanography:  An Invitation to Marine Science".  Students may use either the 4th or the 5th Edition.  Although not specifically listed below, students should also read the prologue at the beginning of each chapter and the various review sections at the end of each chapter.

Click on a lecture topic below to access the online notes for that lecture.  In most cases, these notes are taken directly from the slides presented during class, though scheduling issues may cause minor differences from the actual material presented during class.  Please note that some material presented in class (e.g., reviews for exams and discussions of the most frequently missed exam questions) is not posted to the web. 

Availability of online notes:  Online notes are posted by 5 pm the day before the lecture (e.g., Monday at 5pm for Tuesday's lecture).  Technical difficulties, such as large-scale disruption of internet service, can however delay this schedule.  In these cases, notes are posted as soon as it is possible.  Notes will remain available though the end of the semester (i.e., through the end of finals week).

 

Week Date Lecture Topic
(click on link to access notes)		 Reading 
Garrison 4th Ed.		   Reading 
Garrison 5th Ed.
1 Aug 29 Introduction to Oceanography Ch 1 Sec 1-3   Ch 1 Sec 1-3
 
Aug 31
 		Ch 3 Sec 2-4, 7-10 Ch 3 Sec 2-6, 8-10
2
Sep 5
 		Seafloor Magnetism, Seafloor Spreading:
   Developing the Theory of Plate Tectonics		 Ch 3 Sec 5, 12-17, 24-25, 29-30
Ch 4 Sec 5, 12-13, 16		 Ch 3 Sec 11, 12, 14-18, 25-26, 29-30
Ch 4 Sec 6, 12-13
 
Sep 7
 		Ch 3 Sec 6, 16, 17, 19-23   Ch 3 Sec 13, 17, 18, 20-24
3
Sep 12
 		Ch 3 Sec 31
Ch 4 Sec 6, 8-9, 11,18-19 		  Ch 3 Sec 31
Ch 4 Sec 6-9, 11, 17-18
 
Sep 14
 		Ch 6 Sec 2
Ch 7 Sec 2-6		   Ch 6 Sec 2
Ch 7 Sec 2-6
4
Sep 19
 		Ch 3 Sec 27   Ch 3 Sec 28
 
Sep 21
Exam I
 		     
5
Sep 26
 		Ch 18 Sec 2-4, 7-8   Ch 18 Sec 2-4, 7-8
 
Sep 28
 		Ch 8 Sec 2-9   Ch 8 Sec 2-10
6
Oct 3
 		Ch 9 Sec 2-5, 11-14   Ch 9 Sec 2-5, 11-14
 
Oct 5
 		Ch 6 Sec 12-14
Ch 9 Sec 17-22		   Ch 6 Sec 14-17
Ch 9 Sec 17-23
7
Oct 10
 		Ch 18 Sec 21   Ch 18 Sec 22
 
Oct 12
 		Ch 11 Sec 5-10   Ch 10 Sec 24-29
8
Oct 17
Exam II
 		     
 
Oct 19
 		Ch 10 Sec 2-11, 15, 17   Ch 10 Sec 2-11, 15-16
9
Oct 24
 		Ch 11 Sec 11-17, 24   Ch 11 Sec 2-8, 15
 
Oct 26
 		Ch 6 Sec 17
Ch 12 Sec 1-13, 15, 17, 19-21, 31-35		   Ch 6 Sec 20
Ch 12 Sec 2-9, 11, 13-14, 16-19, 30-34
10
Oct 31
 		Ch 6 Sec 18-20
Ch 13 Sec 2, 5, 12-13, 15, 17-18, 29
Ch 15 Sec 21, 24		   Ch 6 Sec 21-23
Ch 13 Sec 2, 13-14, 25-26, 28
Ch 15 Sec 22. 25
 
Nov 2
 		Ch 14 Sec 2-5, 7-8, 10-12, 15-16, 19-23   Ch 13 Sec 3-6
Ch 14 Sec 2, 4-6, 9, 11-12, 14-18
11
Nov 7
 		Ch 15 Sec 2-6, 8-13 Ch 15 Sec 2-8, 10-14
 
Nov 9
 		Ch 6 Sec 21-22
Ch 15 Sec 35-39
Ch 17 Sec 19		   Ch 6 Sec 24-25
Ch 15 Sec 35-38
Ch 17 Sec 21
12
Nov 14
Exam III
Nov 16
 		Ch 15 Sec 19-20, 24
Ch 16 Sec 16-17		   Ch 15 Sec 20-21, 25
Ch 16 Sec 16-17
13
Nov 21
 		Ch 16 Sec 10, 12-13   Ch 16 Sec 10-12
 
Nov 23
Thanksgiving  (No class)
 		     
14
Nov 28
 		Ch 12 Sec 22-24
Ch 15 Sec 5
Ch 16 Sec 15, 21-22		   Ch 12 Sec 21-23
Ch 15 Sec 5
Ch 16 Sec 15, 21
 
Nov 30
 		Ch 4 Sec 14
Ch 14 Sec 2
Ch 16 Sec18		   Ch 4 Sec 14
Ch 13 Sec 4
Ch 16 Sec 19
15
Dec 5
 		Sustainable Seas: Marine Fisheries Ch 9 Sec 13
Ch 14 Sec 15
Ch 17 Sec 1, 15-18		   Ch 9 Sec 13
Ch 14 Sec 11
Ch 17 Sec 1, 17-20
 
Dec 7
Review for Final Exam
 		     
16
Thurs. Dec 14
Final  Exam (12:45-3:00 pm, Bowman 133)