GEOL 6/80095 ST:
Seminar in Marine Sedimentary Processes
Instructor: Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz
Office: McGilvrey 334/336C
Phone: 330-672-2225
Email: jortiz@kent.edu
Mailbox: Dept. of Geology Main Office (McGilvrey 221)
Class meeting: MWF, 3:45-5:00pm, Room 207 McGilvrey Hall
Office Hours: T: 10:00-11:00 am, W: 2:15-4:00 pm; R 10:00-11:00 am, or by appointment.
Course Rationale and Objectives: The sea is the ultimate repository for material eroded from the continents and is integral to the cycling of energy and matter in the Earth System. This doctoral level seminar class will explore the variety of mechanism (physical, chemical, and biological) through which sediment is contributed, produced, and redistributed throughout the world ocean. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the relative importance of these processes and how they have varied through time based on readings and discussion of the primary literature.
Text: There is no formal textbook to be purchased for the class. Readings will be assigned from several sources in addition to the open literature, and handouts:
Marine Geology by James P. Kennett, Prentice Hall, 1981, ISBN: 0135569362
Tracers in the Sea by Wally Broecker, Eldigio Press, 1982, ISBN: 096175110X
The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Second Edition, by OPEN UNIVERSITY, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998, ISBN: 0750639830.
Marine Biogeochemical Cycles, 2nd edition, by OPEN UNIVERSITY, Butterworth-Heinemann; 2005, ISBN-10: 0750667931.
Physical Principles of Sedimentology: A Readable Textbook for Beginners and Experts, by Kenneth J. Hsu, Springer, 1990, ISBN: 0387512683.
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