Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-906 Course Name: Oceanography and Marine Geology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction: origin of oceans, world’s oceans, geographical settings. Structural and oceanographic setting: plate tectonics and ocean systems, ocean morphology, marine stratigraphy, ocean crust, heat distribution and age of oceanic crust, structure, petrology and sources of oceanic crust, magnetization of the oceanic crust. | |
| 2 | Ocean circulation patterns: wave dynamics, oceanic currents, surface and deep circulation, classification of marine environments, air-sea interaction, geologic effects of bottom currents, marginal marine environments. | |
| 3 | Oceanic sediments and microfossils: terrigenous, biogenic and authigenic sediments, calcareous and siliceous microfossils, chemical sediments, carbonate and silicate equilibria, CCD (carbonate compensation depth), marine biogeochemistry. | |
| 4 | Paleoceanography: approaches to paleoceanographic reconstructions, various proxy indicators for paleoceanographic interpretation. Reconstruction of monsoon variability by using marine proxy records. Opening and closing of ocean gateways and their effect on circulation and climate during the Cenozoic. Sea level processes and Sea level changes. | |
