Tentative Study Guide for OCE 3014: Oceanography (Final Pt 1), Fall 2011

Hypothesis and theory

System – closed, isolated, open etc

Wegner’s continental drift – evidences, Pangaea, Panthalassa,Llaurasia, Gondwanaland, Tethys…

Different type of plate boundaries, different types of convergent boundaries and examples of these.

Characteristics of convergent boundaries – island arcs, Benioff zone, trench etc…

The first sailor to circumnavigate the world, first to discover America, first to produce a map of gulf stream

Ions, anions, cations, Atomic bonds, structure of water and ice molecules.

Physical properties of pure water, temp of max density of water, Density of sea water depends on?

Simple problem involving calories, latent heat…

Major gases of the atmosphere, Greenhouse gases – which are and which are not?

Different layers of the atmosphere – e.g., troposphere etc , their heights and properties

Global wind pattern, coriolis force

Doldrum, ITCZ, Polar front

Where do hurricanes form?

Thermocline, pycnocline, halocline – nature of  thermocline  in different latitudes

Composition of sea water – the two most abundant dissolved ions in the sea water

Classification and settling time of different types of clastic particles

Terrigenous and Biogenic sediments – limestone, chert…

Turbidites—characteristic – how do they form?

Tektites, manganese nodules

Know these numbers:

Average solar radiation received by earth, by equator
what percent of solar radiation is reflected back and what happens to the rest?
what percent of sunlight penetrates to different depths?
pH of sea water

Radiocarbon dating

Surface Currents – boundary and open ocean currents, gyres, which side of the gyre is strongest?

Surface current and wind speed. Ekman spiral,

Know the currents of Atlantic  and Pacific– why Brazil current is weaker than Benguela?