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Nov 21, 2024
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Graduate School Course Catalog 2024-2025
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EASC 5220 - Hydrospheric Processes (3)
Recent research articles in scientific publications are used to improve students’ understanding of the sea and the ocean basins. The emphasis is placed on physical and geologic processes in the ocean. Physical process will include state-of-the-art ideas on oceanic circulation and transport; eddy generation, physical circulation and turbulent mixing on continental shelves; mixing and circulation in estuaries; wind-generated tides and surface and internal waves; diffusion, conduction, convection, and three dimensions turbulence; physical properties of seawater; and circulation and mixing processes in lakes. Geologic processes to be discussed will include: the structure of continental margins, oceanic rise systems and deep sea sedimentary basins; exchanges of heat and chemical elements between seawater and oceanic rocks; tectonic and volcanic activity at mid-ocean ridges; variations in chemicals and minerals in marine sediments; and sediment types as a result of paleo-environmental controls. (Laboratory Required).
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