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MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography

MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography. Dr. Anastasia. Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.edu Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office Hours: Mon 12:30-1:30 Tues online 3:30-4:30 Wed 12:30-1:30 Thursday 9:45-10:45 Friday 9:45-10:45 . Attendance.

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MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography

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  1. MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography Dr. Anastasia

  2. Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.edu Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office Hours: Mon 12:30-1:30 Tues online 3:30-4:30 Wed 12:30-1:30 Thursday 9:45-10:45 Friday 9:45-10:45

  3. Attendance • All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered. • Cannot miss lab • Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.

  4. Textbook • Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2014. • Options for e-book or rental • Let me know if you have another text • Lab Manual at Bookstore

  5. Grading  Lecture: 3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY IF all exams have been taken No- make-up exams 2 highest grades combine to make up 45% of your course grade

  6. Grading Laboratory: 35% of your course grade   lab exercises field trips 2 lab exams

  7. Grading Final Exam: • A cumulative final exam will constitute 20% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

  8. Extra Credit • 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article • Due by Dec 13th– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

  9. Field Trips • This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods. • Attendance on these field trips is expected.

  10. Lab Schedule MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULE Fall 2013 Friday Topic Weekend Trips ** These dates are tentative and subject to change**

  11. LectureSchedule

  12. The Ocean Ocean Facts: • Covers 71% of the earth’s surface • Accounts for 97% of the water on earth (rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers) • Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft) • Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)

  13. Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water Fig. 1-1b, p. 2

  14. 4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

  15. Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)

  16. In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8cTtOEEyI

  17. Local Saltwater…Water Bodies of Long Island Peconic Bay Shinnecock Bay Moriches Bay

  18. Oceanography: What Is It? • Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.

  19. Subdisciplines of Oceanography • Geological Oceanography- • Composition of ocean floor and the earth • Physical oceanography- • Movement of water (waves, currents…) • Chemical Oceanography- • Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases • Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)- • marine organisms, the impact of human activities on these organisms

  20. LectureSchedule

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