EEES 2400 Oceanography & Water Resources
Spring Semester 2009
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(Most recently updated February 9, 2009)
JUST
THE EXERCISES -- files and schedule for all the exercises
(the exercises are also listed with each topic below)
REVIEW NOTES FOR THE FIRST EXAM
Chapter 1. Ocean Exploration
Science in the News:
Polynesian
migration
Admiral
Zheng: Early Chinese ocean exploration
Introduction
Ocean
Exploration
Modern
Oceanography
View the slide shows for:
Atlas
of the Universe (html)
Evolution
of the Solar System (html)
OR download the PowerPoint files: (right click on the link, and Save As)
Atlas
of the Universe
Evolution
of the Solar System
To download PDF files, right click on the link, then use
Save As to download the file
Exercise 1 History of Ocean Exploration
This
exercise will be due Wed Jan 21
Exercise 2a Powers of Ten
This
exercise will be due Wed Jan 28
Exercise 2b Calculations and Conversions
Exercise 2 Extra
examples
This
exercise will be due Wed Feb 11
Chapter 2. The Planet Oceanus
Tour of
the Ocean Basins
PowerPoint slides of Ocean Features
Index of NOAA Color Relief Global Views
*** Ocean maps to view and help
with Exercise 3 ***
Index
of detailed topographic/bathymetric maps of the world
(very useful for the Ocean Features map exercise below)
Download
Exercise
3 Ocean Features (Word.doc)
Ocean Features (PDF)
Maps to use with the exercise:
3a World
Ocean
3b North
Atlantic
3c South
Atlantic
3d Indian
3e South
Pacific
3f North
Pacific
3g Global
topo
3h Global
topo large
Chapter 3. The Origin of the Ocean Basins (Global Plate
Tectonics)
Overview
of plate tectonics
History of
plate tectonics
Evolution
of an ocean basin
(also look at the Red Sea
presentation below)
Writing Exercise after the first exam
Download Exercise 4 Ocean Basins & Plate Tectonics (PDF file)
Suggestions
for Better Written Answers (PDF file)
Download the PowerPoint Slide show
Red
Sea presentation
