EEES 2400    Oceanography & Water Resources
Spring Semester 2011

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(Most recent update January 24, 2011)

                      Syllabus for Spring 2011 
                           Word (.doc)    or     PDF   version of the syllabus
                                (right click on above link, then use Save As to download)

  A valuable resource:  World Map with Ocean Features (PDF file, 10.5 MB)

All of the Exercises 

Course Notes and Exercises:

     Notes and exercises for the first third of the course (up to the first exam)
                        (Introduction through the Ocean Basins and Plate Tectonics presentations)

     Notes and exercises for the second third of the course 
                        (up to the second exam)
                        (Ocean Basins, Global Plate Tectonics, up to Marine Sediments

STUDY GUIDE for Earth Interior and Plate Tectonics
                                Word file    PDF file

      Notes and exercises for the last third of the course
                        (Ocean Circulation through Marine Ecology)

       Review sheets for all three exams 

     Interesting Extras - Links to webpages, activities, things to read

                A list of books on environmental topics (compiled by Chris Mayer)

    Supplementary Reading Program 
        Some thought-provoking articles that are well worth the time

                National Academy of Science report on Environmental Sustainability
                        (just the Executive Summary, 22 pages) and a one-page overview of the report 

                Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, August 1995, Easter Island's End

                Link to article by Ransom Myers and Boris Worm in the journal Nature
                     Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities