Instructors
WINTER, SPRING & SUMMER terms:
On Campus section 921 (Summer): TBA
Distance Education sections 99A (Fall), 99C (Spring), 98A (Summer): Leah May Ver
Textbook
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Trujillo, A.P. and H.V. Thurman, 2014
Essentials of Oceanography
4th Custom Edition for the University of British Columbia
Pearson Custom Publishing
ISBN: 978-126975073-8
(used textbook: ISBN: 978-126971459-4)
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Course Content
WINTER, SPRING & SUMMER terms:
On Campus section:
Distance Education sections 99A, 99C, 98A:
EOSC 314 Connect website (CWL login required)
EOSC 314, Distance Learning Course Catalog
Lecture Topics
WINTER, SPRING & SUMMER terms:
On Campus section:
Lecture |
Topic |
1 |
Introduction; the history of ocean exploration |
2 |
The Blue Planet; origin and development of the ocean |
3 |
The shape of the oceans: exploring the sea floor |
4 |
Wandering continents and spreading sea floor |
5, 6 |
Plate tectonics: commotion in the ocean |
7, 8 |
Sediments: the ocean's detritus |
9 |
Water: an anomalous substance |
10 |
Sea water: a salty consomme |
11 |
Air-sea interaction: conditioning the ocean |
12, 13 |
The conveyer belt: thermohaline circulation |
14 |
The atmosphere: winds and Coriolis |
15 |
Ocean circulation: going with the flow |
16 |
El Nino: ocean's impact on world climate |
17, 18 |
Waves: ...each mightier than the last... |
19 |
Tsunamis and storm surges |
20, 21 |
Tides: ebb and flow |
22 |
Coastlines and sea-level change |
23 |
Beaches: rivers of sand |
24 |
Estuaries: meeting of river and sea |
25 |
Review |
Distance Education sections 99A, 99C, 98A:
EOSC 314, Distance Learning Course Catalog