Download DYNAMIC PLANET 2016 OCEANOGRAPHY

DYNAMIC PLANET
2016
OCEANOGRAPHY
2016 TOPICS
Sea Floor Topography
 Identify sea floor features
 Describe the process in which they formed
Coastal Features
Natural Arch
Identify coastal features
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erosion
 depositional
 marine sedimentation
Spit
Marine Sediments
Plate Tectonics
• Continental Drift
• Continental Crust & Oceanic Crust
•Tectonic plate movement
Plate Boundaries
Sea Floor Spreading
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www.coolgeography.co.uk
Uplift & Subsidence
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www.iupui.edu
Uplift & Subsidence
Explain the processes of uplift & subsidence
 Identify areas of these processes
Hot Spots
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Volcanic regions not associated with a plate boundary
Reef Formation
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www.marinebio.net
Seawater composition
• Average Salinity of seawater =
35 per thousand
• Salts are in the form of ions
• Also contain small amounts of
atmospheric gases
(O2, N, CO2, H)
Seawater composition
Chemical Profiles
Salinity, Temperature, Density
Density
• Temperature, Salinity, Density
relationship
• Density comparisons among the
oceans
Ocean Conveyor Belt
Deep water formation
Deep Water Masses
Surface Currents
Important concepts: Coriolis effect, Eckman spiral,
Warm & Cold water currents, Ocean Gyres,
Eckman Transport
Waves
Waves
Satellite Imagery
• Ocean productivity and satellite imagery
Other Topics
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Tides
Oceanic tools
pH of seawater & its effect on coral reefs
Long shore currents, upwelling, rip currents,
tsunamis
• Estuaries – vertical profile and hypoxia