Instructors:
Dr. Anne Sturz ST 274
extension 4096
email asturz@sandiego.edu
Dr. Joseph Gorga ST 269
extension 6817
email
gorga@sandiego.edu
| Week |
date |
Topic
|
T&T = reading in Thurman and Trujillo |
| 1 |
Sept 1 |
no lab |
|
| 2 |
Sept 7-8 |
Lab and field
safety maps, charts; sea floor morphology |
T&T
Appendices II and III |
| 3 |
Sept 14-15 |
Marine rocks Seismic stratigraphy |
T&T Table
5-1 page 139 |
| 4 |
Sept 21-22 |
Properties and composition of seawater | |
| 5 |
Sept 28-29 |
Field Trip: relative
density; salt wedge San Diego River |
San Diego River trip during lab
time Sea Camp Saturday October 1, 8:45AM |
| 6 |
Oct 5-6 |
Lab quiz 1 tabulate and discuss San Diego River data |
|
| 7 |
Oct 12-13 |
Atmospheric circulation,
coreolis effect; Units, dimensions, significant figures; |
T&T Appendix I |
| 8 |
Oct 19-20 |
Building a
scientific document; graphs and data tables; plotting and interpreting oceanic data Written report due no later than Nov. 23 |
|
| 9 |
Oct 26-27 |
Field trip:
sea level
change Torrey Pines |
|
| 10 |
Nov 2-3 | Lab Report guidelines introduction to wind wave data |
link to CDIP wave model |
| 11 |
Nov 9-10 |
Field trip: waves Ocean Beach |
|
| 12 |
Nov 16-17 |
Deep ocean tides, amphidromic systems | |
| 13 |
Nov 23-24 |
no lab; Lab Report due no
later than Nov. 23 |
|
| 14 |
Nov 30-Dec 1 |
Field trip: coastal erosion Sunset Cliffs |
|
| 15 |
Dec 7-8 |
Lab quiz 2 |