Online Courses Handbook 2003

7325 (v.5) Marine Science 101

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Oceanography. The sea, its use and protection. Global processes- continental drift and plate tectonics. Continental shelves and ocean basins, sedimentation processes. Coastal processes. Food chains, ecological energetics and biological communities. Fishing industry and aquaculture. Organic communities and sedimentation. Surface and internal waves, tidal motions, wind and the global ocean circulation.