OCEAN/ESS 410, Fall 2012 Marine Geology and Geophysics
HOME Syllabus Grading Calendar Lectures Paper Discussions and Background Reading Labs Term Paper & Presentation Exams Field Trips Links	2011 VERSION OF PAPER DISCUSSIONS Some of the Assignments will change Paper Discussion 1 . The Assignment and the paper: The Controversy over Plumes: Who Is Actually Right? by V. N. Puchkov (Geotectonics, 43(1), 1-17, 2009) Paper Discussion 2. The Assignment and the paper: Kinematics and geometry of active detachment faulting beneath the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by B. J. deMartin, R. A. Sohn, J. P. Canales and S. E. Humphris (Geology, 35(8), 711-714, 2007) Paper Discussion 3. The Assignment and the paper. The Subduction Factory: How it Operates in the Evolving Earth by Y. Tatsumi (GSA Today, 15(7) 4-10) Paper Discussion 4. The Assignment and two short papers (you will read them both). Drowning of the Mississippi delta due to insufficient sediment supply and global sea-level rise by M. Blum and H. Roberts (Nature Geosci., 2, 488-491, 2009)and Is it feasible to build new land in the Mississippi River delta by W. Kim and D. Mohrig (EOS, 90(42) 373-384, 2009) Background Reading (By Lecture): The following reading is not required but can help you learn more about a topic or clarify parts of the class that are unclear Lecture 1. Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics Planet Earth: An Introduction to Earth Sciences, Topic 3: Plate Tectonics by Roger N. Anderson (WARNING this is a 7 Mbyte file) . This is the third of five very readable articles by a professor at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. The articles can be found at the following link http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/4d4/planet/. Lecture 2. Evidence for Plate Tectonics from Magnetics This Dynamic Earth: the story of plate tectonics (online edition) by Jacquelyne Kious and Robert Tilling - An excellent discussion of the development and state of knowledge of plate tectonic theory. Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth edited by Naomi Oreskes. A very readable book with chapters by the scientists who discovered plate tectonics for students who are interested in the history of the topic Lecture 4. Cooling of the Ocean Plates (Lithosphere) Continue with This Dynamic Earth: the story of plate tectonics (online edition) by Jacquelyne Kious and Robert Tilling. Also check out "Sea-Floor Depth and the Lake Wobegon Effect", by Seth Stein and Carol Stein (link only works from a UW IP address) for an interesting perspective on trying to understand the evolution of ocean depth with age. Lecture 5. Seismology The IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) has some great 1 page fact sheets on earthquakes and global seismology Wikipedia has a good short page on reflection seismology. Lecture 8. Phase diagrams - There is a good description of 2-component phase diagrams on Prof. Stephen Nelson's web site at Tulane University Lecture 10. Mid-Ocean Ridges - Mantle Melting and Crustal Structure "The Mid-Oceanic Ridges: Mountains Below Sea Level" (Paperback Book) by Adolphe Nicolas. Copies on reserve in the library. Lecture 12. Faulting and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms A draft primer on focal mechanism solutions for geologists by Vince Cronin (Baylor University). Lecture 13. Subduction Zones Manufacturing Continental Crust in The Subduction Zone Factory by Yoshiyuki Tatsumi and Robert Stern Lecture 15. Physics of Sediment Transport The Basic Sediment Transport Equations Made Simple by Timothy Crone (a former TA) Lecture 16. Sediment Transport Across the Continental Shelf and Pb-210 Lead-210 dating, a USGS page with a link to Understanding the Pb-210 method Lecture 18. Sequence Stratigraphy Sequence Stratigraphy Web Page maintained by the Soceity of Sedimentary Geology Lecture 19. No background reading specific to this lecture Lecture 21. No background reading specific to this lecture
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