OCEAN/ESS 410, Fall 2012
Marine Geology and Geophysics

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Term Paper:

You will write a draft and final version of a 600-900 word term paper in the format of a Nature "News and Views" article on a research paper in the field of geology and geophysics. The instructors can suggest topics and paper but the choice of research paper will be yours - the News and Views format requires that you justify why it is an important scientific contribution. You can read the guidelines for your article and look at several examples of News and Views articles (example 1, example 2, example 3). The deadlines will be posted before the start of the Quarter

Thu, October 11 - Submit preliminary choice of research paper. The following link describes how to find a good research paper for your News & Views article with the GeoRef database.

Mon, Nov 5 - First draft due

Thu, Dec 6 - Final version due

Presentation:

The five minute presentation will be during the last two weeks of class. The presentation should follow the format of your N&V article - there is a handout with some guidelines. The presentation schedule is:

Thursday, November 29

  1. Jared
  2. Ellie
  3. Lucas
  4. Mariela
  5. Isaac
  6. Nicole
  7. Niall
  8. Aaron
  9. Sonia
  10. Emma
  11. Anton
  12. Raeanne
  13. Ariel

Monday, December 3

  1. Kevin
  2. Jakob
  3. Mitchell
  4. Brianna
  5. Ben
  6. Emily

Wednesday, December 5

  1. Samuel
  2. Lyndsey
  3. Tianna
  4. Eleni
  5. Leanna
  6. Zach

Thursday, December 6

  1. Chris
  2. Nadine
  3. Jordan
  4. Sean
  5. Charlie P.
  6. Charles J.
  7. Trevor

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