Introductory Oceanography GOL 111 Exam#1: Study Guide Date of Exam: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 The following list is meant to be used as a study guide for exam #1 in GOL 111. This list includes a partial list of topics that have been covered in class and is not meant to be exhaustive or to represent everything that we went over in class. Chapter 1: Planet Ocean: A Historical Perspective • Early Exploration of the Seas Polynesians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Chinese, Arabs, Europeans (eg. Heroditus, Ptolemy, Cosma, Leif Erikson, Prince Henry the Navigator, Magellan, Cook, Nansen, Darwin, Sir John Murray and the Challenger Expedition, Prince Albert of Monaco, Meteor expedition), Americans (M. F. Maury), etc. • Modern Schools of Oceanography (Wood’s Hole, Scripps, Lamont-Doherty, JOIDES Resolution, etc) • Ocean Drilling Program (ODP, IODP, Resolution, Chikyu) Chapter 2: Origins: Beginnings of the Universe, Earth, and Life • Origin of the Universe • Origin of the Milky Way Galaxy • Origins of Solar System • Origins of earth Interior Structure of Earth (chemical and physical classifications) Chapter 3: Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor • History of Plate Tectonics Principles of Geology (Charles Lyell, 1830’s) Continental Drift (Wegener, 1915) Theory and Supporting evidence Earths Magnetism and Apparent Polar Wandering Sea-Floor Exploration (Maurice Ewing, 1940-50’s) Sea-Floor Map (Heezen and Tharp, 1970’s) Sea Floor Spreading (Hess, 1962) Theory and Supporting evidence Sea-floor striping (Vine and Mathews, 1964) • 3 Types of Plate Boundaries (divergent, convergent, transform) (geologic phenomena observed at each, examples of each, stresses associated with each) • Hot Spots (know same as above)Chapter 4: Marine Provinces • History of Ocean Bathymetry (soundings, echo soundings, single, beam, multibeam, side-scan sonar, satellite bathymetry) • Oceanic provinces (know features associated with each) Continental Margins Deep-ocean basins Mid-ocean Ridges Chapter 5: Marine Sediments • Types of marine sediments (sources and types of each) Lithogenous Sediment Biogenous Sediments Hydrogenous Sediments Cosmogenous