GG 423 MARINE GEOLOGY FALL 2018

INSTRUCTORS: GREG MOORE and CRAIG GLENN

Office: POST 807 POST 720A
Phone: 956-6854 956-2200
email: gmoore@hawaii.edu glenn@soest.hawaii.edu
Office Hours: GM – TTh 9:00-10:15 and by appointment
CG – TTh 11:45-1:00 and by appointment
(send us an email or talk to us to schedule a convenient time)
Class Times: Tuesday-Thursday 10:30 – 10:45 am (POST 708)
REQUIRED The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution (OB)
TEXT: and provided supplemental readings (suppl)

The primary objective of this course is geological processes at work within the oceans,
including the origin, structure and evolution of the ocean basins, their margins and their sediments.
The ocean basins are the primary feature of planet tectonics, and the sediments contained in the
oceans house the vast record of Earth’s history of oceanic and climatic change. Our approach is
interdisciplinary, and involves an integration of geological, chemical, physical and biological ocean
processes.
The class times will be mostly devoted to lectures and discussion. Please be sure to read the
appropriate section in the text before class. Time will be set aside at the beginning of each class to
answer questions from previous lectures or readings, and to present any current geologic events.
Grades will be based on class participation and homework (10%) and two mid-term
exams (45% each). The second exam will be given during the final exam time, but will cover
only the second half of the class. There will be a separate grading system for Graduate students
and Undergraduates.
The exams will be approximately one hour long. Make-up exams and incomplete grades will
be given only with a written excuse. Full credit for class participation means attending all classes,
staying current on the readings, asking good questions, answering questions and participating in class
discussions.
Lecture notes and other class information will be posted regularly on Laulima
(laulima.hawaii.edu). Please visit Laulima to make sure that you can access it.
This is an Upper Division course with a prerequisite of GG 302 (Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology), OR consent of the instructor.
 GG 423 TENTATIVE LECTURE OUTLINE

WEEK # DATE TOPIC READING INSTRUCTOR

1 8/21 Introduction OB Ch. 1 GM, CG
8/23 Geological/Geophysical Exploration Techniques OB Ch. 1 GM
2 8/28 Techniques (continued) GM
8/30 Ocean Basin Morphology OB Ch. 2 GM
3 9/04 Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading suppl GM
9/06 Plate Tectonics suppl GM
4 9/11 Tectonic History of the Oceans OB Ch. 3 GM
9/13 Oceanic Lithosphere OB Ch. 4 GM
5 9/18 Mid-Ocean Ridges OB Ch. 5 GM
9/20 Rifting/Passive Continental Margins suppl GM
6 9/25 Passive Continental Margins II suppl GM
9/27 Active Continental Margins suppl GM
7 10/02 Active Margins II suppl GM
10/04 Methane Hydrates suppl GM
8 10/09 Submarine Landslides suppl GM
10/11 1st Exam GM
9 10/16 Weathering and Global Inputs to Ocean suppl CG
10/18 Near Shore Processes (beaches, estuaries, deltas) suppl CG
10 10/23 Near Shore Processes (beaches, estuaries, deltas) suppl CG
10/25 Quaternary Sea Levels & Modern Shelf Systems suppl CG
11 10/30 Reefs and Shallow Water Carbonate Shelves suppl CG
11/01 Building Margins: Sea Level & Sequence Stratigraphy suppl CG
12 11/06 Election Day suppl CG
11/08 Atmospheric/Ocean Circulation suppl CG

13 11/13 Turbidites, Submarine Fans

11/15 Turbidites, Submarine Fans/Contourites/Clays suppl CG
14 11/20 Deep Sea Biogenic Oceanic Sediments suppl CG
11/22 Thanksgiving Holiday
15 11/27 Deep Sea Biogenic Oceanic Sediments suppl CG
11/29 Authigenic Sediments suppl CG
16 12/04 Upwelling Sediments/Sediment Diagenesis suppl CG
12/06 Cenozoic Paleoceanography/Orbital Forcing suppl CG

12/11 2nd EXAM 9:45 – 11:45 am CG

For Readings, OB = Ocean Basins; suppl = supplementary readings provided on Laulima

Learning Objectives:
The Department of Geology and Geophysics has five overall Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) related to the
BA and BS degrees. This course's objectives encompass three levels of maturity in all five of these
categories*:
1. Students can explain the relevance of geology and geophysics to human needs, including those appropriate
to Hawaii, and be able to discuss issues related to geology and its impact on society and planet Earth.
2. Students can apply technical knowledge of relevant computer applications, laboratory methods, field
methods, and the supporting disciplines (math, physics, chemistry, biology) to solve real-world problems in
geology and geophysics.
3. Students use the scientific method to define, critically analyze, and solve a problem in earth science.
4. Students can reconstruct, clearly and ethically, geological knowledge in both oral presentations and written
reports.
5. Students can evaluate, interpret, and summarize the basic principles of geology and geophysics, including
the fundamental tenets of the sub-disciplines, and their context in relationship to other core sciences, to explain
complex phenomena in geology and geophysics.
* http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/resources/docs/gg-undergrad-SLO_Master_Checklist_Final.pdf

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Campus Road; Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Voice: 956-7511; Email: kokua@hawaii.edu; URL: www.hawaii.edu/kokua

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