MASC503 INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
| Course Code: | 9500503 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Graduate School Of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr KORHAN ÖZKAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Biological Oceanography: Marine plants and animals. Energy fixation, growth and abundance of organisms. Seasonality of production.Chemical Oceanography: Chemical properties of sea water, alkalinity, C, N, P and S cycles, oxic and anoxic environments, redox processes.
Geological and Geophysical Oceanography: Evolution of the earth and morphology; minerals, rocks and sediments, basics of echo-sounding, sub-bottom profiling and side-scanning sonar methods.
Physical Oceanography: Physical properties of sea water, oceanic circulation, waves, oceanographic processes in the Turkish Seas.