OCEANOGRAPHY

Paper Code: 
GEO 221
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

               Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO1: History of the origin of first order land-forms on Earth and morphology of major Oceans.

CO2:  Understanding of ocean floor as well the property of ocean water.

CO3:  Information about ocean circulation and all the oceanic currents.

CO4:  Explaining about Coral Reefs and Oceanic deposits.

CO5:  Concepts about the Oceanic and Atmosphere interaction and about marine resources.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive lectures, discussion,

Tutorials, reading assignments, demonstration

Learning activities for the students :

Self-learning assignments, effective questions, seminar presentation.

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Basics of Oceanography

Origin of ocean basins: theory of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading;Ocean morphology and bottom relief: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian

 

15.00

Origin and evolution of island arcs; Estuarine & coastal processes and landforms.

Topography of the ocean floor: continental shelf, slope, rise, submarine channels, hills, ridges, trenches and abyssal plains;

Physical and chemical properties of sea water: temperature, Density, Salinity

 Relation  between temperature, Density, Salinity

 

15.00

Air-sea interaction and ocean circulation: currents, waves and tides

Ocean current: cause, types, currents of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean,

Effects of ocean currents

 

15.00

Origin and growth of coral reefs; Ocean deposits: origin, type and distribution;

Thermohaline circulation and the oceanic conveyor belt.

 

15.00

Ocean and global environment: El Nino and Sea level changes; Oceanic regions & Marine resources

 Marine pollution

 

Essential Readings: 

 

 

References: 

Pinder, G.F., and Celia, M.A. (2006): Subsurface Hydrology, Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 485pp.

Pinet, P.R. (2009): Invitation to Oceanography (5th Ed.), Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 609pp.

Raghunath, H.M. (2006): Hydrology: Principles, analysis and Design (2nd Ed.), New age International, New Delhi, 477pp.

Davis Richard J.A.: "Oceanography - An Introduction to the Marine Environment" Wm. C. Brown Lowa. 1986.

Garrison, T.: "Oceanography - An Introduction to Marine Science. Books/Cole, Pacific Grove, USA, 2001.

Gross, M. Grant: Oceanography, A View of the Earth, Prentice Hall Inc. New Jersey, 1987.

King, C.A.M. Oceanography for Geographers, 1962.

Sharma, R.C. "The Oceans" Rajesh N. Delhi, 1985.

Singh, R.B. Natural Hazards and Disaster Management, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, 2006

Ummerkutty, A.N.P. Science of the Oceans and Human Life, NBT, New Delhi, 1985.

Singh, Savinder : Oceanography, Pravalika Publications, Allahabad, 2019  

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023