The 210m IODP vessel D/V Chikyu (2006)

 

This course introduces the physical and chemical processes which govern how and where ocean sediments accumulate.

Major topics addressed are: modes of biogenic, terrigenous, and authigenic sedimentation, depositional environments, pore fluids and sediment geochemistry, diagenesis, major events in Cenozoic paleoceanography, and sediment stratigraphic principles and methods.

The last half of the course applies these principles to interpret the sedimentary record of Cenozoic ocean and climate changes.

 

Profs. Peter deMenocal, Bill Ryan, Alberto Malinverno; TA Jennifer Arbuszewski.

Course format: Lectures are Tuesday & Thursday 9:10-10:25 AM in 603 Schermerhorn. Occasional labs will provide students hands-on experience with sediment analyses and methods. Students will research, develop, and present a final web site poster presentation addressing topics related to ocean sedimentation and stratigraphy. The course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduate env. science majors and concentrators. There are no prerequistes but an introductory earth science course and general chemistry and physics is helpful.

Labs: Occasional labs will provide students hands-on experience with sediment analyses and methods. The labs will be conducted at Lamont at times TBD. For those of you at Columbia you can take the Lamont shuttle bus leaving Columbia every hour on the hour (118th and Amsterdam).

Course credit: 3 points.

Updated: January 15, 2009 12:49 PM