Topics include: origin of the ocean-atmosphere system; ocean basins and plate tectonic processes; marine geology, hot spots, deep sea vents; ocean salinity, density, gases, thermal properties, heat budgets, circulation; marine provinces; oceanic ridges, rises and trenches; life in the oceans; evolution of marine communities and marine extinctions; sediment distribution; current systems; ocean resources and their exploitation; environmental concerns. PREREQ: GEOL 1006 E or 1021 E, GEOL 1007 E or 1022 E.
