Semester: | 4th |
Course Type: | Mandatory |
Course Code: | Y4205 |
eClass URL | ➽ |
Hours per Week | |
- Lecturing: | 3 |
- Practical/Lab Exersices: | 2 |
Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice: | 8 |
ERASMUS: | ✔ |
ECTS: | 6 |
Teaching Units: | 5 |
Prerequisites: | - |
Expected Prior Knowlegde: | - |
Introduction of students to the subject of oceanography and, in particular, to geological and environmental issues. Focusing in geological oceanography the aim of the course is the enhancement of interdisciplinary by providing knowledge necessary in other courses of the curriculum such as those of sedimentology, marine geology and climate change (i.e. sea level changes).
Introduction to the science of Oceanography (historical development, present situation in Greece, research institutions and tools, economic dimension); Exchange of energy and matter between atmosphere - sea (e.g. water cycle) and sea - land (river inputs); Physical properties of seawater (temperature, salinity, density, dissolved gases, light and sound propagation) (2 lectures); Marine dynamics (waves, currents, tides) and its relation to coastal and submarine geomorphology (3 lectures); Basic principles and concepts of biological oceanography; Basic principles of sedimentation (e.g. origin, size, sedimentation conditions) and distribution of sediments in marine basins; Geological, temporal and modern sea level changes; Submarine geomorphological and morphodynamic evolution of the submarine relief and continental margins (continental shelf, shelf slope, trenches, mid-ocean ridge, abyssal fields); Basic principles of classification and types of coasts (e.g. primary, secondary, tectonic, volcanic, etc.) - Coastal sedimentary environments (deltas, coastal zones, curved headlands, island barriers, etc.); Principles of seismic (acoustic) survey of the seabed and its subsoil (methodology, instruments and equipment).