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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请联
系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
海洋地质学 Marine Geology
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授课院系
Originating Department
海洋科学与工程系 Department of Ocean Science and Engineering
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课程编号
Course Code
OCE306
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课程学分 Credit Value
3
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课程类别
Course Type
专业核心课 Major Core Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
中英双语 English & Chinese
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
all instructors）
刘青松 海洋科学与工程系 创园 9 栋 505 0755-88018789
Dr. Qingsong Liu, Department of Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Chuang Yuan 9-
505, 0755-88018789
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
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学时数
Credit Hours
48
48
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
OCE303 普通地质学 Physical Geology
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
本课程为海洋科学本科生的专业核心课。本课程主要介绍海洋地质学的研究对象、研究内容、发展历程、调查研究方
法及本学科所涉及的基本知识和基础理论，重点阐述海底地形地貌、大陆边缘与深海沉积、海底构造、古海洋学、海洋地
质调查技术以及海洋灾害与预防。本课程为寻找海洋资源、建设海洋工程、预测和防治海洋地质灾害、保护海洋生态环
境、维护国家海洋权益等方面提供科学依据。
This course is designed for all the undergraduate students major in Marine Sciences. This course introduces basic
theories, contents, and objectives of marine geology. The major topics include morphology of the sea floor, marginal
seas, paleoceanography, tectonics, and marine survey, etc. The course provides the scientific supports for surveying
marine resources, marine engineering, marine geological disasters, protection of marine ecology, and etc.
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
通过本课程学习，学生将了解海洋地质的基本原理及主要研究内容，能够解释各种沉积类型的地质含义。
In this course, students will investigate theories and research scope of marine geology. They can interpret various
kinds of geological depositions.
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
Chapter One: Introduction (2 credit hours)
Questions：
1. What are the main drivers promoted the recent development of Marine Geology?
2. How many stages are there in the development history of Marine Geology? What are the main academic ideas in
each stage?
Readings：
Manten, A.A., 1964. The origin of marine geology. Marine Geology 2, 1-28.
Deacon M, 1971.Scientist and the Sea, 1650-1900: A study of Marine science. London: Academic press.
James P. Kennett, 1981.Marine Geology, Introduction.
Manten, A.A., 1964. The origin of marine geology. Marine Geology 2, 1-28.
Chapter Two: Structure of the Earth and Lithosphere of Seafloor (4 credit hours)
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Questions：
1.What are the differences between continental lithosphere and Oceanic Lithosphere？
2.What is the structure and composition of the standard oceanic crust？
3. What are the differences between the continental crust and oceanic crust？
4. What is the scientific significance of the Heterogeneity of Asthenosphere？
Readings：
Kump LR, Kasting JF, and Crane RC, 1999. The Earth System. London: prentice-hall.
Fowler CMR, 1990. The solid earth, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
James P. Kennett, 1981. Marine Geology, Introduction.
Chapter Three：Tectonics of Seafloor (6 credit hours)
Questions：
1. Are there any shortages of the theory of ocean floor spreading?
2. List the main tectonic structures of the ocean mid-ridge.
3. How many types of the Lithospheric plate boundary are there? What are the characteristics of them?
4. List the factors influence the quality of magmatic rock.
5. What is the subduction of plate? How does it happen?
Readings：
Moores EM and Twiss RJ, 1995. Tectonics, New York: WH Freeman.
Perfit MR and Davidson JP, 2000. Plate Tectonics and Volcanism. In: Sigurdsoon H (ed) ENcyclopedia of Volcanoes.
San Diego: Academic Press.
Solomon SC and Toomey DR, 1992. The structure of Mid-ocean Ridges. Annual review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
20: 329-364.
Nicolas A, 1990. The Mid-Ocean Ridge. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Hey RN, Sinton JM, Duennebier FK, 1989. Progagating rifts and spreading centers. In : Winterer EL, Hussong DM, and
Decker RW（eds.） Decade of North American geology: The Eastern Pacific Ocean and Hawaii, PP161-176.
Price JF, 2001. Subduction, In： Ocean circulation and Climate： Observing and Modelling the Clobal Ocean， G.
Siedler, J.Church and J. Gould (eds), Academic Press, pp. 357-371
Chapter Four: Topography and Geomorphology of Seafloor (6 credit hours)
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Questions：
1. List different tectonic units of sea floor and think about their characteristics.
2. What is the topographic and geomorphological character of continental shelf?
3. List the main geomorphological types of continental margins and their characteristics.
4. What is coastal? List the different types of them.
Readings：
Fowler CMR, 1990. The solid earth, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bird ECF, 1984. Coasts, 3rd edn, London: Blackwell.
Burk CA and Drake CL(eds), 1974. The Geology of Continental margins. New York” Springer-Verlag.
Trenhaile AS，1997. Coastal dynamics and landforms. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Floyd PA (ed.), 1991. Oceanic Basalts. Glasgow: Blackie and Son.
Chapter Five: Factors of Marine Environment (4 credit hours)
Questions：
1. How do sea waves, tides, and ocean currents influence sea floor?
2. What is pycnocline, halocline, and CCD depth?
3. What are the main roles of ocean organisms on the ocean geological process?
Readings：
Pickard GL and Emery WJ, 1992. Descriptive Physical Oceanography, 5th edn. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Cartwright DE, 1999. Tides-a Scientific History, Cambridge: Cambridge university press.
Summerhayes CP and Thorpe SA, 1996. Oceanography-An Illustrated Guide. London: Manson Publishing.
Gill AE, 1982. Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, London: Academic Press.
Lavrenov I, 2003. Wind-Waves in Oceans：Dynamics and Numerical simulation. New York: Springer.
Covey C and Barron E, 1988. The role of Ocean heat transport in climatic change. Earth- Science review24: 429-445.
Siedler G, Church J and Gould, 2001. Ocean circulation and Climate, London: Academic press.
Simpson JE, 1997. Gravity Currents, 2nd Edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Emery WJ and Meincke J, 1986. Global water masses summary and review. Oceanologica Acta 9:383-391.
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Chapter Six：Sedimentation of Continental Margins and Deep Sea (8 credit hours)
Questions：
1. What is tubidity current deposition, contour current deposition and semi-deep sea deposition, and what are the main
differences among them?
2. What are the main factors controlling deposition process in deep sea and coastal environments?
3. What is the relationship between sea-level changes and formation of river deltas?
Readings：
Davis RA, 1985. Coastal sedimentary environments. New York: Springer-verlag.
Lisitzin AP, 1996. Oceanic sedimentation, Lithology and Geochemistry. Washington DC: American Geophysics Union.
Miall AD, 1997. The geology of Stratigraphic sequences. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Huh C-A and Kadko DC, 1992. Marine sediments and sedimentation process, In: Ivanovich M and Harmon RS（eds）.
Uranium Series Disequilibrium: applications to earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences 2nd edn. PP. 460-486. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Lisitzin AP, 1996. Oceanic sedimentation, lithology and Geochemistry, Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.
Boyd R, Darlymple R, and Zaitlin BA, 1992. Classification of clastic coastal depositional environments. Sedimentary
geology 80:139-150.
Peltier WR, 1998. Postglacial variations in the level of the sea: implication for climate dynamic and solid-earth
geophysics, Review in geophysics 36:603-689.
Milliman JD and Farnsworth KL, 2002. River runoff, Erosion and Delivery to the Coastal Ocean： A Global Analysis.
Oxford University Press.
Wunsch C and Ferrari R, 2004. Vertical Mixing, energy, and the general circulation of the oceans. Annul reviews of Fluid
Mechanics 36: 281-314.
Chapter Seven：Paleooceanography (10 credit hours)
Questions：
1. List the main biological, physical and chemical proxies in the research of Paleooceanography, and understand the
principles and applications of one of them which you are interested in.
2. List the main methods to build chronological sequence.
3. What are the main aspects that consist of the Paleoceanography environment and how to reconstruct them?
4. What is the formation progress of the West Pacific warm pool?
5. How did the Antarctic ice sheet form?
6. What did the ocean environments like during the glacial periods？