Course Identification

Title:

Paleoceanography

Code:

20222151

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Yael Kiro

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 10:15 - 12:00, Sussman, Magaritz Rm

First Lecture:

25/10/2021

End date:

18/03/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Guided Reading Course; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

Students are expected to read a paper every week and actively participate discussing the paper at class.

Every week one student will be responsible to present the paper.
Between Nov 21-Dec 12 the course will be held at FGS room 1.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

35%

Seminar:

65%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

The reading course will cover the following topics through significant papers that will be determined in the future.

- Past ocean temperature reconstruction (Mg/Ca in foraminifera, alkenones)

- Oxygen isotopes in foraminifera

- Sea level changes

- ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr reconstruction in the ocean and its environmental significance

- Reconstruction of past ocean circulation (Nd isotopes and Carbon isotopes)

- Major elements budget in the ocean

- Past pH and pCO2, B isotopes

- Major debates in paleoceanography

Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of the course, the students will gain:

Fundemental knowledge in paleoceanography and environmental proxies

Reading List

TBD

Website

N/A