Course Identification

Title:

Paleoceanography

Code:

20202092

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Yael Kiro, Prof. Itay Halevy

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2020

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 11:15 - 13:00, FGS, Rm 2

First Lecture:

21/04/2020

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

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

Comments

Will NOT be taught on-line. The course will be canceled if frontal lectures are not permitted by April 19th.

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)

3

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 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