TOPICS FOR TERM PAPERS
The following are a list of possible topics for term papers. Feel free to make up your own topic.
1. Marine geology of marginal basins
a. marine geology of a specific marginal basin, e.g., Bering Sea
2. Origin and evolution of aseismic ridges
a. origin and evolution of a specific aseismic ridge, e.g., Ninetyeast Ridge
3. Origin and evolution of continental margins
a. origin and evolution of a specific continental margin, e.g., Namibian continental margin
4. Mantle hotspots
5. Ocean-continent boundary
6. Vertical movements at fracture zones and transform faults
7. Nephelometry and deep circulation
8. Hydrothermal circulation and metamorphism of ocean crust
9. Evolution of deep sea fans
10. Sedimentary drifts
11. Origin of manganese nodules
12. Glaciomarine sediments
13. Volcanoclastic sediments
14. Cosmogenic sediments
15. Deep sea cherts
16. Deep sea black shales
17. Evaporites in the deep sea
18. Submarine volcanism
19. Tectonic processes at the Mid-Ocean Ridge
20. Widespread extinction of atolls in the Late Cretaceous
21. History of the CCD
22. Sedimentary stratigraphy of any of the oceans
23. Origin and evolution of barrier islands
24. Sea level changes
a. effects of Pleistocene/Holocene changes on the continental shelf
b. causes of sea level changes
c. methods of determining sea level changes
25. Methods of navigation
26. History of deep sea submersibles
27. Development of various deep sea instruments
28. Late Tertiary history of the Mediterranean Sea
29. Geologic history of the Georgia coast
30. Publication of marine science materials on the World Wide Web