Phil Farquharson's Online Oceanography Page

Phil Farquharson's Oceanography Teaching Page ONLINE Physical Oceanography, Spring 2016 End of a very short era... Things to ponder before taking an online class:
PowerPoint Presentations
Here's a link to the Chapter PowerPoints: http://powerpoints.geology-guy.com/index.html#trujillo (opens in a new window) Powerpoint Handouts, in Flash and outline (PDF) format these are based on Trujillo & Thurman, 11^th edition Many animations, plus voice-overs! (10^th edition of the text) Click here (new window)
USEFUL STUFF
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea Writing Assignment (archive) Volcanoes of the Deep Sea official web site stageVU.com (watch the whole video) Extract from VOTDS Teacher's Guide (some interesting info) GeoTimes Article about Volcanoes of the Deep Sea Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin (check out the specifications) R/V Atlantis (check out the ship schedule, and "Where is Atlantis now?")
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Read about SEAPLEX (Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition) Project HERE. See the Scripps Exploration Magazine article HERE. Oprah Shines Light on Great Pacific Garbage Patch: HERE new window) Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic: HERE. new window)
	FLOTSAMETRICS AND THE FLOATING WORLD: (a life-changing book for me!) How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano Book's web site Word ot the day: Nurdles! (look at the Videos)
Websites of some interesting oceans-related videos:
Earth Revealed (26-part geology series, streaming video) to the Earth Revealed video study guides Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Horizon - BBC Series from which many Discovery Channel shows are based NOVA: Wave That Shook the World NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano NOVA: Storm that Drowned a City Ocean Oasis Blue Planet (BBC Series) Home Page of "Freak Wave" (shown as "Killer Waves" in the U.S.) The Big Chill Homework Assignment (fall 2009) The Big Chill web site The Big Chill transcript NASA article, “A Chilling Possibility” (Mar. 2004) Abrupt Climate Change: Should We Be Worried? (WHOI article)
A Few General Local References:
Cabrillo National Monument - Nature & Science (U.S. National Park Service) Understanding The Life Of Point Loma (Amazon.com) Life Between the Tides (Paperback) Between Pacific Tides: Fifth Edition (Paperback) Rise and Fall of San Diego 150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks California Coastline - Pictures of the coast from a helicopter! Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter
A Few General Oceanography Links:
Scripps Institute of Oceanography UCTV - Ocean Science Videos ("Perspectives on Ocean Science") Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Deep Sea Volcanoes & Vents (American Museum of Natural History) The Oceanography Society Pillow Lava Video Clip (NOAA) Office of Naval Research - ONR American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - ASLO NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center University of Washington School of Oceanography Texas A&M University Oceanography Department JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC Dalhousie University Dept. of Oceanography NASA Oceanography San Diego Tides From the University of South Carolina
Welcome !!! Honest-to-gosh FINAL Page update 4 December 2017