EAES 575 - ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN PHYSICAL HYDROLOGY/LIMNOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Instructors: Professors Peter Doran (pdoran@uic.edu) and Carol Stein (cstein@uic.edu)
Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 to 3:15
Place: SES 2418
Description: This course explores advanced water-related topics, from high elevation lakes, down to submarine and crustal waters. The course is split into two parts. The first part will be taught by Professor Doran and will focus on surface and groundwater processes (see list of potential topics below). The second part will focus on topics in geological oceanography (see list of topics below). The second half will be taught by Professor Stein. The course will be largely based on readings and critiques of cutting-edge papers in the respective fields, and student presentations on these papers. A term paper is required for each half of the course as is a presentation on the paper topic.
Grading Scheme:
Term papers (2) 50%
Seminar presentations 40%
Participation 10%
Schedule
Date |
Comments |
Aug.24 & 26 |
Review of basics in Physical Hydrology/Limnology |
Aug.31 & Sept 2 |
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Sept. 7 & 9 |
Tuesday- submit 1st term paper topic in writing |
Sept. 14 & 16 |
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Sept. 23 & 25 |
No classes |
Sept. 28 & 30 |
Thursday 1st term paper due. |
Oct. 5 & 7 |
No class on Thursday! |
Oct. 12 & 14 |
Oral presentation of 1st term paper |
Oct. 19& 21 |
Review of basics in Geological Oceanography |
Oct. 26 & 28 |
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Nov. 2 & 4 |
Tuesday- submit 2nd term paper topic in writing |
Nov. 9 & 11 |
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Nov. 16 & 18 |
Thursday- submit 2nd term paper outline |
Nov. 23 |
No class on Thursday! |
Nov. 30 & Dec. 2 |
oral presentation of 2nd term paper, Thursday- 2nd term paper due |
Topics:
Part I
Surface water
Lakes
Subglacial lakes
Groundwater
Submarine groundwater
Water on Mars
Climate change and the hydrologic cycle
Dating of water
Remote sensing in hydrology
Field methods in hydrology
Part II
Chemistry of seawater
Field Methods for heat flow measurements
Thermal Evolution of oceanic lithosphere
Estimating hydrothermal heat loss
Ridge crest: Hydrothermal circulation;
Black smokers; Diffuse flow
Off-Ridge hydrothermal circulation
Topography and circulation
Impact on water chemistry and climate