Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 1 | 1 | Course overview | Introduction to Marine Geology | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Origin of the Earth, Ocean, and Atmosphere | Introduce the theories and hypotheses related to the origin of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere | |||
3 | Ocean and Ocean Floor | The basic characteristics of the five oceans, the features of the ocean floor. | |||
4 | Methods to study the Ocean | Videos to show the fundamental methods to survey and study the ocean | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第1章 课程概况、绪论 | 1 | 课程概况 | 介绍本课程主要内容 | 4.0 |
课堂讲授 |
2 | 地球、海洋与大气的起源 | 介绍地球、海洋和大气起源相关的理论和假说 | |||
3 | 海洋与海底概况 | 五大洋的基本特征、海底的基本地形、地貌等特征 | |||
4 | 研究海洋的方法 | 通过视频学习调查海洋、研究海洋的方法 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 2 | 1 | Relative age | Determination of relative age | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Absolute age | Methods to determine the absolute age, principles and application of radiocarbon dating, | |||
3 | Unconformity | Disconformity, angular unconformity, nonconformity | |||
4 | Geological cycles | Carbon cycle, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, rock cycle, and tectonic cycle | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第2章 地质年代与地质作用 | 1 | 相对年龄 | 确定相对地质年龄的方法 | 4.0 | 课堂讲授 |
2 | 绝对年龄 | 确定绝对地质年龄的方法，尤其是14C定年方法的原理及应用 | |||
3 | 不整合 | 完全不整合、角度不整合、非整合 | |||
4 | 地质循环 | 碳循环、氮循环、水循环、岩石循环、以及构造循环等 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 3 | 1 | Geological structures | Major layers within the earth, folds and faults | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Continental drift | Basic concepts and evidence of continental drift | |||
3 | Seafloor spreading | Concepts and evidence of seafloor spreading | |||
4 | Plate tectonics | Plate boundaries and tectonic cycle | |||
5 | Homework 1 | Describe the mechanism, characteristics, and typical places of oceanic obduction | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第3章 大陆漂移、海底扩张、板块构造 | 1 | 地质结构 | 地球的主要结构组成，褶皱，断层 | 4.0
| 课堂讲授 |
2 | 大陆漂移 | 大陆漂移学说的基本概念和证据 | |||
3 | 海底扩张 | 海底扩张学说的基本概念和证据 | |||
4 | 板块构造学 | 板块边界与构造循环 | |||
5 | 作业1 | 简述洋壳仰冲的机理、特征及典型地区 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 4 | 1 | Volcanic eruptions | Distribution, characteristics, and hazards of volcanic eruptions | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Earthquakes and tsunami | Distribution, formation mechanism, hazards, assessment, and forecast of earthquakes and tsunami | |||
3 | Elemental geochemistry | The behavior of trace elements and REE during geological processes | |||
4 | Isotopic geochemistry | Isotopic composition and fractionation of C, O, H. Some important isotopic tracers (He, Sr, Fe…) | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第4章 元素及同位素的海洋地质行为 | 1 | 火山作用 | 火山活动的分布、基本特征及危害 | 4.0 | 课堂讲授 |
2 | 地震与海啸 | 地震与海啸的分布特征、形成机理、危害、评估及预测 | |||
3 | 元素地球化学 | 微量元素与稀土元素在地质过程中的行为 | |||
4 | 同位素地球化学 | C、H、O的同位素组成及其在地质过程中的分馏，一些重要的同位素追踪物如He、Sr、Fe等 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 5 | 1 | Coastal processes | Coastal erosion by wave, tide, turbid current, and marine organism; transportation by seawater | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Marine sedimentation | Coastal, shallow-sea, and deep-sea sedimentation processes； the origin, classification, and distribution of sediments; the geochemical characteristics of sediments; sedimentation rate | |||
3 | Global sea level change | sea level change in the geological time and in modern times, and their mechanisms | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第5章 海洋沉积作用、海平面及海岸带变迁 | 1 | 海岸作用 | 海浪、潮流、浊流、海洋生物等的侵蚀作用, 海水的搬运作用 | 4.0 | 课堂讲授 |
2 | 海洋沉积作用 | 滨海、浅海、深海的沉积作用，沉积物的来源、分类及分布；沉积物的地球化学特征；沉积速率与沉积分布规律等。 | |||
3 | 全球海平面变迁 | 地质时期海平面的变化及特征；现代海平面的变化及原因 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 6 | 1 | Introduction | Discovery, formation mechanism and distribution patterns of seafloor hydrothermal processes | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Vent fluids | Chemical and isotopic compositions of vent fluids, factors controlling the vent fluids | |||
3 | Ecology | Chemosynthesis, biological community related to seafloor hydrothermal vents | |||
4 | examples | 3 examples on seafloor hydrothermal systems | |||
5 | Homework 2 | Describe the chemical composition and its controlling factors of vent fluids from Mid-Ocean Ridge hydrothermal systems | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第6章 海底热液活动 | 1 | 简介 | 海底热液体系的发现、形成机理、分布特征 | 4.0 | 课堂讲授 |
2 | 热液流体 | 热液流体的化学和同位素组成特征，控制热液流体地球化学特征的因素 | |||
3 | 热液生态 | 化能自养作用，热液喷口相关的生态群落特征 | |||
4 | 实例 | 关于海底热液系统的三个实例展示 | |||
5 | 作业2 | 简述洋中脊热液流体的含量组成及受控因素 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 7 | 1 | Gas hydrate | Formation mechanism, distribution, and basic characteristics of gas hydrate | 4.0 | Teaching |
2 | Manganese nodules | Formation mechanism, distribution, and exploiting perspective of manganese nodules and cobalt-rich crust | |||
3 | Massive sulfides | Recent advances in the research of massive sulfides | |||
4 | Homework 3 | Describe the formation mechanism, chemical composition of hydrothermal massive sulfide | |||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第7章 海底矿产资源 | 1 | 天然气水合物 | 天然气水合物的形成机理、分布规律以及基本特征 | 4.0 | 课堂讲授 |
2 | 锰结核 | 锰结核和富钴结壳的形成机理、分布特征以及开发前景 | |||
3 | 块状硫化物 | 当前热液块状硫化物的研究现状与进展 | |||
4 | 作业3 | 简述热液硫化物的主要产地、含量组成及形成机理 | |||
Week | Outline | Content | Periods | Teaching method | |
Week 8 | 1 | Introduction of lab methods | Lab instruments, methods, and application examples to study marine geology | 4.0 | Teaching and Discussion |
2 | Presentations by students | Each student gives an presentation referring to an international conference procedure (<8 min speaking + 2 min Q&A) Note: the grade of the presentation is decided by both the other students (50%) and the teacher (50%) | |||
3 | Review and Summary | Review the whole course and make a summary about the problems of each section. | |||
Total Periods：32 | |||||
教学模块 | 教学单元 | 内容提要 | 学时数 | 授课方式和相关环节 | |
第8章 口头报告、课堂总结 | 1 | 实验室手段 | 研究海洋地质学的仪器、方法及应用实例 | 4.0 | 课堂教学与课堂交流讨论 |
2 | 口头学术报告 | 学生逐一展示自己的学术报告，每位学生做完后，请其他同学就报告内容进行提问（<8分钟报告，2分钟提问）。老师总结出现的问题。(学生和老师共同打分，各占50%) | |||
3 | 课程回顾 | 对整个课程内容进行回顾，总结各个实践环节的问题 | |||
合计学时：32 | |||||
