Introduction to Oceanography Course Recorded Lecture Series

Produced by Katryn Wiese, Earth Sciences Department, City College of San Francisco

Origin and Nature of Earth Lecture Series:

Lecture #1 – Formation of Earth:

Lecture #2 – Dating the Earth:

Lecture #3 – Density and the Earth:

Lecture #4 – Young Earth:

Lecture #5 –Life on Earth:

Oceanography and Maps Lecture Series:

Lecture #6 –Earth the Water World:

Lecture #7–Latitude and Longitude:

Plate Tectonics and Seafloors Lecture Series:

Lecture #8 – Earth’s Layers and Isostasy:

Lecture #9 – Plate Tectonics Basics:

Lecture #10 – Plate Tectonics Global Effects:

Lecture #11 – Plate Tectonics of California:

Lecture #12 – Hotspots:

Lecture #13 – Seafloor Spreading and Hotspots:

Lecture #14– Paleomagnetism:

Lecture #15 – Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents:

Lecture #16 – Seafloor Features and Landforms

Lecture #17 - Marine Sediments

Seawater Chemistry Mini Lecture Series:

Lecture #18 – Water Molecule Structure:

Lecture #19– Phases of Water

Lecture #20 – Density of Seawater:

Lecture #21 – Thermal Properties of Seawater:

Lecture #22 – Light, Sound, and Pressure Properties of Seawater:

Lecture #23 – Ocean Salinity:

Lecture #24 – Measuring Ocean Salinity:

Lecture #25 – Ocean’s Carbonate Buffer System:

Lecture #26 – Ocean Salinity’s Affect on Marine Life

Atmospheric Circulation Lecture Series:

Lecture #27 – The Seasons:

Lecture #28 – Relative Humidity:

Lecture #29 – Atmospheric Gasses, Heats, and Pressure:

Lecture #30 – Atmospheric Circulation:

Lecture #31 – Weather Phenomena:

Ocean Circulation Lecture Series:

Lecture #32 – Thermohaline Circulation:

Lecture #33 – Surface Currents:

Lecture #34 – Ocean Mixing and Pollution:

Lecture #35 – El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO):

Ocean Waves Lecture Series:

Lecture #36 – Ocean Wave Basics:

Lecture #37 – Big Swell and Surf:

Lecture #38 – Tides Patterns:

Lecture #39 – Causes of Tides:

Lecture #40 – Living with Tides:

Shorelines and Coastal Waters Lecture Series:

Lecture #41 – Coastlines:

Lecture #42 – Shoreline Currents:

Lecture #43 – Beaches and Sand Movement:

Lecture #44 – Estuaries:

Marine Habitats and Physical Conditions:

Lecture #45 – Marine Physical Conditions

Lecture #46– Marine Chemical Conditions

Lecture #47 – Marine Carbon and Oxygen Cycles:

Lecture #48 – Marine Nutrient Cycle:

Marine Life Classification, Food Webs, and Productivity:

Lecture #50 – Nekton, Benthos, and Plankton:

Lecture #51 – Feeding Methods:

Lesson #52 - Marine Life Phylogeny

Lecture #53 – Marine Life Symbiosis:

Lecture #54 – Plankton and Primary Productivity:

Lecture #54 – Fish and Whales:

Marine Life Ecosystems and Communities:

Lecture #55 – The Intertidal Zone:

Lecture #56 – Coral Reef Systems:

Lecture #57 – Deep Sea Communities:

Pollution and Climate Change Lecture Series:

Lecture #58 – Marine Environmental Challenges:

Lecture #59 – Ocean Mixing and Pollution:

Lecture #60 – Sea Level and Climate Change:

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