Oceanographic Processes - MSCI5004

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Excluded: MSCI3001
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Studies the physical, biological and geological processes of the marine environment; the dynamics of ocean currents including surface waves, geostrophy, tides, upwelling subduction, basin scale gyres, El Nino: biological processes including primary formation of particulate matter, secondary production, biological cycles; geological processes.