Thought Questions for the Book Chapters



Listed below are links to some “thought” questions I put together for most of the book chapters.  Some are simply designed to ensure the students understand basic concepts/idea presented in the book, and can be used as the starting point for class discussions.  Others, however, are designed to get the students to think about topics presented in the book in a bit more detail.









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The "evolution" of sediment sampling






Rodger Revelle rigging a Kullenberg core sampler (circa 1950)



Sediment cores collected with a "modern" multi-corer from a site in the eastern tropical Pacific. Note the transition about halfway down the core from a brown, oxidized layer surface layer to (reduced ?) greenish-gray clay below