Subject Code: ES6L112 Subject Name: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite:
Paleoceanographic changes  in relation  to earth  system  history  including  impact  of  the  oceans  on  climate  change;  Evolution  of  oceans  through  the Cenozoic; Ocean gateways and  their  role  in controlling global climates; Reconstructing Quaternary climatic and oceanographic history on shorter time scales  using  marine  records; Mineral  resources  of  the  ocean  including  polymetallic  nodules;  Hydrocarbons beneath  the  sea  floor; Marine  gas  hydrates  and  their  economic  potential
Different types paleoclimatic proxies; their applicability and limitations; Instrumental records; Historical written records;  Tree rings; speleothem; Ice cores; Coral reefs: hundred thousands of years; Lake sediments; Deep ocean sediments; Sediments on land/shallow ocean.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Murray-Wallace, Colin V. and Woodroffe, Colin D., Quaternary Sea-Level Changes: A Global Perspective, Cambridge University Press
  2. Bradley, R.S., Paleoclimatology; Reconstructing climates of the Past. Elesevier
  3. Fairchild, Ian J. and Baker, Andy, Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments, Willey-Blackwell
  4. Hillaire-Marcel, C. and de Vernal, Ann, Proxies in Late Cenozoic Paleoceanography: 1 (Developments in Marine Geology), Elsevier Science
  5. Kennth, J.P., Marine Geology, Prentice Hall