Paper Guidelines
The Oceanography Research Paper Assignment is a choice topic paper. This means that you can pick any topic related to oceanography topics. Below, you will find a list of potential topics, but you are not limited to choosing one of them. As long as the topic is directly related to Oceanography and meets the standards of a college-level academic paper, you may choose what you are most interested in.
Guidelines:
The Paper should be written in APA format. An APA format guide is listed in a link on the outline document.
· Your APA paper does NOT require an abstract page, which is typical of a longer document.
· Your paper SHOULD include a title page and should be formatted with the correct headers and page numbers.
· Your paper should be a minimum of 5 pages in length, Times New Roman 10-12, double-spaced.
· Your paper must include a minimum of three academic resources, properly cited in APA format.
· The paper must be submitted to the appropriate dropbox in the assignments section of D2L. Please do not email me your paper. I will not grade it.
Possible Topic Ideas (You are NOT required to use these. Choose what you are interested in)
The Ice Age and Oceanic Development
Undersea Volcanic Activity
Deep Sea Sedimentation
Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean
Ocean Erosion
Implications
Water Circulation Patterns in Fjords
Salinity Processes in the Indian Ocean
Hydrothermal Vents
Colonization of the Ocean Floor
Ocean Reefs and Biodiversity
Changing Dynamics of the Ocean’s Food Web
Comparison of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
The Origin of Ocean Water
Marine Chemistry (salt, oxygen, carbon dioxide, trace elements)
Icebergs and Sea Ice
Wave Transport of Sediment and Beach Formation
Coastal Erosion and Deposition
Geothermal Processes on the Ocean Floor (Mineral Formation)
Life in the Deep Sea
Upwelling of Deep
Sea Currents
The Tides
Use of Remote Sensing in Oceanography
Oxygen Isotopes in Deep Sea Cores
Ocean Impacts on the Atmosphere
Sea Level Rise
Past, Present and Future
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Mining
History of Ocean Exploration