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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	45

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
Acquiring fundamental knowledge about world ocean and its geographic significance. In physical geography emphasis is on main oceanographic properties and their influence in global and regional geography. In human geography the goal is to understand its significance in historic geography as well as in modern world transportation, economics and geopolitics

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course:
Knowing the geographic distribution of oceans and seas.
Understanding ocean properties and their geoecologic role.
Understanding eustatic and regional sea level changes.
Knowing surface and deep-sea ocean current systems.
Understanding geographic influences of sea currents.
Understanding the genesis and influences of sea waves and tides.
Understanding primary organic production in world ocean.
Knowing maritime political and economic regimes; elements of international maritime law.
Skills in using charts.
Ability to discuss oceans historic geography role and modern socioeconomic role.
Ability to discuss the need of ocean conservation.
Conducting literature research in the field of marine geography.

Course content
1 Marine geography and marine sciences.
2 Geographic distribution of oceans and seas. Sea level changes.
3 Geomorphology of ocean basins.
4 Chemical composition of sea water, geographic and internal distribution of salinity.
5 Geographic and internal distribution of sea water temperature. Relation between temperature, salinity and density
of the sea water. Sea ice.
6 Atmosphere-ocean interactions. Horizontal oceanic circulations.
7 Vertical oceanic circulation.
8 ENSO.
9 Waves.
10 Tides.
11 Matter and energy ocean circulation. Marine organisms' distribution. Primary organic production in oceans.
12 Physical geography properties of coasts, types of coasts, estuaries nod deltas.
13 Oceans and seas in socioeconomic development. Fishing and mariculture. Off-shore ore extraction. Energy from the ocean.
14 Oceans in world trading. Litoralization.
15 Elements of international maritime law.

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2. Thurman, H. V. i Burton, E. A. 2001.: Introductory oceanography. 9th edition. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 554 str.
3. Sverdrup, K. A., A. C. Duxbury, A. B. Duxbury (2003.) An Introduction to the World's Oceans. Seventh edit. McGraw-Hill, New York etc., 521 str.
4. Kelletat, D. (1999.) Physische Geographie der Meere und Küsten. 2. auflage. Teubner Studienbücher Geographie, Stuttgart, 258 str.
5. Gierloff-Emden, H. G. (1980.): Geographie des Meeres Oceane und Küsten. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York, u dva sveska: Teil 1 str. 1-761, Teil 2 str. 767-1310
6. Riđanović, J. (2002.): Geografija mora. Hrvatski zemljopis, Bibliotheka Geographia Croatica, Zagreb, 214

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