MSC 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Captain Hook, Continental Crust

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Marine Science
• Course: MSC 111
• Professor: Peterson Larry

Document Summary

The average depth of the ocean is ~4000m deep. Herodotus: constructed one of the first world maps. Aristotle: published meteorologica (geography and physical structure of the known world) and historia animalium (first known book on marine biology). Eratosthenes: made a new map of the world, calculated the circumference of the earth to be 25,000 miles. Captain james hook: most important navigator in history. Benjamin franklin: created the first accurate map of the gulf stream. Matthew fontaine maury: the father of oceanography. Charles darwin: sailed on the hms beagle and mapped coral islands, volcanic islands, and south america. The big bang: ~14 billion years ago. Solar nebula theory: that the formation of our solar system is from a nebula cloud made from dust and gas. All parts of the solar system were formed are 4. 5bya from this nebula. Accretion: gas and dust grains are in orbit around a central protostar.