GEO 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Orbit, Renewable Energy, Sea Surface Temperature

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Geology
• Course: GEO 1111
• Professor: Donald Cummings

Document Summary

Huge volume of water below 1000 m in the major oceans. Huge fraction of unknown ocean that is hidden. Sun does not reflect that deep into the ocean. Not equally distributed from northern and southern hemisphere. Acts like a buffer between the water and air. Moderates the earths temp as water is a great heat distributer. On land temperature range is higher than sea surface temperature range. High latent heat (takes a lot of en to change states) Needs a lot of en from the sun. Coats grains of sands --> able to put lots of water into the ground but. Coats grains of sands --> able to put lots of water into the ground but cannot pump out as much. Light and other types of en can penetrate through this. Na and cl is very abundant in the ocean. Sea floor spreading sites and deep sea vents. The pressure of the water doubles for every 10m.