USF offers five graduate programs: biological oceanography, chemical oceanography,
geological oceanography, physical oceanography, and marine resource assessment.
For more than three decades, it was an effective mobile laboratory serving various areas of marine science and used to perform a range of marine research such as fisheries, marine biology, physical, chemical and
geological oceanography," al-Ansi pointed out.
Intended for scientists, students, and managers working in the region, the text begins with an introduction to the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem, and then addresses the physical and biological background, climate and weather, physical and
geological oceanography, as well as biological and chemical oceanography.
The scientists at the Rio de Janeiro State University's
Geological Oceanography Observatory measured coastal erosion by monitoring the volume of sands that have been washed away by ocean currents.
He earned a master of science in
geological oceanography in 1971 and a doctorate in
geological oceanography in 1974, both from Texas A&M University.
