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GEOG 4101

Two Million Years of Environmental Change

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Multidisciplinary scientific study of the changes in the physical environment of the Earth during the last two million years and methods of studying recent Earth history, with focus on current research.

2018

Topics

  • Quaternary Nature of climate cycles. Orbital cycles. Impacts of climate cycles worldwide.
  • Proxies Overview, Nature of scientific evidence, calibration, requirements
  • Tree coring in In the soils lab – go straight to Loeb A120
  • SEM demo go straight to Steacie Building, Room 222
  • Tree coring report due, midnight
  • Take home test due, midnight
  • SEM report due, midnight.
  • Nature of Climate cycles, Oscillations; D-O events, Greenland Interstadials, Heinrich Events
  • Take home test due

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): third year standing in a B.Sc. program, or a third year Science Geography Elective or a third year ERTH course, or permission of the Department. Note: GEOG 3105 is recommended. Lectures three hours a week.

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