The Last Billion Years

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines major events in Earth history. The geological and geochemical evidence will be described, and the hypothesized causes of the events will be examined. The goal of this course is to develop an understanding of the functioning of the earth/ocean/atmosphere system, how it has reacted to perturbations in the past and how it will react to current perturbations in the future. PREREQUISITES: OCEA 2001.03 and OCEA 2002.03 (or OCEA 2000.06); or ERTH 1080.03 FORMATS: Lecture