Geologic Records of Environmental Change

0-4 Credits

Overview of geologic records of changes in Earth's climate and environment, how these records are produced and interpreted, and how they can be applied to a variety of disciplines. Exploration of diverse archives and proxies, with a focus on terrestrial and marine sediments, age model construction, time series analysis, uncertainty quantification, and correlation of records. A class project will use acquisition and analysis of geochemical data to demonstrate how records of climate and environmental change are constructed and interpreted. Prerequisites: EES 080 and EES 115 Attribute/Distribution: NS, Q