GEOL658: EARTH SYSTEMS THROUGH DEEP TIME: Global Change, Paleoclimate, and Life

Drs. Ethan Grossman, Anne Raymond, Jeff Fox, Tom Olszewski, Mike Pope, Bridget Wade, Dave Wiltschko and others)

LECTURE: M-W 3:35-5:00 PM, Halb. 103 (subject to change)

OFFICE HOURS (Grossman, Halb. 210): TBA

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (pdf)

CLASS PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  History and cause of global change in the Earth System, Archean to Holocene; impact of biotic change on the Earth System; influence of tectonics on paleochemistry and climate change; influence of climate on tectonics; methods and models for evaluating global change

CLASS SCHEDULE AND READING

WEEK
DATE
SIGN-UP SHEET
LEADER
ADVISOR
READING
1. Review of the Earth System  (4 weeks)
1
20-Jan
Introduction and example of connectivity of Earth Systems
Ethan Grossman
2
25-Jan
Surface and deep ocean circulation
Ethan Grossman
2
27-Jan
Earth's energy balance, atmospheric circulation
Rob Korty
3
1-Feb
Ocean chemistry and productivity
Ethan Grossman
3
3-Feb
4
8-Feb
4
10-Feb
5
15-Feb
5
17-Feb
6
22-Feb
2. Special Topics (8 weeks)
6
24-Feb
7
1-Mar
7
3-Mar
8
8-Mar
8
10-Mar
15-Mar
SPRING BREAK
17-Mar
SPRING BREAK
9
22-Mar
9
24-Mar
10
29-Mar
10
31-Mar
11
5-Apr
11
7-Apr
12
12-Apr
12
14-Apr
13
19-Apr
13
21-Apr
Term paper presentations
3. Student project presentations (1.5 weeks)
14
26-Apr
Term paper presentations
14
28-Apr
Term paper presentations
15
3-May
Term paper presentations