GG200
Geologic Inquiry
4 credits
Usual format is three 50-minute lectures and one 3-hour
lab
Writing Intensive
Catalog description:
Origin and age of the solar system and earth: interior of
the earth; plate tectonics and records of biological
evolution and past environments.
Specific topics covered include:
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History of Geology & Stenos Laws |
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Earth Structure & Calculations in Earth Science |
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Review of Plate Tectonics & Plate Motions |
The Carbon Cycle: Respiration,
Photosynthesis & Carbon Sequestration
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The Modern Earth System & Paleoproxies |
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Diversity of Life |
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Evolution: Selection, Speciation & Extinction |
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Facies and Depositional
Environments |
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Time Scale, Geocronology
& Paleomagnetism |
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Stable Isotopes & Geochemical Cycles |
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Hadean & Archean: The
Origin of Life & The Rise of Oxygen |
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Proterozoic: Rise of Oxygen, Snow Ball Earth, & The
First Animals |
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Paleozoic Life: Cambrian Explosion, The Rise of Plants
& Early Extinctions |
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Paleozoic Tectonics: North American Mountain Building,
Coal Swamps & Pangea |
Mesozoic: Super
Continent Break-up, Ocean Anoxia, Impacts, Flood
Basalts & Mass Extinctions.
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Cenozoic Climate
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The Younger Dryas/Holocene |
This class is designated as writing intensive
(WI) and there are usually 3 types of assignments: figure caption
writing, short essays, and a paper on a significant event in EarthÕs history.