Carleton University · ERTH 5302

Frozen Earth: Unveiling the Snowball Earth Catastrophe

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Discover how icy cataclysms shaped our planet through Earth’s most extreme climate event: Snowball Earth! We will explore this theory's origins, examine compelling geologic and geochemical evidence, and dive into topics such as glacial sedimentology, the carbon cycle, evolution, and more on this thrilling adventure.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ERTH 4302 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Lectures three hours per week.
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Discover how icy cataclysms shaped our planet through Earth’s most extreme climate event: Snowball Earth! We will explore this theory's origins, examine compelling geologic and geochemical evidence, and dive into topics such as glacial sedimentology, the carbon cycle, evolution, and more on this thrilling adventure.

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ERTH 4302 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Lectures three hours per week.

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