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.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): ERTH 2314 or permission of the department.
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): ERTH 2314 or permission of the department.
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ERTH 5302 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours per week.
Reference text in its original language
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.
- Prerequisite(s): ERTH 2314 or permission of the department.
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ERTH 5302 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours per week.
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