You are required to view this fill out the questions, if you are unable to make class on Wednesday see me for and set up a time for a viewing. This week we will finish making the link between the global carbon cycle and the global tectonic cycle and continue talking about how the Earth has eveloved. In particular this week will focus on the Storing of Natural resources. The handout this week is an Ohio fact pamphlet that can be downloaded at this site . In addition to Russ' IS work in Paleontology he has also participated in a tree-ring study near Orrville Ohio in Johnson Woods.
Soils is one of the products of waeathering.
The special reading in Ecology can be downloaded here . They worked on rocks from Greece and Bristish Columbia, respectively. In addtion to the reading on the Nitrogen Cycle , you may want to take a look at another article written on the subject that deals with nutrient loading an hog farms wastes - a growing problem. Mass movements will be featured this week. The US Geological Survey maintains and excellent site that deals with ongoing studies of mass movements and the latest updates on major mass movements around the world.