The concept of deep time provides a framework for exploring patterns of change in and the relations between Earth subsystems. Study of the interaction of these systems will help students to recognize major events in Earth history. Course units include the rise in atmospheric oxygen, the supercontinents Rodinia and Pangea, the origins of animals and plants, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary impact event.
Weekly labs provide hands-on, quantitative exercises for students working in small groups.
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