EAS 5011 - Evolution of the Earth System

(CU-SBY)

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: EAS 2200 or EAS 2250, MATH 1110 or MATH 1910, and one course in chemistry (high school or college). Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Co-meets with EAS 3010. Two field trips, either Sat or Sun. Students enrolled in EAS 5011 are required to complete an additional project.

W. Allmon, T. Jordan, S. Riha.

Life activities alter the physical and chemical environment and are altered by that environment. This interaction over very long times constitutes a coevolution of earth and life. Course uses modern systems, tens-of-thousands-year-old systems, and hundreds-of-millions-year-old systems to illustrate principles, methods of reconstructing deep history, and the context of natural change inherent to life and earth.