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Class hours: MWF 14:00 - 14:55

Location: 155 ARM

Grading Scheme: Letter only

Field: 5/8-5/10 or 5/15-5/17

Lab: 251 Arms
Tu 3:30-5:30 p.m., 9:00-11:00 p.m.;

W 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Textbook:
Grotzinger, J. et al., 2007, Understanding Earth, 5th Edition, W. H. Freeman, New York, 579 pp.

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  Grad Student Ryan Petterson is standing on reddish brown strata (Elatina Formation) in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The glacial strata were deposited during one of the coldest periods in earth history, the Marinoan glaciation, when most or all of the Earth was frozen at the surface. It abruptly ended 635 million years ago with severe global warming, represented by the yellowish-brown carbonate strata under Ryan's left hand (Nuccaleena Formation).      

Last Update: 06/10/2009
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