G 459 Quaternary Climate
Study of the causes and consequences of climate change through the Quaternary. Topics include: an overview of climate system dynamics; the geologic record of Quaternary climate and its profound glacial to interglacial cycles; the use of that record to develop conceptual models of paleoclimate interactions among land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere; and geologic changes during the Cenozoic (the last 65 million years) that set the stage for the Quaternary. Includes computer laboratory exercises using paleoclimate data.
Slash Listed Courses
Also offered for graduate-level credit as
G 559 and may be taken only once for credit.
Prerequisite
upper division standing in a physical or life science program.