Nov 23, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 445 - Paleoclimatology


(4 units)

Prerequisite(s): GEOG 340  or GEOL 240  or GEOL 300  or consent of instructor.
Methods and theories used in reconstructing and dating climates of the past 2 million years, using such proxies as sediment sequences, packrat middens, ice cores, tree rings, corals, and documentary data. Causes of environmental change and human interactions are analyzed.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours, lab activities 2 hours) Cross-listed with GEOL 445 . Same course as GEOL 445 . Not open for credit to students with credit in GEOL 445