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G105 (Earth: Our Habitable Planet) |
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Professor: Dr. Jürgen Schieber, Room 523, Geological Sciences, Ph: 855-5322, jschiebe@indiana.edu
Office Hour: Monday 9:00-10:00, or by appointment
for full class syllabus click here
lecture notes are linked to the chapters listed below
Date Topics Reading Assignment
Course Notes PART II
Week 7 | Geologic Time, Geologic Processes Past and Present - Uniformitarianism |
WC-6; BP-Ch.8,
p. 160+; P-11 |
Week 8 | Self Regulating Systems - Atmospheric Gases - Greenhouse Effect |
WC-7;
L-4; BP-Ch.1, 20; P-12, 13 |
Week 9 | The Importance of Carbon for Climate Regulation, Daisyworld |
WC-8;
WC-9; L-3; L-5; BP-Ch.15-p. 358, 20; P-14, 15 |
Week 10 | Spring Break | |
Week 11 | The Origin of Life and its Consequences | WC-10;
L-3; BP-Ch. 17 P-16, 17 |
Week 12 | Second Midterm (click for study guide) |
WC = Posted Course Notes; L = readings from Lovelock; BP = reading from Blue Planet text; P = Powerpoint Lectures