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COURSE INFORMATION

Dr. Margaret Mulholland

GLOBAL EARTH SYSTEMS (OEAS 310) - FALL 2008

Dr. Margaret Mulholland

E-mail: mmulholl@odu.edu

Office phone: 683-3972

Room 435, Oceanography & Physics Bldg

Office Hours: by appointment

SYLLABUS

LECTURES

READINGS

HOMEWORK

LECTURES

Lecture 1: The Earth System

Lecture 2: Systems Approach

Lecture 3: Energy Balance

Lecture 4: Atmosphere Gaia Daisyworld

Lecture 5: Origin of the Universe

Lecture 6: Structure of the Earth and Moon

Lecture 7: Plate Tectonics

Lecture 8: Plate Boundaries

Lecture 9: Tectonics/Rock Cycle

Lecture 10: Seawater

Lecture 11a: Coevolution of Life and Atmosphere

Lecture 11b: Coevolution of Life and Atmosphere

Lecture 11c: Coevolution of Life and Atmosphere

Lecture 12a: Atmosphere

Lecture 12b: Atmosphere

Lecture 13: Hydrological Cycle

Lecture 14a: Ocean Circulation

Lecture 14b: Ocean Circulation

Lecture 15: Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Lecture 16: Carbon Cycle NPS

Lecture 17: Global Change

READINGS

Falkowski et al., 2000

Jacobson et al., 2000

The Evolution of Continental Crust

The Evolution of Earth

The Origins of Water on Earth

Toggweiler and Russell, 2008

HOMEWORK

Homework # 2

Homework # 2a

Homework # 3

Homework # 4

Homework # 5

Homework # 6

Homework # 7