Subject: Geology
Credit units: 3
Offered: Term 2 only
Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
College: Arts and Science
Department: Geological Sciences

Explores the record of climate variations preserved in recent earth materials, and the influence of these variations on contemporary societies. The focus will be on extreme periods, e.g., Pleistocene deglaciation, the Younger Dryas, 8.2ka event, Piorra Oscillation, Roman Warm Period, Dark Ages, Medieval Optimum, Little Ice Age, and 20th century warming.

Prerequisite(s): GEOL 206 or 229 or GEOG 233 or permission of the department.
Note: Students with credit for GEOL 398 (Climate History) may not take this course for credit.

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