12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2009

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Summons, Roger; Bosak, Tanja
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Geobiology
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Abstract
This course introduces parallel evolution of life and the environment. Life processes are influenced by chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and the solid earth. In turn, life can influence chemical and physical processes on our planet. This course introduces the concept of life as a geological agent and examines the interaction between biology and the earth system during the roughly four billion years since life first appeared.
Date issued
2009-06
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86310
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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12.007-Spring2009
local: 12.007
local: IMSCP-MD5-ea811cc7ca4c71f59e2537aaa0018e7e
Keywords
carbon cycle, isotopic analysis, geobiochemistry, climate, climate change, Snowball earth, mesozoic, proterozoic, mass extinctions, paleoclimate, antiquity of life, carbon dating, origin of life, phylogenic trees
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