12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2009
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Author(s)
Summons, Roger
Bosak, Tanja
Alternative Title
Geobiology
Date Issued
June 2009
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.
Subjects
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
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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