前言
Unit 1 Paleoceanography
Supplementary reading material: Temporal Changes in Paleoceanography
Unit 2 "Hotspot" Volcanism and Plate Tectonics
Supplementary reading material: Volcanic Systems
Relative book review: Dynamic Earth-Plates, Plumes and Mantle Convection
Unit 3 Rapid Climate Change
Supplementary reading material: A Model for Rapid Climate Change in the
Greenhouse World: the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum ( PETM)
Relative book review: Warm Climates in Earth History
Unit 4 Natural Hazards and People
Supplementary reading material: Volcanic Eruptions
Unit 5 Natural Resources
Relative book review : Earth System Analysis : Integrating Science for Sustainability
Unit 6 The Rodinia Jigsaw Puzzle
Supplementary reading material: Methods of Establishing Paleocontinental Configurations
Unit 7 Evolution of the Global Carbonate Cycle Through Earth History
Supplementary reading material: Global Carbonate Cycle
Relative book review: Earth Surface Systems: Complexity, Order, and Scale
Unit 8 Reconstructing the Physical Environment
Supplementary reading material: Ocean Circulation
Reconstructing the Carbon Cycle
References
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