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Week
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Date
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Topic
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1
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08/20
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Introduction to the
Quaternary: What is the
Quaternary? Why study the
Quaternary? (Contemporary issues in climate change – the role of paleoclimatology).
Overview of Climate System: Solar radiation, surface energy balance,
interactions and feedbacks.
Proxies and archives of Quaternary history.
Introduction to pre-Quaternary Earth
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2
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08/27
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The pre-Q Earth (setting the
stage) 1: Snowball Earth and ice albedo feedbacks
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3
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09/03
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The pre-Q Earth (setting the
stage) 2: Long-term Cretaceous and Cenozoic climate evolution |
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4
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09/10
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Biogeochemisty and climate, hydrates and greenhouse gases
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5
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09/17
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No Class (Rigsby in Winton, NC) Take
the time to read the 10/01 readings carefully and to go outside the
reading to bring a deeper understanding to our next discussions.
To get you started, I've added two short articles (from PAGES
newsletter) about the Dutton et al. (2015) article to our reading list.
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6
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09/24
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No Class (GSA Week)
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7
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10/01
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Quaternary sea-levels
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8
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10/08
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No Class (Fall Break)
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| 9 | 10/01 | High latitude ice core records
of past climate |
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10
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10/22
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Centennial/Millenial events and Orbital variability (D/O oscillations, Heinrich events)
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11
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10/29
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Hemispheric interactions,
Leads-lags, and the See-Saw Oscillator
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12
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11/05
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Thermohaline Circulation and Leads-lags, revisted
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13
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11/12
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Speleothems, monsoons, and tropical paleoclimates
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14
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11/19
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Paleoclimate impacts (Quaternary extinctions, overkill, etc.)
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15
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11/26
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Paleoclimate impacts, continued
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16
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12/04
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No formal class today (work independently on Anthropocene assignment)
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