GEOL 143 Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
Note: assigned reading pages for each lecture are shown in parentheses
Lecture Series 1 (covered in Examination 1)
Lecture 1 Course Introduction
and Benchmarks in the History of Life (p. 1 to 5)
Lecture 2 Earth Systems and Geologic
Time (p. 6 to 12, 87 to 92, 47 to 52)
Lecture 3 Diversity, Structure, and
Environmental Context of Life (p. 19 to 31, 121 to 123, 133 to
137)
Lecture 4 The Record of Evolution and
Extinction (p. 33 to 47)
Lecture 5 Video (no readings)
Lecture Series 2 (covered in Examination 2)
Lecture 6 Archean Eon of Precambrian
Earth (p. 55 to 62, 109 to 111)
Lecture 7 Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian
Earth (p. 112 to 120)
Lecture 8 Snowball Earth and Carbon
Cycles (no readings)
Lecture 9 Early Paleozoic Earth I (p.
123 to 132)
Lecture 10 Early Paleozoic Earth II
(p. 133 to152)
Lecture 11 Middle Paleozoic Earth I
(p. 179 to 192)
Lecture 12 Middle Paleozoic Earth II
(p. 208 to 218)
Lecture Series 3 (covered in Examination 3)
Lecture 13 Late Paleozoic Earth
I (p. 217 to 218, 233 to 236)
Lecture 14 Late Paleozoic Earth II (p.
217 to 218, 233 to 236)
Lecture 15 Early Mesozoic Earth I (p.
218 to 232, 241 to243)
Lecture 16 Early Mesozoic Earth II (p.
218 to 232, 241 to243)
Lecture 17 Video (no readings)
Lecture 18 Video (no readings)
Lecture 19 Cretaceous Earth I (p. 220
to 224, 243 to 254)
Lecture 20 Cretaceous Earth II (p. 220
to 224, 243 to 254)
Lecture Series 4 (covered in Final Examination)
Lecture 21 Paleogene Earth (p. 259
to 267)
Lecture 22 Neogene Earth (p. 267 to
280)
Lecture 23 Quaternary and Holocene Earth
(p. 281 to 291)
Lecture 24 Quaternary and Holocene (p.
281 to 291)
Overview of Geobiology and Biocomplexity on a Changing Planet