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INTRODUCTION TO QUATERNARY ECOLOGY FALL, 2007
GEOS 462 & 562 - ANTH. 462
MWF 10-10:50 BIO W 208

TOPICS DATE READINGS
1. History of Pleistocene Study Aug. 20 m FLINT '71 Ch. 2
2. Glacial Chronologies Aug. 22w WEST '68 Ch. 11       HW1
3. The Holocene Aug. 24 f Cronin '99
4. Pluvial Lakes Aug. 27 m Licciardi '01               HW1
5. Pleistocene Floods Aug. 29 w Benito & OConnor '03
6. Quaternary Faunas Aug. 31 f Janis et al. '00
Labor Day (no class) Sep. 3 m
7. Pleistocene Extinctions Sep. 5 w Martin '77
8. Marine Climate Indicators Sep. 7 f Cocoliths 07
9. Oxygen Isotopes Sep. 10 m MIS 1-203
10. Land-Sea Correlations Sep. 12 w Kukla 05                     HW3 due
Lect. 1-10 EXAM 1 (100 pts) Sep. 14 m  
11. Varves, Tree Rings, Corals Sep. 17 m PAGES holivar '03
12. Tree Ring Science Sep. 19 w Tree Ring Principles
13. Radiometric Dating Sep. 21 f AMS Jull & Burr 05
14. Other Dating Methods Sep. 24 m PAGES vols.
15. Paleomagnetic Time Scale Sep. 26 w
16. Archeomagnetism Sep. 28 f Eighmy et al. '80
17. Lichenometry Oct. 1 m BRADLEY Ch. 4
18. Rock Varnish Oct. 3 w Dorn '87                   HW 4 Due
19. Volcanic Ash Layers Oct. 5 f USGS Yellowstone
Lect. 11-19 EXAM 2 (100 pts) Oct. 8 m GEOS 562 TOPICS DUE
20. Global Climatology Oct. 10 w D.Chen 01
21. Regional ClimatologyLdW Oct. 12 f Edmonds et al. 03
Tumamoc Hill FIELD TRIP Oct. 13 sa Pic pic
TOPICS DATE READINGS
22. Paleo-Climatology Oct. 15 m Zachos et al. SCI 01
23. Geological/Geophysical Oct. 17 w Zachos et al. SCI 01
24. Solar Variability Oct. 19 f Dergachev 02
25. Astronomical Theory Oct. 22 m CROWLEY 2000
26. Atmospheric Change Oct. 24 w Rundgren et al. GPC 05
27. Aerosols & Volcanic Ash Oct. 26 f SARNA-WOJ. '83       HW 5 due
28. Sediment Types Oct. 29 m WETZEL '83
29. Cave Studies Oct. 31 w DAVIS '90 (DNA)
C14 Lab "Field Trip" Nov. 2, f
Lect. 20-29 EXAM 3 (100 pts) Nov. 5 m
30. Palynology Nov. 7 w Davis et al. & cave
31. Macrofossil Analysis Nov. 9 f BIRKS '80                 (HW6 talk)
Vetrans Day (no class) Nov. 12 f
32. Packrat Middens Nov. 14 w SPAULDING et al. '90
33. Fire History Nov. 14 w PATTERSON et al. '87
34. Phytoliths & Cuticles Nov. 16 f Carnoli et al. 04           HW7 due
35. Fossil Invertebrates Nov. 16 f Elias '00
36. Quaternary Soils Nov. 19 m BIRKELAND '74
37. Historical Records Nov. 21 w Garcia et al. 03
Thanksgiving (no class) Nov. 23 f
38. Archeological GeologyNov. 26 m WATERS Ch. 1 '92
39. Pleistocene Biogeography Nov. 28 w COHMAP '88         HW8 due
40. Amy Clark & Stokes Nov. 30 f Clark Stokes 123
41. Natalia Martinez & Cody Routson Dec. 3 m Martinez Routson
      REVIEW SESSION 203 G/S 10:00Dec 10 m
Lect. 30-41 EXAM 4 (100 pts) 11:-12:00 Dec. 12 w
& Optional Comprehensive Final 12:-1:00 Dec. 12 w
OWEN K. DAVIS, Professor of Geosciences
      Office Hours MW 2:00-2:50, Gould Simpson 344
      Phone: 520 621-7953   email: odavis@email.arizona.edu
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