GEOL 6350 - Environmental and Global Change

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Field trips required. P: GEOL 4010, 4011; or consent of instructor. Geologic history of past two million years. Emphasis on global and regional environmental changes associated with Quaternary glaciations and sea-level fluctuations. Investigation of interactions between land, sea, and ice; geologic evidence used for reconstructing Quaternary environments; dating methods; and ways in which living organisms (including humans) have responded to past environmental change.