Introduction to the major forcing and feedback mechanisms responsible for climate change. Reconstructing past climates using various geologic indicators including climate-sensitive sedimentary facies, paleosols, fossil species distributions, the microfossil record, and stable isotopes.
Note Three hours recitation a week.
Repeat for Credit N
Requisites Prerequisite: GEOL 100 or GEOG 121.
Typically Offered Spring
K-State 8 Global Issues and Perspectives Natural and Physical Sciences
