Unit 1 Paleoceanography

Supplementary reading material:Temporal Changes in Paleoceanography

Unit 2 "Hotspot"Volcanism and Plate Tectonics

Supplementary reading material:Volcanic Systems

Relative book review:Dynamic Earth-Plates,Plumes and Mantle Convection

Unit 3 Rapid Climate Change

Supplementary reading material:A Model for Rapid Climate Change in the Greenhouse World:the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum(PETM)

Relative book review:Warm Climates in Earth History

Unit 4 Natural Hazards and People

Supplementary reading material:Volcanic Eruptions

Unit 5 Natural Resources

Relative book review:Earth System Analysis:Integrating Science for Sustainability

Unit 6 The Rodinia Jigsaw Puzzle

Supplementary reading material:Methods of Establishing Paleocontinental Configurations

Unit 7 Evolution of the Global Carbonate Cycle Through Earth History

Supplementary reading material:Global Carbonate Cycle

Relative book review:Earth Surface Systems:Complexity,Order,and Scale

Unit 8 Reconstructing the Physical Environment

Supplementary reading material:Ocean Circulation

Reconstructing the Carbon Cycle

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