GEOL 3061 Evolution of the Biosphere (4)

Prereq.: GEOL 1202 or GEOL 1602 ; credit or registration in GEOL 2081 ; BIOL 1201 or BIOL 1001 . One or two field trips required. 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Characteristics and geologic history of selected taxa with significant fossil records; use of paleontologic data (paleobiologic, paleoenvironmental, geochemical and biostratigraphic) in geology and evolutionary studies; influence of the biosphere on Earth over geologic time.