Geobiology

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	INSTRUCTORS
1	Introductions; Rationale (PDF - 5.2MB)	Roger Summons
2	The Solar System and Earth Accretion and Differentiation (PDF - 3.6MB)	Roger Summons
3	Theories Pertaining to the Origin of Life (PDF - 3.9MB)	Roger Summons
4	Biogeochemical Tracers (PDF - 1.5MB) Isotopics #1: C and S	Roger Summons
5	Biogeochemical Tracers (PDF - 2.0MB) Isotopics #2: C, H, O and N	Roger Summons
6	Biogeochemical Tracers (PDF - 2.1MB) Isotopics #3: Biosynthetic fractionations and Intramolecular isotopic data, more of multi-element isotopics and the Precambrian C-Cycle	Roger Summons
7	Acid-Base Reactions (PDF - 1.8MB)	Tanja Bosak
8	Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Species (PDF - 1.5MB)	Tanja Bosak
9	Environmental Redox and Photosynthesis (PDF - 2.5MB)	Tanja Bosak
10	Environmental Redox and Photosynthesis (cont.) (PDF - 2.8MB)	Tanja Bosak
11	Oxygenation of Earth’s Atmosphere (PDF - 4.8MB)	Tanja Bosak
12	The Climate History of Earth (PDF - 2.5MB)	Roger Summons
13	Evolution and Radiation of Photosynthetic Organisms (PDF - 3.0MB)	Roger Summons
14	The Rise Of Animals (PDF - 14.3MB)	Tanja Bosak
15	Biomineralization (PDF - 3.5MB)	Tanja Bosak
16	Major Transitions in Earth History: Mass Extinctions and Radiations (PDF - 2.8MB) Courtesy of Julio Sepulveda. Used with permission.	Julio Sepúlveda
17	Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary  Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) Lecture notes are not available.	Julio Sepúlveda
18	Extremophiles (PDF - 3.0MB)	Roger Summons
19	Modern Microbiological Methods (PDF - 3.1MB)	Tanja Bosak