JEO 633E - The Early Earth System

Course Objectives

1-Understanding of geological and geochemical processes related to the Early Earth
2-Understanding of origin and evolution of life on the Earth and its record in the rocks
3-Identification and determination of geochemical properties of the rocks preserving biological fingerprints.
4-The rise of oxygen and its influence on diversification of life on the Earth

Course Description

This course is to introduce graduate science the complexity and dynamics of Earth governing by chemical/physical/biological systems and try to understand interactions among the different components of Earth thorough the Earth History.