Tues. - Thurs. 9:30-10:50 pm
Vaughan Hall 300
| Instructors: | |
| Jeff Severinghaus | Ralph Keeling |
| jseveringhaus@ucsd.edu | rkeelingucsd.edu |
| 822-2483 | 534-7582 |
Prerequisites: SIO 260 (Marine Chemistry), Inorganic Chemistry, Calculus
Texts: Biogeochemistry, Second Edition, Schlesinger (1997) Academic Press
Earth System Science, Jacobson et al. (2000) Academic Press
Greenhouse Puzzles, Broecker and Peng (1998) Eldigio Press (we will provide)
Units: 4. Grade: 30% problem sets, 70% final exam
Date |
Lecture |
Required reading prior to lecture |
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| Tue Apr 3 | J | Course overview |
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| Thu Apr 6 | J | Isotope basics | Earth System Science Chap. 4.1-4.2 |
Earth System Science Chap. 7 |
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| Tue Apr 10* | J | Hydrological cycle & isotopes | Earth System Science Page 471 |
| Thu Apr 12 | J | Ice core climate records | Earth System Science Chap. 18 |
| Tue Apr 17 | R | Box models & transport | Earth System Science Chap. 4 |
| Thu Apr 19 | J | Terrestrial carbon sinks/soils | Biogeochemistry Chap. 5 |
| Tue Apr 24 | J | Terrestrial N and P cycles | Biogeochemistry Chap. 6 |
| Thu Apr 26 | J | Methane | Earth System Science Chap. 17 |
| Tue May 1 | J | Nitrous oxide, DMS, OCS |
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| Thu May 3 | No lecture |
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| Tue May 8* | J | Radiocarbon: tracer and clock | Greenhouse Puzzles Part I |
| Thu May 10 | R | Aqueous chemistry of CO2 | Earth System Science Chap. 11 |
| Tue May 15 | R | Anthropogenic carbon | Greenhouse Puzzles Part I |
| Thu May 17 | R | Calcium carbonate chemistry | Earth System Science Chap. 10 |
| Tue May 22 | R | Air-sea gas exchange |
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| Thu May 24 | R | Stable isotopes of CO2 |
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| Tue May 29 | R | Why was glacial CO2lower? | Greenhouse Puzzles Part II |
| Thu May 31 | R | CO2on 106-yr timescales |
Greenhouse Puzzles Part III |
| Tue Jun 5 | R | Regulation of atmospheric O2 |
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| Thu Jun 7 | R | Snowball Earth | |
*Lecture will be held in Vaughan 328 instead of Vaughan 348. |
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