Geobiology

The material for this course (12.007 Geobiology, Spring 2009) has been made available by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences as part of the OpenCourseWare initiative. "This course introduces parallel evolution of life and the environment. Life processes are influenced by chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and the solid earth. In turn, life can influence chemical and physical processes on our planet. This course introduces the concept of life as a geological agent and examines the interaction between biology and the earth system during the roughly four billion years since life first appeared." The website provides lecture notes, recommended readings and assignments. The notes are available as PDF files.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Earth--Atmospheric--and-Planetary-Sciences/12-007Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htm

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