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Unit 1 Paleoceanography 1

Supplementary reading material:Temporal Changes in Paleoceanography 10

Unit 2 "Hotspot"Volcanism and Plate Tectonics 19

Supplementary reading material:Volcanic Systems 28

Relative book review:Dynamic Earth-Plates,Plumes and Mantle Convection 31

Unit 3 Rapid Climate Change 33

Supplementary reading material:A Model for Rapid Climate Change in the Greenhouse World:the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum(PETM) 38

Relative book review:Warm Climates in Earth History 42

Unit 4 Natural Hazards and People 44

Supplementary reading material:Volcanic Eruptions 52

Unit 5 Natural Resources 57

Relative book review:Earth System Analysis:Integrating Science for Sustainability 64

Unit 6 The Rodinia Jigsaw Puzzle 66

Supplementary reading material:Methods of Establishing Paleocontinental Configurations 73

Unit 7 Evolution of the Global Carbonate Cycle Through Earth History 81

Supplementary reading material:Global Carbonate Cycle 90

Relative book review:Earth Surface Systems:Complexity,Order,and Scale 94

Unit 8 Reconstructing the Physical Environment 97

Supplementary reading material:Ocean Circulation 102

Reconstructing the Carbon Cycle 103

References 107

Words and Expressions 108