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