Lecture topics to be addressed in this unit include (1) Fossils of the terrestrial realm and their environments of preservation; (2) Fossils of the marine realm and their environments of preservation; (3) relative and absolute dating of fossils; (4) biological evolution and the fossil record, including discussions on radiation, convergence, rates of extinction and evolutionary trends; (5) Precambrian life and environments; (6) Palaeozoic life and environments; (7) Mesozoic life and environments; (8) Cainozoic life and environments; (9) Quaternary physical evolution of the earth and associated global biological and environmental change, (10) The coming mass extinction. Practical work will... -- Course Website
Instructor: M Warne
Prerequisites: One of SQA102, SLE102, SQE136 or SLE136 plus two level 2 units
