GEOL766: Earth Systems Change

Lecture 02: Thursday, August 28, 2008: Long-term climate controls and Sr - C isotopes

Suggested reading list:
1. Ruddiman, W.F., 2001, Earth's Climate: Past and Future, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 465 p. (Chapter 4 to Chapter 7)
2. Raymo, M.E., and Ruddiman, W.F., 1992, Tectonic forcing of late Cenozoic climate: Nature, v. 359, p. 117-122.
3. Siegenthaler, U., and Sarmiento, J.L., 1993, Atmospheric carbon dioxide and the ocean, Nature, v. 365, p. 119-125.
3. Berner, R.A., 2003, The long-term carbon cycle, fossil fuels and atmospheric composition: Nature, v. 426, p. 323-326.