GEOL 106 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Earthquake, Earth, List Of Rocks On Mars
20 Nov 2018
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Geol 106 geol 106, tuesday april 4th lecture # 1 week 12 the keeling curve measures the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the last 60 yrs photosynthesis in plants coupled with: the seasons winter: trees dormant. Co2 is not being extracted grin atmosphere spring/summer: trees active. There is an up and down pattern of co2 with a period of - 100,00 years what is the cause of this? what does the soil/rock record tell us bout the last 600,000 years? canada (and northern europe) 20,00 year old till found in kingston , ontario in fact, we can recognize from the soil record many glacial/interglacial periods over the last ca. 2 million years we can compare the atmospheric co2 variations with the soil/rock record of glacial/interglacial periods what is the relationship between atmospheric co2 concentration and temperature during the last. Warming can lead to more warming: melt the white ice.
