Earth and Ocean Science Courses (EOS)

undergraduate level, taught in Durham

145L. Fossils and Their Applications. NS, QID Paleoecology, functional morphology, and geochemistry of organisms applied to understanding paleoenvironmental, paleoceanographic, and paleoclimatic reconstructions and the history of biodiversity and mass extinctions. Laboratory survey of systematics and anatomy of animal and plant fossils, and their paleoenvironmental, geological, and evolutionary applications. Not open to students who have taken EOS 90S. Instructors: Corliss, Wray, and staff. One course.