Earth History and Palaeontology

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Decks in this class (14)

Week 1 - Stratigraphy
What is stratigraphy 1,
What is geochronology 2,
What is chronostratigraphy 3
15  cards
Week 1 - Ichnofossils
What are trace fossils 1,
What are the importance of trace ...,
What are trace fossils called 3
25  cards
Week 2 - Precambrian (Hadean --> Mesoproterozoic)
When did the earth form 1,
What is the principle of uniformi...,
Name the techniques used to estab...
36  cards
Week 2 - Fossil Preservation
What is the definition of taxonomy 1,
What is the purpose of taxonomy 2,
What are the main components of t...
30  cards
Week 3 - Neoproterozoic "Snowball Earth"
What period is referred to as the...,
What are the key climatic conditi...,
What geological evidence supports...
37  cards
Week 4 - Early Paleozoic
What is the early paleozoic 1,
What major ocean separated early ...,
What are the main geological peri...
19  cards
Week 4 - Paleobiogeography
What is palaeobiogeography 1,
How can fossil distributions help...,
Why were cambrian and ordovician ...
16  cards
Week 5 - Late Paleozoic
What are the key themes of the la...,
What are the major geological cha...,
What are the major rock units of ...
28  cards
Week 5 - Shell Morphology
What is the goal of using shell m...,
What is the main difference betwe...,
What is lingula and why is it sig...
17  cards
Week 6 - Mesozoic
What are the key themes of the me...,
What are the major periods of the...,
What major geological event marke...
36  cards
Week 6 - Microfossils
What are the main learning outcom...,
What defines a microfossil 2,
What are the two main types of mi...
34  cards
Week 7 - K-Pg Boundary
What were the climate trends duri...,
What major oceanic changes occurr...,
What continents were moving north...
38  cards
Week 7 - Microfossils and Sea Level Change
What are the three main uses of m...,
How does biostratigraphy use foss...,
How can microfossils help in pala...
8  cards
Week 8 - Neogene and Quaternary
What is the albedo effect 1,
How does ice sheet expansion affe...,
What happens when ice sheets melt...
27  cards

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