Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2017
ESCI 555 001 (CRN: 17471)
CARBON CYCLE
Long Title: MOUNTAINS, CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CARBON CYCLING
Department: Earth/Environmnt/Planetary Sci
Instructors:
Meeting: 1:00PM - 3:00PM M TBA TBA (21-AUG-2017 - 1-DEC-2017)
Session: Full Term
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 2
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 25
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 24-SEP-2023 6:05AM
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam
Description: The purpose of this course is to discuss the origins of high elevations, such as mountains and epeirogenic uplifts, and their impacts of climate, global carbon cycling, and sedimentary processes. We will discuss the physics and chemistry of building mountains by magmatism and tectonic thickening as well as destroying them by erosion, chemical weathering, and delamination. We will explore perspectives from the deep Earth to the atmosphere. The seminar will meet once a week for two hours with the first hour being a thematic overview given by faculty or students and the second hour devoted to discussion of assigned papers. Recommended Prerequisite(s): ESCI 321 and ESCI 322. Repeatable for Credit.