Abrupt Events of the Past 70 Million Years - Evidence from Scientific Ocean Drilling
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Abrupt Events of the Past 70 Million Years
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Evidence from Scientific Ocean Drilling
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Audience: Grades 9-12 and Undergraduate
National Science Education
Content Standards:
Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Keywords: rapid climate change, global warming, paleoceanography,
stable isotopes, earth history, mass extinction |
Description
In this 6-part activity, learn about climate change during
the Cenozoic, and the abrupt changes at the Cretaceous/Paleogene
boundary (65.5 million years ago), the Eocene/Oligocene boundary
(33.9 million years ago), and the Paleocene/Eocene boundary (55.8
million years ago).
The overview activity is above. Below you will find an introductory activity and the 4 other parts of the activity:
Introductory Activity: Oxygen Isotopes, Milankovitch and Climate Download/Print PDF (2.5 MB)Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): Part 1 - Shipboard Data and Analysis
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PDF (4.11 MB) Part 2 - Shore-based Data and Analysis Download/Print
PDF (1.22 MB)
The PETM in Review Download/Print
PDF (2.7 MB) Global Change Today and Lessons from the PETM Download/Print
PDF (412 KB)
Credits
Written by Dr. Mark Leckie and Dr. Debbie Thomas (updated 6/08)
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