GEO 203 - Lakes and Environmental Change

Course Units: 1
(Not offered in 2014-15) Modern limnology and the record of environmental change as recorded in the physical and chemical properties of lake water and lake sediments. Includes a term-long research project on two local lakes, and the interpretation of the proxy paleoenvironmental indicators contained in sediment cores from these lakes. Prerequisite(s): Any Geology or Biology course numbered 110 or higher. Corequisite(s): GEO-203L Weekly lab.

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