GEO 203 - Lakes and Environmental Change

Course Units: 1.0

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 100-level geosciences or biology course or ENS 100 Corequisite(s): GEO 203L