Earth's Processes

1

The Origin of Organic Molecules

Urey-Miller, Black Smokers, and Meteorites

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2

The Development of Photosynthetic Life

Cyanobacteria and Stromatolites

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3

The Origin of Multicellular Life

Ediacaran and Cambrian Fauna

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4

The Conquest of Land

How Plants and Animals Solved the Challenges of Terrestrial Life

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5

Cyanobacteria's Effect on Earth's Spheres

Banded Iron Formations and the Great Oxidation Event

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6

Modelling the Plate Tectonic Supercycle

Supercontinent Assembly, Rifting, and Dispersal

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7

The Supercycle's Effect on Climate and Evolution

Large-Scale Consequences of Supercontinent Cycles

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8

Fossil Formation: Mould, Cast and Trace Fossils

Modelling How Different Fossil Types Form

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9

Index Fossils, Dating Principles and the Geological Timescale

Uniformitarianism, Superposition, and Absolute Dating

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10

Earth's Processes: Integrated Review

Connecting Biosphere Development, Sphere Interactions, the Supercycle, and Stratigraphy

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