Syllabus
Thirteen lectures, each in duration of 3 lessons:
1. Evolution of atmosphere, hydrosphere and pedosphere (2 lectures)
2. Biogeochemical cycles and their evolutions
3. Early history of life
4. Late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic evolution of life
5. Evolution of ecosystems influenced by human (early stages)
6. Biodiversity evolution in geological past
7. Events in evolution of ecosystems Definition and classification of events, and their causes Sudden events: causes, effects and examples Climatic changes Structure of mass extinctions Practice is composed of four seminaries, each in duration of 3 lessons: discussions about key publicaitons on evolution of ecosystems
Annotation
Second part of the introduction to geobiology; it continues to explain differences between recent and fossil ecosystems, proxies for recontruction of fossil ecosystems; evolutionary aspects, events.