GEOL-305 Lab 1 Understanding the Carboniferous-Permian & Cryogenian glaciations
A) Carboniferous-Permian (Gondwana) glaciation exercise
The objective is to understand the timing and extent of the Gondwana Glaciation and to compare that with the earth's tectonic activity at the time.
Here are some resources that may be useful to you (most of these were in the classroom):
scotese-pangea-paleo-climate-maps.pdf
http://barabus.tru.ca/geol1031/plates.html
Please write a paragraph or two summarizing the Gondwana Glaciation and what you think might be the geological events that contributed to it.
B) Cryogenian (Snowball Earth) glaciations exercise
Again, the objective is to understand the timing and extent of the Cryogenian Glaciations and to compare that with the earth's tectonic activity at the time. Here are some resources that may be useful to you:
MacGabhan_05_Ediacaran_Subcomission.pdf
Please write a paragraph or two summarizing the Crygenian glaciations and what you think might be the geological events that contributed to them.
The lab write-up is due by Friday the 21st.