For the autumn semester 2015 we'll focus our reading and discussions on the interactions of climate and tectonic processes. This discussion will start with considering their interactions at a global scale and likely move to case studies from individual orogens. Seminars will take place at 12-13.30 in room D501 of the Exactum. You may also want to see more information about the general format of the seminar.
A tentative schedule of readings is below.
| | |
|---|
| | Organizational meeting. Selection of seminar meeting time, suggested papers to discuss, ideas for other topics, etc. |
| | Global cooling and its relation to tectonics Supplemental reading: |
| | Carbon fluxes in the Himalaya - Becker, J. A., Bickle, M. J., Galy, A., & Holland, T. J. (2008). Himalayan metamorphic CO 2 fluxes: quantitative constraints from hydrothermal springs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 265(3), 616-629
- Gaillardet, J., & Galy, A. (2008). Atmospheric science. Himalaya--carbon sink or source?. Science, 320(5884), 1727-8
Supplemental reading: - Kerrick, D. M., & Caldeira, K. (1998). Metamorphic CO2 degassing from orogenic belts. Chemical Geology, 145(3), 213-232
- Evans, M. J., Derry, L. A., & France‐Lanord, C. (2008). Degassing of metamorphic carbon dioxide from the Nepal Himalaya. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9(4)
|
| | Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption - a modern view - Maher, K., & Chamberlain, C. P. (2014). Hydrologic regulation of chemical weathering and the geologic carbon cycle. Science, 343(6178), 1502-1504
- Misra, S., & Froelich, P. N. (2012). Lithium isotope history of Cenozoic seawater: changes in silicate weathering and reverse weathering. Science, 335(6070), 818-823
Supplemental reading: |
| | Introduction to the snowball Earth hypothesis - Hoffman, P. F., Kaufman, A. J., Halverson, G. P., & Schrag, D. P. (1998). A Neoproterozoic snowball earth. Science, 281(5381), 1342-1346
- Hoffman, P. F., & Schrag, D. P. (2000). Snowball earth. Scientific American,282(1), 68-75
Supplemental reading: |
| | Challenges to the snowball Earth hypothesis and the snowball Earth's ocean - Leather, J., Allen, P. A., Brasier, M. D., & Cozzi, A. (2002). Neoproterozoic snowball Earth under scrutiny: Evidence from the Fiq glaciation of Oman. Geology, 30(10), 891-894
- Ashkenazy, Y., Gildor, H., Losch, M., Macdonald, F. A., Schrag, D. P., & Tziperman, E. (2013). Dynamics of a Snowball Earth ocean. Nature, 495(7439), 90-93
Supplemental reading: |
| | The hypothesis of coupling between climate, erosion and tectonics in orogens Supplemental reading: |
| | Modelling deep tectonics, fluvial activity, uplift, and erosion
|
| | Interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics in the Himalaya - Burbank, D. W., Blythe, A. E., Putkonen, J., Pratt-Sitaula, B., Gabet, E., Oskin, M., Barros, A., & Ojha, T. P. (2003). Decoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas. Nature, 426(6967), 652-655
- Wobus, C. W., Hodges, K. V., & Whipple, K. X. (2003). Has focused denudation sustained active thrusting at the Himalayan topographic front?. Geology, 31(10), 861-864
Supplemental reading: |
| | Interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics in the Bolivian Andes, part I Supplemental reading: - Wobus, C., Whipple, K. X., Kirby, E., Snyder, N., Johnson, J., Spyropolou, K., ... & Sheehan, D. (2006). Tectonics from topography: Procedures, promise, and pitfalls. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 398, 55-74
|
| | Interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics in the Bolivian Andes, part II Supplemental reading: - Wobus, C., Whipple, K. X., Kirby, E., Snyder, N., Johnson, J., Spyropolou, K., ... & Sheehan, D. (2006). Tectonics from topography: Procedures, promise, and pitfalls. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 398, 55-74
|
