DISCUSSION 1
Based upon the three papers below provide the major concepts for each, and indicate the simularities and differences. Try to synthesize the papers based upon their temporal and spatial scales of observations. (800 word minimum). DUE TO EBOARD PRIOR TO CLASS 1/28/2010.
1) Valentine, J. W. & Moores, E., Plate Tectonics and the History of Life in the Oceans. in Wilson, J. T., 1976, Continents Adrift and Continents Aground; Scientific American, W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco, p. 196-206. (in Library - not on reserve)2) S. V. Rozhnov, 2006, Appearance and Evolution of Marine Benthic Communities in the Early Palaeozoic, Paleontological Journal, 2006, Vol. 40, Suppl. 4, pp. S444–S452. (Provided in class)
3) Wolfgang Kiessling, Carl Simpson, Michael Foote,
2010, Reefs as Cradles of Evolution and Sources of Biodiversity in the
Phanerozoic, Science 8 January 2010: Vol. 327. no. 5962, pp. 196 - 198.
(Provided in class)