Description
Liquid water and oxygen gas are essential for life on our planet and it is these essential substances that distinguish Earth from all other planetary bodies in our solar system. How and when did these precious substances accumulate on Earth? How do they influence everything from biologic evolution, ocean-atmosphere circulation, and plate tectonics, to colors of minerals? Let’s explore H2O and O2!
Maya Elrick is a professor emerita at the UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. She received her MS and PhD at Oregon State University and Virginia Tech, respectively. Her research expertise is in sedimentary rocks with an emphasis on marine limestones and how they inform us of ancient oceans, climate changes, and biologic life through geologic time.