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Erik Sperling

Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences

Contact Information

Email: esper@stanford.edu

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Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences

Teaching

Courses Taught

2015-16

Independent Study Courses

Advanced Projects
GS 399 (Win)&nbspGS 399 (Win)
Directed Reading with Geological Sciences Faculty
GS 292 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 292 (Win, Spr)
Field Research
GS 299 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 299 (Win, Spr)
Graduate Research
GS 400 (Aut, Win)&nbspGS 400 (Aut, Win)
Honors Program
GS 199 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 199 (Win, Spr)
Practical Experience in the Geosciences
GS 385 (Win)&nbspGS 385 (Win)
Senior Thesis
GS 197 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 197 (Win, Spr)
Special Problems in Geological Sciences
GS 198 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 198 (Win, Spr)
Undergraduate Research in Geological Sciences
GS 192 (Win, Spr)&nbspGS 192 (Win, Spr)

Advisors/Advisees

Postdoctoral Advisees:

Justin Strauss

Publications

Publications

Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society Darroch, S. A., Sperling, E. A., Boag, T. H., Racicot, R. A., Mason, S. J., Morgan, A. S., Tweedt, S., Myrow, P., Johnston, D. T., Erwin, D. H., Laflamme, M. 2015; 282 (1814)
Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation NATURE Sperling, E. A., Wolock, C. J., Morgan, A. S., Gill, B. C., Kunzmann, M., Halverson, G. P., Macdonald, F. A., Knoll, A. H., Johnston, D. T. 2015; 523 (7561): 451-454