Geohub Liverpool thanks the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) and the UK volcanology research community for their assistance collating this list of resources Curating Crises Database Research teams in the Caribbean and the UK Find archive materials relating to volcanic eruptions and associated hazards (e.g., earthquakes) in the Caribbean between 1890 and 2000. Check …
Herdman Symposium
What is the Herdman Symposium The Herdman Symposium has been running since 1973 and is an annual regional gathering of Earth Scientists. For one day every year, the Herdman Symposium delivers a new scientific programme of talks given by internationally leading experts across earth sciences and centred on topical issues of the day. It is …
Modelling seafloor volcanoes
This very simple numerical model helps us to understand what controls whether oceanic volcanoes reach sea-level to form islands. It shows how low-flexural rigidity oceanic lithosphere should respond to growth of an intraplate volcnic complex. Although the initial version of this model is as simple as possible, we can see how it could be analysed, …
Fossils from the Display Cabinets
GH Morton Samples Clypeaster Egyptiaceous Acanthonerous Filamentosus Asterocerous
How old is this rock?
This PowerPoint briefly explains radiometric dating and introduces the terms: half-life, closure temperatures, decay constant, decay law, parent isotope, daughter isotope. It looks at potassium-argon, samarium-neodymium and rubidium-strontium decay and explains how these three methods are used to date the age of a rock.
SketchFab Models
This resource is a set of Sketchfab 3D models of hand specimens used in an online version of a University of Liverpool geology practical exercise. Each model can be viewed and rotated to allow you to investigate different rock textures. Models include: 50388 by apbliv on Sketchfab, 50389 by apbliv on Sketchfab, 50391 by apbliv …
Scanning Electron Microscope
Cross-bedded sandstone outcrop
This shows a sandstone outcrop on The Roaches in the Peak District of England. The sandstone layers show cross bedding and the sandstone layers have been tilted after their formation.
Brownfield site remediation
These resources cover industrial brownfield sites, stages in development of these sites and the remediation technologies used. This is one of three PDFs explaining what is meant by the term ‘brownfield site’, covering the contaminants that may occur on brownfield sites and outlining the physical remediation technologies that can be used on these sites. Part …
Rocks in thin section
This resource is a basic introduction to looking at rocks in thin section. The resource includes a section outlining the parts of a polarising light microscope. There is a section showing how this microscope can be used to study the optical properties of minerals in rock thin section. There are video clips showing the optical …
Folds image library
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Faults image library
These images are ‘free to use’ for non-commercial educational purposes. Please acknowledge their source as GeoHubLiverpool.