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Fossils from the Display Cabinets
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
These images are ‘free to use’ for non-commercial educational purposes. Please acknowledge their source as GeoHubLiverpool.
Faults image library
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Metamorphic image library
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Metamorphism
Metamorphism for A-Level students. These resources were prepared by Prof John Wheeler for a meeting of A-Level Geology students. This resource is a PDF of John Wheeler’s lecture for A-level Geology students. In his lecture John explains metamorphism. This PowerPoint shows the metamorphic reaction mentioned on pages 61 & 62 of the PDF of the …
The future of exploration?
This resource explains the diagenetic processes in sandstones and details the processes that result in anomalous porosity. The future of exploration? This PDF covers the diagenetic processes in sandstones and details the processes that result in anomalous porosity. It also explains the need to develop sophisticated geological models to find high porosity anomalies in the …