Video showing impressions of the field meeting in Bremen in 2018 for the IGCP 652 Project Meeting: “Reading geologic time in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks”. https://vimeo.com/294153534
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Reading geologic time
Fieldwork at Sabancaya Volcano, Peru.
The Sound of Silence: Infrasound at Sabancaya Volcano. This YouTube video shows field work in Peru. Join a group of British and Peruvian scientists as they travel to an erupting volcano in the Peruvian Andes to install geophysical monitoring equipment. Documentary film produced by George Henton at Yalla Yalla! Films, in collaboration with Tornillo Scientific.
Magnetic to the core
Earth’s magnetic field
Find out more about researching the Earth’s magnetic field by visiting this website. http://www.geomagnetism.org/
Understanding porosity
This resource includes an activity on assessment of understanding porosity and a table showing porosities of common materials.
Oil and gas traps
This is a revision worksheet in applied geology.
A granodiorite sample being crushed
This video clip shows the effect of using high-pressure laboratory deformation tests on granodiorite in a rock deformation laboratory.
Sedimentary grains
This resource includes two powerpoints about sedimentary grains. One illustrates particle size, shape and sorting and environments of deposition. The other provides a set of questions based on photographs of different sedimentary rocks and a range of sand grain samples.
Rock around campus
These are fully accessible trails around the University of Liverpool. The aim is to introduce the rocks and man-made materials used in the buildings and paving around the campus. There are seven different self-led trails to choose from. Allow an hour to complete each trail. You may need to get close to the buildings so …
Sedimentary diagrams and plots
A set of 3 Powerpoints explaining how to use and read some basic sedimentary diagrams and plots.
Foldo – a game of chance for structural geologists
This game activity on folds was designed to help Advanced level students to learn the fold nomenclature appropriate to the A level syllabus.
Drawings of rock thin sections
This is a rock revision exercise.