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 …
MAGMA Lab
This resource is a series of short videos created for schools and colleges to share how the MAGMA Lab at the University of Liverpool uses fieldwork and experiments in the lab to study volcanoes. Video 1: Welcome to the MAGMA Lab This video outlines how volcanoes can be studied in the lab and in the field. …
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.
Introduction to Radon and Radioactivity
This resource is an introduction to radon and radioactivity. It covers basic characteristics of radioactivity and radon, the health effects of radon and its decay products, radon entry and behaviour. It also outlines the main radon mitigation strategies. The pdf includes links to further sources of information that users can explore.
Water, Rivers and Coasts
Water, Rivers and Coasts is a web-based resource suitable for use by teachers and pupils in primary and early years in secondary schools in the UK. It covers the properties of water, the water cycle, processes in the water cycle, groundwater, the processes of erosion, transport and deposition in rivers and coasts, water supply and …
The search for Celtic Sea Oil
This simulation game for sixth forms shows some of the techniques used by companies searching for oil and gas. The technical and economic problems faced and the geological methods used in the search for oil are illustrated by this game. Oil exploration is a combination of skill, luck, and professional judgment and this game should …
Rock around Port Sunlight village, Wirral
This urban geology trail is a route around Port Sunlight village, which is a model industrial village founded in 1888 by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme). It introduces the rocks and Earth materials used in the buildings and paved areas in the village.
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 …
Reservoir building conflict
This resource – the Stillwater Reservoir Conflict – is an activity that simulates the roles played by various interested parties when the siting of a reservoir is the subject of a public enquiry. Stillwater Reservoir ConflictThis outlines the activity which is designed to help students appreciate the importance of geology to society. It also develops …