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 …
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. Assessment of …
Oil and gas traps
This is a revision worksheet in applied geology. The worksheet is based on a geological cross section that shows different oil and gas traps.
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 …
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 …
Sedimentary diagrams and plots
A set of 3 PowerPoints explaining how to use and read some basic sedimentary diagrams and plots. Hjulström’s diagram This PowerPoint outlines how to …
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. Foldo is …
Drawings of rock thin sections
Rock revision exercise This revision exercise is based on looking at drawings of rock thin sections. It requires identification of textures and grain …
Acetate peels
Making acetate peels is a useful laboratory technique to make a replica of an etched rock surface on a plastic film.