GH Morton Samples Clypeaster Egyptiaceous Acanthonerous Filamentosus Asterocerous

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GH Morton Samples Clypeaster Egyptiaceous Acanthonerous Filamentosus Asterocerous
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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