Dynamic earth

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Decks in this class (18)

Earth Structure
What are the main layers of the e...,
The crust of the earth is between...,
What are the two types of crust 3
20  cards
Earth and Planetary formation
What are planetesimals 1,
What did all planets originate fr...,
Give examples of leftover planete...
26  cards
Earth Materials
What are rocks and soils largely ...,
How is a rock best described 2,
Name three main types of rocks 3
33  cards
Rock forming minerals and types
What is quartz and its characteri...,
Why does quartz have those charac...,
What are feldspars 3
43  cards
Plate tectonics
What are tectonic plates vs bound...,
What are the three plate boundari...,
What are three indicators of cont...
27  cards
Volcanoes
What are the two eruption types 1,
What is an effusive eruption 2,
What magma type comes from effusi...
16  cards
Earthquakes
What are 3 hazards of earthquakes 1,
What is liquefaction 2,
What is subsidence 3
6  cards
Introduction to deformation of earth materials
What are soils 1,
What are sediments 2,
What are sediments 3
11  cards
Earth material maths
F ma 1,
A funny symbol where is stress in...,
What is strain 3
37  cards
The sedimentary cycle
Why do sed rocks matter give thre...,
What are examples of storage ener...,
Does thickness of sediment cover ...
35  cards
Igneos, metamorphic and sedimentary
How are igneous formed 1,
What does the classification of i...,
How are sedimentary rocks formed 3
10  cards
Key workshop terms
What are isotropic minerals 1,
What are anisotropic minerals 2,
What does it mean if a mineral ha...
18  cards
Grain types, textures and transport processes
Why do grain characteristics matt...,
What are lithic fragments 2,
What are chemical precipitates 3
24  cards
Introduction to carbonate rock textures workshop terms
What does diagenesis mean 1,
What are three examples of proces...,
What happens to a sediment grain ...
15  cards
Sedimentary structures
What are sedimentary structures 1,
What are 3 examples of sedimentar...,
What does beddings show 3
31  cards
Modern and ancient carbonates
What does in situ mean 1,
What is drives precipitation 2,
What is the biological carbon pump 3
19  cards
Diagenetic concepts
What is diagenesis 1,
What is a resevoir rock 2,
What is resevoir quality 3
26  cards
carbon mineralization as engineered diagenesis carbfix and greensands
What is structural trapping 1,
What is a residual trapping 2,
What is solubility trapping 3
13  cards

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