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GEO274 - Earth Surface Processes and Dynamics

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By: Harriet Brooks
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Decks in this class (16)

lecture 1
2 main global systems,
Alluvial fan,
What is a system
14  cards
lecture 2- the earth and the rock cycle
What is decompression melting,
Continental crust is,
The crust is made of
17  cards
lecture 3 -global geomorphology and tectonics
Define hypsometry,
Define bathymetry,
Earths hypsometry is bimodal due to
22  cards
lecture 4 - physical weathering
Wm daviss geographical cycle,
What is a peneplain,
Define incision
20  cards
lecture 3 reading - glacial effects limiting mountain height
What is the glacial buzzsaw,
Spatial variations in fluvial den...,
Define snowline
4  cards
Lecture 3 reading - geomorphology and earth system science
Define geomorphology,
Define lithosphere,
What are clastic sediments
9  cards
Lecture 4 reading - tectonics, fracturing of rock and erosion
Define fracturing,
Define communition,
Define rock deformation
8  cards
lecture 4 reading - lifespan of mountain ranges scaled by feedbacks between landsliding and erosion by rivers
What are the principle controls o...
1  cards
Lecture 4 reading - the search for a topographic signature of life
Landscapes are shaped by,
Biotic processes directly influence,
What abiotic processes can produc...
3  cards
Lecture 5 - material transport
Define exogenetic,
Define endogenetic,
What 2 things does denudation req...
20  cards
Lecture 6 - Geomorphology and geology of the Peak District
What is millstone grit,
What is standstone,
What 3 main rock types comprise t...
10  cards
Papers - lectures 1-6
Key quotes from finnegan et al 2014,
Key quotes from ferrier et al 2013,
Key quotes from smithson et al 2002
6  cards
volcanism - lecture 1
Why study volcanic gases,
What is volcanic gas comprised of,
What is magma multi phase materia...
16  cards
papers for volcanism
Mcgonigle 2017,
Kantzas and mcgonigle 2008,
Pering 2013
5  cards
Volcanism - lecture 2
The form of a volcano is directly...,
High viscosity speed,
Where do non explosive basaltic l...
18  cards
geological basics and facts on volcanoes
630 000 years ago how many km3 of...,
What is a shield volcano,
What is a volcanic dome
7  cards

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