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Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis Lecture 1:
Explain what a sedimentary facies...,
Give and define the facies famill...,
How are facies used by sedimentol...
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cards
Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis Lecture 2: Alluvial environments
Describe an alluvial environment ...,
Describe the significance of allu...,
Give the three terms for sediment...
25
cards
Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis Lecture 3: Aeolian + Lacustrine environments
Define an aeolian environment 1,
Describe weathering and erosional...,
Describe transport mechanism susp...
38
cards
Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis lecture 4: Coasts
Give general coastal terminology 1,
Tidal processes 2,
Give the terms for the different ...
33
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Sedimentary Processes and Facies Analysis Lecture 5: Shallow and deep-marine environments
Shoreline beaches 1,
Barrier island beaches 2,
Strandplains 3
41
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Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis: Carbonates Lecture 1
Carbonate depositional environmen...,
Silicaclastics vs carbonates 2,
Blank 3
23
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Sedimentary Processes and Facies analysis Lecture 6 (Carbonates 2)
Inner platform locations 1,
Rimmed shelf 2,
Ramp 3
35
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Sedimentary Processes and facies analysis lecture 7 (carbonates 3)
Carbonate buildup part of carbona...,
Blank 2,
Carbonate buildups in carbonate f...
17
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GIS and Remote sensing Lecture 1: Introduction
Define remote sensing 1,
Give the different types of remot...,
Explain visible and near infrarerd 3
17
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Professional Skills and Careers
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Structural Geology Intro lecture
Tectonics 1,
Define a geological structure 2,
Convergent boundary 3
5
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Structural Geology Lecture 1: Stress & Strain
Define stress 1,
Give the formula for stress 2,
Give the units for stress 3
29
cards
Structural Geology Lecture 2: Fractures, Joints & Faults
What crustal processes cause rock...,
In a failure criteria diagram exp...,
In a failure criteria diagram exp...
15
cards
Structural Geology Week 2, Lecture 3: Compressional tectonics
Reverse faults and thrust faults 1,
Blank 2,
Fault definition 2
30
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Structural Geology Lecture 3: Fractures, Joints & Faults
Difference between fracture and j...,
Sinistral and dextral 2,
Shear fractures 3
10
cards
Structural Geology Lecture 4: Faults and Extensional tectonics
Conjugate faults 1,
Fault core 2,
Fault damage zone 3
29
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Structural Geology Lecture 5: Strike-Slip Faults
Strike slip types 1,
Fault and hydrothermal breccias 2,
Where do strike slip faults gener...
25
cards
Dynamic Earth Lecture 1
Define ultramafic rocks and descr...,
Define an ophiolite 2,
Spinel lherzolite nodules in basa...
23
cards
Dynamic Earth Lecture 2: Ophiolites
What are ophiolites 1,
What do ophiolites usually include 2,
What are the three 3 classes of o...
11
cards
Dynamic Earth Lecture 3: High pressure metamorphism
Define high pressure metamorphic ...,
Blueschist facies 2,
Eclogite facies 3
14
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Dynamic Earth Lecture 4: Subduction zone Magmatism
Tholeite 1,
Calc alkaline 2,
Blank 3
9
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Dynamic Earth Lecture 5: Continental Collision Orogenisis
Poikiloblastic 1,
Retrogression texture examples 2,
Prograde features 3
10
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Dynamic Earth Lecture 6: Crustal Melting and Migmatisation
Extreme temperature end of metamo...,
Migmatites 2,
Anatexis definition 3
15
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Dynamic Earth Lecture 7: Orogenic Granites
Granitoid composition 1,
Sensu stricto 2,
Accessory minerals from hydrother...
19
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Dynamic Earth Lecture 8 - Late Orogenic upper crustal regional and contact metamorphism
Contact metamorphism 1,
Contact metamoprgism 2,
Processes during contact metamorp...
16
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Volcanology Intro lecture
Define a volcano 1,
Describe volcanic eruptive styles 2,
Describe ignimbrites and co ignim...
12
cards
Volcanology lecture 2:
Elemental differentiation 1,
Tle 2,
Bowens reaction series 3
12
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Volcanology lecture 3
Pyroclastic eruption 1,
Pyroclastic eruption dynamics 2,
Two pyroclastic density flow pdc ...
10
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Volcanology Workshop?
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Volcanology lecture 4: Tephrostratigraphy
Define tephrostratigraphy 1,
Define tephrochronology 2,
Pumice 3
8
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Volcanology: GIS Hazard mapping
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Volcanic risk management
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Structural Geology Lecture 6: Ductile tectonic fabric
Relative age terminology fabrics 1,
Transposition transposed 2,
Migmatite gneiss 3
12
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Structural Geology Lecture 7: Ductile shear zones
Define a fabric 1,
Define a foliation 2,
Define a lineation 3
20
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Volcanology Lecture 5: Monitoring and Forecasting volcanic eruptions
Blank 1,
Long valley caldera 2,
Blank 3
3
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