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- EXTR IGN LANDF Name Locatin
- Deccan, India
- EXTR IGN LANDF Surface aREA
- 700 000 km^2
- EXTR IGN LANDF How many lave flows constitutes it?
- 29
- EXTR IGN LANDF How many m above sea level?
- 700 - 900m
- EXTR IGN LANDF Which two major rivers are eroded thereinto
- Ward-ha Man-ira
- EXTR IGN LANDF Flows are dated to a period within
- 2 my
- INTR IGN LANDF Called and on which coast of scotland
- Isle of ARRAN West
- INTR IGN LANDF The SANDSTONE domed when
- 60 mya
- INTR IGN LANDF Which small farmanimal names the talest bit and how high
- GOAT FELL 874m
- INTR IGN LANDF There are a series of dykes 2-3m on which beach
- [KIL-DONAN]
- INTR IGN LANDF There is a sill how high where
- 50m [DRUM-ADOON]
- INTR IGN LANDF Overlying whats weathered
- Sandstone and metamorphic schists
- Which scottish city is granite city?
- Aberdeen
- Where in england would one find copper reservvves?
- SW englandd
- Iceland is well known for its energy efficiencyt. The capital pupes in geothermal energy from
- [NES-JAV-ELLIER]
- WEATHERING Freezethaw
- Water expands 10% when frozen
- WEATHERING Pressure release
- Overlying rocks removed
- WEATHERING Thermal Expansion
- Frequent heat then de-heat cycles crack and flake.,
- WEATHERING Salt Crystallisation
- Solutions of salt seep into pores. Expands around 300%
- WEATHERING Name the 4 physical weathering names
- FREEZETHAW PRESSURE RELEASE THERMAN EXPANSION SALT CRYSTALLISATION
- WEATHERING Explanify oxidation
- Some minerals in rocks, esp iron based ones, react with O2 in air/water. In acidic conditions the rocks become soluble and strucutre is destroyed (the bindings esp in sandstone)
- WEATHERING What is carbonation
- CO2 dissolves in rainwater => Carbonic Acid. Reacts with CaCO3 in rocks eg. limestone.
- WEATHERING Erm solve my problem by explaning what SOLUTION weathering is
- Some salts dissolve in water.
- WEATHERING What is hydrolysis?
- Version of solutoin i think. Silicates combine with water producng secondary minerals eg. clay.
- WEATHERING Feldspar in granite is an example of ______. It combines with _____ in water to form _______ aka ____.
- Hydrolysis Hydrogen Kaolin China Clay
- WEATHERING Hydration??? What does it cause?? Example??
- *Water molecules added to rock minerals create new ones of higher volume *SURFACE FLAKING *Anhydrite+water->gypsum
- WEATHERING 5 types of chemical weatherin
- OXIDATION CARBONATION HYDROLYSIS SOLUTON HYDRATION
- WEATHERING Which 3 types of BIOLOGICAL weathering
- TREE ROOTS BURROWING ANIMALS ORGANIC ACIDS
- WEATHERING How does organic acids erode stuff, and what form of weathering is it?/
- Rainwater -> leaf litter. Acidic. Chelation. BIOLOGICAL
- Which angle is a SCREE normally?
- 30-40 degrees
- How long does soil take to form?
- 10000 years for 1m in mid latitudes
- A 10 degrees C rise in temperature increases chemical reactions by ___ times up to ___/
- 2.5 times up to 60 degrees C
- A north facing cliff in eEngland will face more or less freezethaw cycles than a S one?
- MORE
- Deeep _______ starts formations of TORS.
- Hydrolysis
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Where?
- Dartmoor Devon
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Igneous Intruson when?
- 60 mya
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES What surface stuff domed?
- Shingle
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Max height is
- 621m
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Deep valleys (Think cromwell thing advernture park)
- Pym + Dart
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Tors
- Hay Tor and Yes Tor
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Tors surrounded by
- Clitter and Blockfields
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES Kaolinite is found where
- in a trib of R.Teign near Bovey Tracey
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES Name it
- MALHAM, Yorkshire
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES Where is the limestone pavement. When was soil eroded.
- ABOVE Malham Cove. 10k years ago
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES Exposed what was weathereD how?
- Carboniferous limestone Carbonation
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES Grykes how deep
- 0.5m
- LIMESTONE LANDSC Where is a scree? Erored by?
- Valley of Ingleborough Freezethaw
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES There are what where and how big?
- SHAKE HOLES AND DOLINES 2-3 deep, 3-5 wide hillside below ingleborough
- How many visitor days in Yorskire dales in 2001
- 8.3 million
- How many tertiary jobs created? Effect on economy?
- 1000. £89m/year local economy boost.
- Lee Moor has mined what since when
- Kaolin 1830
- St Pauls power plant buddy was calledw?
- Bankside
- Signif of netting on M5?
- Gordano Vallet. Stops scree fallingonto motorway. Bare limestone cuttings.