Author: fossiliam

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Lecture slides: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect9_econ_SML (ppt) or 2013_IntroGeol_Lect9_econ2 (pdf) English Heritage/BGS county atlases of building stones. GeoScenic, the national archive of geological photographs. Minerals UK (BGS website) Coal mining map of the UK (from the Coal Authority) This Exploited Land: ironstone and the railways in the North Yorks Moors Cleveland Ironstone: a history (from the Tees Valley RIGS website) Map of...

ICE & WATER Lecture notes (pdf file): 2013_IntroGeol_Lect7_climate Oxygen isotopes as ancient temperature proxies (from the JOIDES Resolution project). Using earthworm poo as a palaeo-thermometer (the original paper can be read here). Milutin Milankovitch: Seeking the Cause of the Ice Ages (from AMNH) A tutorial on Milankovitch cyclicity (from Science Courseware) Erratics: rocks from afar (pebbles of the Yorkshire Coast,...

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY & PLATE TECTONICS Lecture notes as a pdf: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect6_tect_SML Lecture notes as a PowerPoint file: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect6_tect_SML The day the Earth moved (Extremely interesting Cosmos article on the theory of plate tectonics). Rheology in structural geology, by the University of Leeds (just in case you missed it) Leeds also provide further teaching resources on structural geology here. An online...

METAMORPHIC ROCKS A pdf of the lecture slides – 2013_IntroGeol_Lect5_meta Types, grades and facies of metamorphism (a guide by the British Geological Survey). Classification of metamorphic rocks (from Kentucky University) A list of metamorphic mineral types (from UC Santa Barbara) Metamorphic minerals (National Museum of Wales guide) An atlas of metamorphic minerals in thin section (from Oxford University) Barrovian metamorphism...

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS PowerPoint presentation for lecture 4: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect4_sedy A Geological Society information page on sedimentary rocks can be found here. A BBC Bitesize summary of sedimentary rocks can be found here. A list of US Geological Survey resources on sedimentary geology can be found here. For information on the soils of the UK, go to the NERC Soil Portal. The...

IGNEOUS ROCKS Lecture notes for class 3: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect3 A guide to some of the common rock-forming minerals. A summary of igneous rocks, magmas and volcanoes (courtesy of Tulane University) National Museum of Wales’ guide to minerals (including those of the igneous rocks of Wales) The UK Virtual Microscope (images of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks in hand specimen and under...

TIME Lecture 2 handout: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect2 Geological timescale charts (from the ICS) Determining the Age of the Earth (Scientific American special edition, containing lots of short papers on the topic) British geological time and climate (free poster from the BGS) Old Father Time (a Rocky Road article about William Smith) The time lord of York (my article about John Phillips) Fortune...