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October 29, 2014

Intro To Gcl Maps 3

An Introduction To Geological Maps – Week 3 Week 3 class notes (pdf) – 2014_IntroGclMaps_3 Anne Phillips, Trowelblazer. Google Earth locations for teaching geological mapping (courtesy of the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College). A real life geological map, from a satellite image of China (courtesy of the Highly Allochthonous website)

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October 17, 2014

Intro To Gcl Maps 2

An Introduction To Geological Maps – Week 2 Lecture notes (pdf) for Class 2 – 2014_IntroGclMaps_2. BGS Maps Portal – maps and sections 1832 to 2014. BGS Map Symbols and Ornaments – the full guide. October 17th 2014 was ‘Geologic Map Day‘ – Earth Science Week here providing lots of resources. Highly Allochthonous blogpost on the mapping of folded rocks....

Teaching

October 9, 2014

Intro To Gcl Maps 1

An Introduction To Geological Maps – Week 1 Lecture notes (PDF) – 2014_IntroGclMaps_1 Lecture notes (PowerPoint) – 2014_IntroGclMaps_1 iGeology – the BGS Smartphone app that puts geological maps in your pocket. Geology of Britain viewer – another cool tool from the BGS. Wired’s Map Lab – a plethora of articles about scientific mapping. Geological Mapwork – geological mapping exercises from...

Teaching

May 30, 2014

An Introduction to Geology: 2014

Week 9. Fossils. How to tell bone from stone: Smithsonian magazine article by Brian Switek. The Fossil Record of Cricket (an article I wrote for ESPN Cricinfo). I later wrote another on the evolution of fast throwing. Weeks 6. & 7. TECTONICS The day the Earth moved – very interesting article in Cosmos magazine describing the revolutionary times of...

Research/Teaching

March 22, 2014

Powered By Rock – Week 8

REVIEWING THE OPTIONS Lecture notes – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect8_summary_SML (PowerPoint) An Excel spreadsheet showing the full list of UK power stations (location, type, capacity) from the DUKES website. Energy predictability Every year, the International Energy Agency gives an overview of the World Energy Outlook. The 2013 edition can be found here. However, according to Energy Post, the IEA World Energy Outlook consistently...

Research/Teaching

March 17, 2014

Powered By Rock – Week 7

WIND & SUN LECTURE NOTES – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect7_solar_wind_SML (PowerPoint) Renewable Energy Statistics for the UK (from DECC website). Renewables map of the UK (from DECC website) Wind power UK Wind Energy database (from Renewable UK website) Neither rare nor earths (Article about our dependence on rare earth elements, from BBC News) Developing cheaper, greener magnets (article from Ames Lab, US Dept...

Teaching

March 9, 2014

Powered By Rock – Week 6

THE POWER OF WATER Lecture notes – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect6_hydro_SML (PowerPoint). Harnessing hydroelectric power (DECC website information). Micro-scale run-of-river projects “take off in the UK” (news article from 2011). Cruachan Scotland’s power mountain (article on The Register). The Hollow Mountain (information film from 1966). Visit Cruachan (official website). Cruachan site (Scottish Power summary). Dinorwig, North Wales The Electric Mountain (official website) Glendoe,...

Research/Teaching

March 2, 2014

A Very Short History of the Earth

ChronoZoom – an interactive time scale showing the age of life, the universe and everything (if your computer has the right browser!). Stratigraphy ICS – The International Commission on Stratigraphy (the latest geological timescale can be found here). William Smith and biostratigraphy (part of a University of California Berkeley series on the history of evolutionary thought). John Phillips – the...

Outreach/Teaching

February 27, 2014

Powered by Rock – Week 5

GEOTHERMAL Lecture notes (as a pdf) – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect5_geotherm Lecture notes (as a PowerPoint file) – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect5_geotherm_SML (With sincere thanks to Dr Charlotte Adams of BritGeothermal, Durham University, for providing much of the information) US Geothermal energy (from US Energy Information Administration) Geothermal Technologies Office, US Dept of Energy. Geothermal energy (British Geological Survey) The BritGeothermal project (BGS, Glasgow, Durham, Newcastle)...

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February 18, 2014

Powered by Rock – Week 4

NUCLEAR Lecture notes (PowerPoint) – 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect4_nuclear_SML What is uranium and how does it provide energy? (World Nuclear Association) The geology of uranium (World Nuclear Association) Uranium in a nutshell (About.com) Did the Fukushima accident cause increased thyroid cancer in children? (article in the Guardian, Mar. 2014) Radioactive waste management in the UK (Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) Sellafield geological storage site selection...

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