Fossiliam: Dr Liam Herringshaw
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...
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)...
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...
COAL Lecture notes (pdf): 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect2_coal_mini Lecture notes (PowerPoint): 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect2_coal Energy from fossil fuels – a short explanation of the chemical reactions that allow us to extract energy from hydrocarbons, by Western Oregon University. Coal – guide from the Minerals UK section of the British Geological Survey. Coal statistics from the UK Government. World coal statistics from UK Coal. Coal mining statistics...
Earth’s Energy Systems – Introduction (updated Thurs. Jan 23rd) Lecture slides from Week 1: 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect1_intro (PowerPoint file) 2014_PoweredbyRock_lect1_intro (PDF) Generally useful online energy resources: Prof. David MacKay’s book ‘Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air’ can be downloaded free from his website here. The International Energy Agency (IEA) website can be found here. The UK Department of Energy & Climate...
PREDICTIVE GEOSCIENCE Lecture notes: 2013_IntroGeol_Lect10_future_SML (PDF) 2013_IntroGeol_Lect10_future_SML (PowerPoint) Earthquakes The global seismic hazard assessment programme (1992-1999). Predicting earthquakes (USGS web resources) Earthquakes and seismology (BGS resources) The L’Aquila Earthquake, Italy (by Dr Richard Walters, University of Leeds) Did toads predict the L’Aquila earthquake? (from Nature Blogs) Volcanoes International Earthquake and Volcano Prediction Center. Cycles in felsic volcanic eruptions might be caused...
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...