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November 12, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 6

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...

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November 4, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 5

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...

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October 29, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 4

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...

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October 23, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 3

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...

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October 15, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 2

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...

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October 9, 2013

An Introduction to Geology: 1 (updated)

BEGINNINGS Lecture 1 handouts: 2014_IntroGeol_Lect1_SML (PowerPoint) 2014_IntroGeol_Lect1_SML (PDF) Useful links: James Hutton: Founder of Modern Geology (American Museum of Natural History article) Neptunism vs Plutonism (a Scientific American article) Charles Lyell and uniformitarianism (University of California Berkeley article) Darwin the geologist (Darwin correspondence project) How to use zircons to trace the earliest rocks on Earth (AMNH article) The Oldest Rock...

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August 23, 2013

Bodies of Evidence

I am organizing the Palaeontological Association-sponsored session at the 2013 British Science Festival in Newcastle. It is called Bodies of Evidence, will run at the Great North Museum on Sunday September 9th, and it is going to be dead great. Literally, as the event will be packed to the rafters with amazing fossils of long-gone creatures. How do we figure...

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June 26, 2013

An Introduction To Fossils

To download the slides for my University of York Lifelong Learning class on fossils, click the following links: 2013_IntroFossils_pt1 2013_IntroFossils_pt2 For further information on fossils, the following websites are useful: Natural History Museum, London – fossils Natural History Museum, London – fossils of Britain Oxford University Museum – identifying invertebrate fossils BBC Nature – fossils British Geological Survey – Fossil...

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April 22, 2013

PalAss vs Paxman

In 2004, the Palaeontological Association entered University Challenge: The Professionals, hosted by the mighty Sir Jezza Paxo. Should you wish to read an HILARIOUS* account of this great moment in British televisual history, click this link: Palass_v_Paxman *I wrote it, so I may be biased.

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March 25, 2013

Life Through Time – Evolutionary Palaeontology (week 8)

The slides (colour) for the final week’s class can be downloaded here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect8_colour. I will add a black and white version shortly. The links for the class are as follows: “Big Bang Big Boom” is a 10-minute animation of the evolution of life, and is well worth a watch. Click here to view it. Did bird brains help them survive...

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