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39 Cards in this Set
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Characteristics of Carboniferous limestone |
Comprised of calcium carbonate
It has joints and bedding planes |
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The formation of limestone pavements |
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Why underground features are found in Carboniferous limestone |
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How do stalactites and stalagmites form |
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Characteristics of igneous rock |
Interlocking crystals
Tough resistant to erosion |
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How is igneous rock forms |
Cooling of molten magma
Intrusive/extrusive |
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Examples of igneous rock |
Basalt
Granite |
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Examples of sedimentary rock |
Chalk and limestone |
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The process of sedimentation |
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The process of compaction |
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The process of cementation |
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Characteristics of sedimentary rock |
Soft and easy to erode
Contain fossils |
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Examples of metamorphic rock |
Marble
Schists |
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Characteristics of m rock |
Resistant to weathering and erosion |
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The formation of metamorphic rock |
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The rock cycle |
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The period in which clay formed in the uk |
Jurassic |
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The period is which chalk formed in the U.K. |
Cretaceous |
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The period in which granite formed in the uk |
Ordovician |
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Mechanical weathering |
Rocks are broken down by a physical process |
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Types of m weathering |
Freeze thaw
Exfoliation |
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Chemical weathering |
When rocks are broken down by a change in chemical composition |
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Types of chemical weathering |
Carbonation weathering
Solution weathering |
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Biological weathering |
When rocks are broken down by plants or animals |
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Types of biological weathering |
Plants
Aniamls |
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Granite landscapes |
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Chalk and clay landscapes |
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Carboniferous limestone features |
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Using landscapes - case study |
The white peaks, Peak District |
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Costs of tourism |
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Benefits of tourism |
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Quarrying impacts - case study |
Whatley quarry, Somerset |
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Advantages and disadvantages of a quarry |
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Quarrying management - case study |
Llnclys quarry, Shropshire |
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Using landscapes a case study |
Dartmoor, Devon
Lincolnshire wolds |
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Skainsnlsls |
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Formation of an escarpment |
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Truncated Spurs |
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U-shapes valleys |
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