- A 10 degrees C rise in temperature increases chemical reactions by ___ times up to ___/
- 2.5 times
up to 60 degrees C - A north facing cliff in eEngland will face more or less freezethaw cycles than a S one?
- MORE
- Deeep _______ starts formations of TORS.
- Hydrolysis
- EXTR IGN LANDF
Flows are dated to a period within - 2 my
- EXTR IGN LANDF
How many lave flows constitutes it? - 29
- EXTR IGN LANDF
How many m above sea level? - 700 - 900m
- EXTR IGN LANDF
Name Locatin - Deccan, India
- EXTR IGN LANDF
Surface aREA - 700 000 km^2
- EXTR IGN LANDF
Which two major rivers are eroded thereinto - Ward-ha
Man-ira - GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Deep valleys (Think cromwell thing advernture park) - Pym + Dart
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Igneous Intruson when? - 60 mya
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Kaolinite is found where - in a trib of R.Teign near Bovey Tracey
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Max height is - 621m
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Tors - Hay Tor and Yes Tor
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Tors surrounded by - Clitter and Blockfields
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
What surface stuff domed? - Shingle
- GRANITE LANDSCAPES
Where? - Dartmoor Devon
- How long does soil take to form?
- 10000 years for 1m in mid latitudes
- How many tertiary jobs created? Effect on economy?
- 1000. £89m/year local economy boost.
- How many visitor days in Yorskire dales in 2001
- 8.3 million
- Iceland is well known for its energy efficiencyt. The capital pupes in geothermal energy from
- [NES-JAV-ELLIER]
- INTR IGN LANDF
Called and on which coast of scotland - Isle of ARRAN
West - INTR IGN LANDF
Overlying whats weathered - Sandstone and metamorphic schists
- INTR IGN LANDF
The SANDSTONE domed when - 60 mya
- INTR IGN LANDF
There are a series of dykes 2-3m on which beach - [KIL-DONAN]
- INTR IGN LANDF
There is a sill how high where - 50m
[DRUM-ADOON] - INTR IGN LANDF
Which small farmanimal names the talest bit and how high - GOAT FELL
874m - Lee Moor has mined what since when
- Kaolin 1830
- LIMESTONE LANDSC
Where is a scree? Erored by? - Valley of Ingleborough
Freezethaw - LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES
Exposed what was weathereD how? - Carboniferous limestone
Carbonation - LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES
Grykes how deep - 0.5m
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES
Name it - MALHAM, Yorkshire
- LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES
There are what where and how big? - SHAKE HOLES AND DOLINES
2-3 deep, 3-5 wide
hillside below ingleborough - LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES
Where is the limestone pavement. When was soil eroded. - ABOVE Malham Cove. 10k years ago
- Signif of netting on M5?
- Gordano Vallet. Stops scree fallingonto motorway. Bare limestone cuttings.
- St Pauls power plant buddy was calledw?
- Bankside
- WEATHERING
5 types of chemical weatherin - OXIDATION CARBONATION HYDROLYSIS SOLUTON HYDRATION
- WEATHERING
Erm solve my problem by explaning what SOLUTION weathering is - Some salts dissolve in water.
- WEATHERING
Explanify oxidation - Some minerals in rocks, esp iron based ones, react with O2 in air/water. In acidic conditions the rocks become soluble and strucutre is destroyed (the bindings esp in sandstone)
- WEATHERING
Feldspar in granite is an example of ______. It combines with _____ in water to form _______ aka ____. - Hydrolysis
Hydrogen
Kaolin
China Clay - WEATHERING
Freezethaw - Water expands 10% when frozen
- WEATHERING
How does organic acids erode stuff, and what form of weathering is it?/ - Rainwater -> leaf litter. Acidic. Chelation. BIOLOGICAL
- WEATHERING
Hydration???
What does it cause??
Example?? - *Water molecules added to rock minerals create new ones of higher volume
*SURFACE FLAKING
*Anhydrite+water->gypsum - WEATHERING
Name the 4 physical weathering names - FREEZETHAW
PRESSURE RELEASE
THERMAN EXPANSION
SALT CRYSTALLISATION - WEATHERING
Pressure release - Overlying rocks removed
- WEATHERING
Salt Crystallisation - Solutions of salt seep into pores. Expands around 300%
- WEATHERING
Thermal Expansion - Frequent heat then de-heat cycles crack and flake.,
- WEATHERING
What is carbonation - CO2 dissolves in rainwater => Carbonic Acid. Reacts with CaCO3 in rocks eg. limestone.
- WEATHERING
What is hydrolysis? - Version of solutoin i think. Silicates combine with water producng secondary minerals eg. clay.
- WEATHERING
Which 3 types of BIOLOGICAL weathering - TREE ROOTS
BURROWING ANIMALS
ORGANIC ACIDS - Where in england would one find copper reservvves?
- SW englandd
- Which angle is a SCREE normally?
- 30-40 degrees
- Which scottish city is granite city?
- Aberdeen
