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Geology - H414
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Free Geology - H414 study notes for Cambridge OCR A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Minerals and rocks
Minerals
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Fossils and time
Fossils
Geological time
Earth structure
The physical structure of the Earth
The origin of the Earth’s structure
Plate tectonics
The plate tectonics paradigm
Plate boundaries and igneous process
Geological structures
Rock mechanics
Structural geology and plate boundaries
Sedimentary environments in time
Uniformitarianism and the rock cycle
Surface processes and products
Geochronology
Relative dating and biostratigraphy
Applied sedimentology
Sedimentary processes and resources
Fluids and geological processes
Fluids in rocks
Igneous petrology
Igneous petrology
Mid-ocean ridges
Metamorphic petrology
Metamorphic petrology
Mining geology
Exploration for metals
Resource extraction and impacts
Geohazards
Earthquake geology
Geohazard risk analysis
Geohazards in the British Isles
Engineering geology
Geotechnics
Applied engineering geology
Key concepts for basin analysis
The changing Earth
Evolution and applied palaeontology
Mass extinctions
Basin analysis in practice
Lagerstätten deposits
Oil and gas basins
Whole basin facies analysis
Development of practical skills in geology
Development of practical skills in geology (including fieldwork)
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