Acronym to Points Flashcards
1
Q
Climate
A
- Gulf stream
- Ocean barriers
- Air Barriers
- Drake passage/ Darien gap
- Polar coordiantes
2
Q
Milankovitch
A
Tilt:-
- Tropics defining
- Increase seasonal contrast
40,000 years
Eccentricity:-
-Varies solar radiation
100,000 years
Precession:-
-Increases seasonal variance in one hemisphere and reduces in other
20,000 years
3
Q
Glacial Environment
A
- Polished bedrock
- Under ice
- Till/moraine
- U shaped valleys
- Binary transportation
4
Q
Fluvioglacial environment
A
- Boulders first
- Rounded
- Eskers
- Braided rivers
- Selective deposition
5
Q
Periglacial
A
- Solifluction/shattered boulders
- Head
- Rock flour - loess
- Ice wedge
- Nunatak
- Extreme freeze-thaw
6
Q
Anthropocene: CERRN
A
- CO2 emmisions
- Elements isolated
- Resistant materials
- Remnant structures
- Nuclear fallout
7
Q
Aquifers
A
- Recharge rate
- Unconfined
- Confined
- Cone of depression
- Saline intrusion
8
Q
Prospecting
A
- Seismic
- Magnetic
- Electric
- Gravity
9
Q
Stability - Factors
A
- Discontinuities
- Vegetation
- Seismic activity
- Pore-water pressure
- Rock competence
- Angle of slope
- Weathering
- Lithology
10
Q
Stability - Stabilising
A
- Wire nets
- Gabions
- Rock bolts
- Impeding wall
- Drainage
- Shotcrete
11
Q
Stability - Monitoring
A
- Boreholes
- Inclinometers
- Areal photos
- Seismometers
12
Q
Ore Mineral Formation
A
- Crystal settling
- Hydrothermal
- Intrusions
- Leaching
- Evaporation
- Placer
13
Q
Turbidites
A
- Dense
- Canyons (submarine)
- High speed
- Earthquakes/storms
- Graded bedding
-Submarine fans
14
Q
Cambrian explosion
A
-Snowball Earth
-Calcium levels increase
-Oxygen levels increase
-Ozone layer forms
-Predators evolve
-Eyes evolve
