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Rocks, Resources and Scenery
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Geography Mapa Mental sobre Rocks, Resources and Scenery, criado por lldriftinglegend em 28-08-2013.
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Rocks, Resources and Scenery
Types of Rock
Igneous
Molten THEN Harden
Intrusive/Granite
Extrusive/Basalt
Sedimentary
Layers Sediment compacted
Solid Rock
Metamorpic
Heat and pressure
Rock Cycle
Picture/List
Long time rocks to form
Weathering
Breakdown of rocks where they are
Chemical
Changing chemical Composition
Solution
Carbonation
Biological
Plants and animals
(Plants) its roots
(animals) Burrowing
Mechanical
Physical (BREAK DOWN)
Freeze thaw (Diagram)
Exfoliation (Diagram)
Rocks and landscapes
Granite landscapes
they have tors and moorland
Granite is impermeable which creates moorlands
Large areas of water logged and acidic soil and low growing vegatation
Chalk and Clay Landscapes
you have escarpments and vales.
Chalk is a aquifer-permeable rock that stores water.
Carbon iferous limestone
you get limestone pavements, swallow holes, caverns, gorges.
limestone is permeable and water seeping through limestone contains dissolved minerals,
when is solidifies over time it produces stalactites and stalagmites
Whatley Quarry Somerset
Advantages
The quarry employees a lot of people, around 100 people full time
It has a study centre around 4,000 people visit every year
The quarry has donated stone to build a cycle track in the local area
Disadvantages
Each blast removes 25,000 tons of rock and this creates a lot of noise and disrupts wildlife
The quarry is around 1.5km long and 0.6km wide and its destroyed a large area of habitat
A man was killed in an industrial accident in 2008
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