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A-Level Geology (WJEC Eduqas) — Earth materials, processes and deep time, with optional applied and field-based themes.
Overview
A-Level Geology (WJEC Eduqas) — Earth materials, processes and deep time, with optional applied and field-based themes.
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The composition of the Earth and crust, silicate structures, and identification of rock-forming minerals and the three rock classes.
Weathering, erosion, transport and deposition together with the internal-energy processes that complete the rock cycle.
Uniformitarianism and relative and absolute (radiometric) dating used to sequence geological events.
The internal structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, plate boundaries and their features.
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic processes and the interpretation of sedimentary environments.
Folds, faults and joints, classifying faults from principal stresses, and reactivation of structures.
The fossil record as evidence of evolution and mass extinctions, and the reconstruction of past climates.
Metalliferous ores, industrial minerals, hydrocarbons and coals, reservoirs, hydrogeology and prospecting.
Seismic, mass-movement, volcanic and tsunami hazards, with risk assessment, prediction and management.
Interpreting outcrop patterns and Survey maps for sub-surface structure and for engineering and extraction.
Quaternary climate controls, deposits and fossil evidence for environmental change (optional theme).
Britain's stratigraphy through terrane assembly and the Caledonian, Variscan and Alpine orogenies (optional theme).
The Earth's heat loss, plate-driving mechanisms, formation and recycling of oceanic lithosphere and continental-crust processes (optional theme).
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AS-Level
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