Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Core Mantle-Magma-Lava Crust Plates- Oceanic/ Continental Lithosphere Asthenosphere Pangaea Sial/ Sima Plate Tectonics Continental Drift Seafloor SplittingPlate Boundaries -Convergent -Divergent -Conservative Friction Subduction Constructive/Destructive/Passive |
Volcanoes
Acid Lava/ Basic Lava
Magma Chamber Pyroclastic Pumice Extrusive/Intrusive Structures Caldera Vent/ Plume/Crater/Magma Chamber Fissure Plateau Plutons-Batholith -Sills -Dykes Geyser/Geothermal Energy |
Earthquakes
San Andreas Fault
Friction Slip/Stick Action Seismic Wave Seismograph Magnitude Richter Scale Logarithmic Mercalli Scale |
Folding & Faulting
Rock Deformation
-Compression -Tension -Shearing Unicline Anticline Syncline Orogeny Graben/Rift Valley Block Mountain Tear Fault Reverse Fault- eg.Thrust Fault |
Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary -Inorganic -Organic Metamorphic Crystalisation Sedimentation (Lithification) -Compaction -Cemention Strata Bedding Planes |
Karst Region
Clints
Grikes Dry Valley Swallowhole Turlough Karren Fluting Stalactites Stalagmites Hums |
Weathering
Physical/Chemical Weathering
Corrosion Freeze-thaw action Onion-weathering/ Exfoliation (Diurnal Range) Flaking Carbonic Acid Scree Tors Hydrolysis(Feldspar-Kaolin)edit. |
Mass Movement
Mass Movement
-Slope Gradient -Slope Material -Water Content -Vegetation Soil Creep Terracettes Rockslides/Slumps Earthflow/Bogflow/ Mudflow/Lahar Rockfall Avalanche Overgrazing Deforestation |
RiversDrainage Basin
Watershed Stream Order Discharge Velocity-Gradient -Shape -Roughness Flow (turbulence) Hydraulic Action/Abrasion/Attrition Solution Cavitation Alluvium Vertical/Lateral/Headward Erosion Traction Saltation Solution Suspension Torrent Stage |
River FeaturesInterlocking Spurs
Waterfall Plunge Pool Gorge Differential Erosion Overhang/ Undercut Meanders Ox-Bow LAke Pools/ Riffles Point Bars Mort Lake/ Scar Levees Backswamps Delta-Bird's Foot -Accurate -Esturine Bottomset/ Forset/ Topset Beds Isotatic Change Rejuvenation Kickpoint Paired Terraces Radial/Dendritiic (tree-like)/Trellised Drainage Peneplain |
Coasts
Foreshore/ Backshore Fetch/ Break/ Swash/ Backwash Destructive/ Constructive Waves Wave Refraction Hydraulic Action Compression Abrasion/ Attrition/ Solution Weathering Sub-Aerial Processes Differential Erosion Cave/ Arch/ Stack/ Stump/Blowhole Longshore Drift Berms/ Ridges/ Runnels Dunes/ Marram Grass Sandspits/ Salt Marsh/ Tombolos/ Offshore Bar/ Lagoon Isostsy Groynes/ Rock Armour |
Glaciation
Zone of Accumulation
Zone of Ablation Basal Slip Plastic Flow Plucking/Abrasion Cirque/Corrie/Tarn Bergschrund Rotational Slip Aréte Truncated Spurs Hanging Valleys Rock Basins Paternoster Lakes Rock Steps Fjord *Fluvio-Glacial Er./Dp Morraine-Lateral -Medial -Englacial -Ground -Push -Terminal Drumlin Esker Boulder Clay |
WeatherG.I.S (Geographical Information Systems)
Synoptic Charts Isobars Milibar 9mb) Fronts- Warm -Cold -Occluded Depression (low) Anti-Cyclone (high) |
Aerial PhotosAngle-Vertical
-Low Oblique -High Oblique Foreground Middleground Background Meteorology OS Maps |
OS Maps
Relief
Drainage Key/ Legend Northings Eastings Stetlement Commuinication National Grid Altitude Direction Arrow Scale Gradient Cross-Section |
Regional Geog*Physical Regions (NEP)
limon soils *CLimatic Regions -Cool Temperate Oceanic -Mediterranean South-Westerly's North Atlantic Drift (NAD) *Administrative Regions Departements Arrondissements *Language Regions Gaeltacht Flanders vs Wallonia Unionists vs.Nationalists (loyalists vs. republicans) Islam Socio-Economic Regions- core/peripherary less-developed regions regions of industrial decline Border, Midlands and Western(BMW) 3 Pillars of Ind Rev -coal/steel/textiles * Urban Regions Hinterland Urban Sprawl Megalopolis |
Human Env (Population)Demography
Distribution Density Dependency Ratio Population Pyramid (shape) -Progressive -Stationary -Regressive Death/Birth/Fertility Rate Natural Increase Natural Decrease Government Policy Dependency Ratio Sex Ratio Overpopulation Literacy Rate over-cultivation soil exhaustion birth control high-yielding crops reclamation Sahel Environmental DegradationEmigration Immigration Push/Pull factors Limitations to Migration Donor Region Host Region |
Human Env (Settlement)Site
Situation Historic Settlement -Stone Age -Celtic -EarlyChristan -Viking -Normans -Plantation Towns -New Towns Settlement Patterns -Nucleated -Linear -Dispersed Central Place Threshold Range Frequency of Demand Rank Order Hierarchy of Settlements R.I.C.E.P.O.T.S. NDP County Development Plans |
Human Env
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