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This is a thin section of a rock largely made up of calcite grains. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills. Try comparing this thin section with the other thin sections shown in ‘Microscopy: metamorphic rocks’ in the resource section of GeoHubLiverpool.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made up of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, K-rich feldspar, biotite mica and muscovite mica grains. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of crystals of hornblende, plagioclase feldspar, quartz and garnet. Sphene also occurs as an accessory mineral in the rock. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarizing light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of crystals of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Small amounts of amphibole and opaque iron oxides also occur in the rock. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarizing light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of crystals of plagioclase feldspar, K-feldspar or orthoclase feldspar and quartz. Small amounts of biotite mica also occur. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarizing light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock largely made up of quartz grains. The properties of the main rock forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images of this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video explains radiometric dating using isochron plots.

This is an introduction to the SEM. It outlines how the SEM works and shows how it can be used to find out more information about different Earth materials.

Professor John Wheeler from the University of Liverpool visits a sandstone outcrop on The Roaches in the Peak District of England. The sandstone layers show cross bedding and the sandstone layers have been tilted after their formation. John explains why we need to look at outcrops in three dimensions. Visit our website for more geoscience teaching and learning resources: geohubliverpool.org.uk/...

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of calcite and which is largely composed of non-skeletal grains. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of calcite and which is largely composed of skeletal grains (bioclasts). The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of quartz, muscovite mica, biotite mica and garnet. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This video shows a thin section of a rock made of feldspar, olivine and pyroxene. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

This is a thin section of a rock made of quartz, feldspar biotite mica and muscovite mica. The properties of the main rock-forming minerals as seen under a polarising light microscope are described. Images in this resource could be used to practise microscope drawing skills.

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What is Earth Science?

Earth science at Liverpool

The Maske Cell experiment - how bimodal sediments stratify in aeolian ripples and dunes

Laboratory experiments to show variety of shells and how they align with the water flow direction

Crater simulation laboratory experiment

Laboratory turbidity current demonstration

Flute casts - how to use them as a way-up (younging) direction indicator in sedimentary rocks

Cross bedding and how to use it to infer way-up direction in stratigraphic sequences

Tracks and trails as a sedimentary structure that records way-up in rock sequences

Pseudomorphs - a sedimentary structure to indicate way-up (younging) direction in a rock sequence

Mud cracks - a primary sedimentary structure to assess way-up in a stratigraphic sequence

Load casts and flame structures as an indicator of way-up in sedimentary rocks

Graded bedding and washout to assess the way-up in a stratigraphic sequence

Burrows as a trace fossil way-up indicator in the rock record