he UK's evolving physical landscape - Geology
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- Created on: 03-05-22 09:09
The UK's evolving physical landscape.
Geology:
In the UK, the rock type beneath our feet has played an important part in shaping our physical landscape. The UK has a varied landscape which changes in height and shape greatly. This section explains how the geology of the rocks will determine the landscape.
Types of Rock
There are three types of rocks found in the world: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic.
These rocks vary in how they are formed, their characteristics and their appearance. These rock characteristics will impact how the rock survives under erosional and weathering processes.
Igneous Rocks
Igneous rock forms from volcanic activity which means all igneous rock would have been created
at plate boundaries. The magma cools on the surface or lava cools within the chamber and is
flung out of the volcano during an eruption. The molten rock crystallises as it cools which can
produce sparkly quartz within the rock.
In the UK, all igneous rocks are very old as the UK is not near any plate boundaries, this means
the rock has moved over thousands of centuries (due to tectonic drift…
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