WJEC A-level Geology A480QS · T5.2

Key Idea 2: Formation and subduction of oceanic lithosphere

Code: T5.2
In: T5 Option T5: Geology of the Lithosphere
Course: A-level Geology A480QS
Board: WJEC

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Points under T5.2

T5.2(a) Layered structure of oceanic crust
T5.2(b) Ophiolites and ocean drilling
T5.2(c) Ocean basin evolution: the Wilson cycle
T5.2(d) Rates and directions of seafloor spreading

Points in T5 Option T5: Geology of the Lithosphere

T5.1 Key Idea 1: Heat loss, lithosphere and asthenosphere
T5.2 Key Idea 2: Formation and subduction of oceanic lithosphere
T5.3 Key Idea 3: Formation of continental crust