WJEC A-level Geology A480QS · T5.3

Key Idea 3: Formation of continental crust

Code: T5.3
In: T5 Option T5: Geology of the Lithosphere
Course: A-level Geology A480QS
Board: WJEC

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Points under T5.3

T5.3(a) Supercontinent cycles
T5.3(b) Survival of continental lithosphere
T5.3(c) Orogenic belts and lithospheric thickening
T5.3(d) Forces and tectonic stresses on continental crust
T5.3(e) Regional structures: fold and thrust belts, nappes
T5.3(f) Extensional and foreland sedimentary basins

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