Andalusia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences case studies
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The Andalusia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences exam (Geología y Ciencias Ambientales) is one of the optional second-year Bachillerato subjects in the Spanish university entrance procedure run through the Andalusian universities' admissions system. It is aimed at students who have completed the science track and want a subject-specific score that counts toward admission to degrees such as Geology, Environmental Sciences, Biology, Geography, Civil or Mining Engineering, and teaching pathways. The Andalusia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences case studies are 5 cases and about 3,037 words.
1Eclogite boudins in a Sierra de los Filabres road cut
A road cut at 1,200 m in the Sierra de los Filabres (Betic Cordillera, Almería) exposes a 60 m section. At the base, serpentinite with antigorite and talc-carbonate veins passes upward into garnet-mica schist containing metre-scale eclogite boudins.
517 words, about 3 min2Replacement stone for a salt-weathered Renaissance facade in Úbeda
A Renaissance facade in Úbeda is built of a porous calcarenite. On a north-facing cornice, salt efflorescence, granular disintegration and black gypsum crusts have developed within 15 years of a repair that used cement mortar.
664 words, about 3 min3A 160 m borehole in the eastern Guadalquivir Basin
An exploration borehole in the eastern Guadalquivir Basin recovered 160 m of core. From top: 0–40 m blue-grey marl with Globorotalia puncticulata and calcareous nannofossils; 40–60 m bioclastic limestone with oysters, pectinids and barnacle plates; 60–75 m gypsum with chicken-wire anhydrite nodules and thin laminated carbonate; 75–110 m red conglomerate with angular schist clasts and no fossils; 110–160 m marl with Globorotalia margaritae and Discoaster.
496 words, about 2 min4Urban expansion on a marl slope above Granada
A municipality proposes 120 dwellings on a 35° north-facing slope above Granada. The slope is underlain by Tortonian marls with thin, laterally persistent conglomerate beds dipping 18° downslope; two joint sets are near-vertical.
692 words, about 3 min5Acid mine drainage below an abandoned pyrite mine in the Río Tinto headwaters
Below an abandoned pyrite mine in the Río Tinto headwaters, a 40 L/s stream has pH 2.9, Fe 350 mg/L, sulfate 2,800 mg/L, As 0.15 mg/L and Cu 8 mg/L. Upstream, pH is 6.8 and Fe is 2 mg/L.
668 words, about 3 min