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Title Comment Keywords
Earth's Interior 30 minutes / n.a. magnetism, "magnetic field", mantle, "seismic wave", ophiolite, "magnetic reversal", earthquake, "continental crust", geophysics, gravity
Source of the Earth's Magnetic Field 17:19 - 18:07 (00:48) / 0.9 MB magnetism, "James Sadd", "magnetic field"
Loadstones and Compasses 18:07 - 18:45 (00:38) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", magnetism, Greeks, navigation, compass, loadstone
Michael Faraday 18:45 - 19:38 (00:53) / 0.7 MB "Michael Faraday", magnetism, "electric current", "magnetic field"
Magnetic Reversals 21:33 - 22:12 (00:39) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", "magnetic field", "permanent magnetic field", magnetism
Magnetic Polarity 22:12 - 23:03 (00:51) / 0.9 MB "James Sadd", "magnetic polarity", magnetism, "magnetic reversal", "magnetic north pole", paleomagnetism, "magnetic south pole"
Reverse Polarity 23:03 - 23:26 (00:23) / 0.3 MB "magnetic pole", "magnetic reversal", magnetism, "normal polarity", "reverse polarity"
Paleomagnetism 23:26 - 24:38 (01:12) / 1.4 MB "Scott Bogue", magnetism, "rock coring", "lava flow", "Mojave Desert", paleomagnetism
Magnetic Reversals 24:38 - 25:38 (01:00) / 1.1 MB "Scott Bogue", magnetism, "magnetic reversal", "rock coring", "lava flow", "Mojave Desert", paleomagnetism
Conclusion 26:01 - 26:43 (00:42) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", magnetism, gravity, geophysics, seismicity, "geologic history", goal, "geophysical research"
Origin of Accreted Terranes 16:02 - 16:45 (00:43) / 1.1 MB "accreted terrane", fossil, continent, magnetism, "Scott Bogue"
How Geologists Use Minerals 03:48 - 05:04 (01:16) / 1.4 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", mineral, geologist, geochronologist, "geologic age", rock, "radioactive element", "sedimentary petrologist", stratigrapher, sediment, "sedimentary rock", mountain, erosion, deformation, "igneous petrologist", "metamorphic petrologist", pressure, temperature, crystallization, magma, metamorphism, "plate tectonics", "structural geologist", magnetism, plate, "plate motion"
Magnetic Properties of Volcanic Rocks 21:48 - 22:48 (01:00) / 1.5 MB "Thomas Redfield", magnetism, geophysicist, vent, "magnetic field", temperature, "proton precession magnetometer", "diurnal variation", Noverupta, iron, dome, volcano
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