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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: geologic structure Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords Earth's Structures 30 minutes / n.a. deformation, structure, fold, unconformity, "tectonic activty", "geologic structure", fault, erosion, contact, earthquake, strata, "sedimentary rock", "sea level change", thrust, stress Rock Deformation 01:29 - 01:49 (00:20) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic structure", deformation, geology, resource Unconformities 16:25 - 17:32 (01:07) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", "James Hutton", "geologic structure", unconformity, erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact The Great Unconformity 17:32 - 18:26 (00:54) / 0.9 MB "James Sadd", "Grand Canyon", "geologic structure", unconformity, uplift, deformation, "tectonic activity", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact Angular Unconformity 18:26 - 19:30 (01:04) / 1.2 MB "Dee Trent", "angular unconformity", "geologic structure", unconformity, erosion, uplift, "tilted bed", "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "Principle of Original Horizontality", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact Nonconformity 19:30 - 20:30 (01:00) / 1.4 MB "Dee Trent", nonconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "metamorphic rock", "igneous rock", "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact Disconformity 20:30 - 21:02 (00:32) / 0.6 MB "Dee Trent", disconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "tectonic activity", deposition, erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact Economic Benefits of Structures 21:25 - 22:28 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic structure", "economic geology", oil, strata, permeability, impermeability, fold First Commercial Oil Well 22:28 - 22:46 (00:18) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", "Appalachian Mountains", "oil well", "geologic structure", "economic geology", oil, gas, strata, permeability, impermeable, fold Conclusion 25:39 - 27:00 (01:21) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", radioisotope, "relative age dating", "absolute age dating", mineral, superposition, horizontality, "cross-cutting relationship", "radiometric age dating", geologist, "rock formation", "geologic structure" Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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