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Title Comment Keywords
Nature and Growth of the Sea Floor 21:17 - 21:39 (00:22) / 0.2 MB "mid-oceanic ridge", structure, "spreading rate"
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
Geologic Cross Sections 06:02 - 07:07 (01:05) / 1.5 MB structure, "geologic map", "James Sadd", "cross section", "seismic sounding"
Geologic Structure Classes 07:07 - 07:33 (00:26) / 0.9 MB structure, deformation, unconformity, fault, fracture, fold
Rocks Fold 07:33 - 08:03 (00:30) / 0.6 MB structure, "James Sadd", rock, heat, pressure, deformation, fold
Basic Forms of Folded Rocks 08:03 - 08:29 (00:26) / 1.2 MB structure, strata, deformation, fold, syncline, anticline
Types of Folds 08:29 - 09:56 (01:27) / 1.4 MB structure, "fold hinge", "hinge plane", "fold geometry", "Scott Paterson", deformation
Rock Fracture 09:56 - 10:36 (00:40) / 0.7 MB structure, "tectonic activity", "James Sadd", fracture, fault, earthquake, deformation
Fault Types 10:36 - 11:36 (01:00) / 1.1 MB structure, "tectonic activity", "James Sadd", fracture, fault, "dip-slip fault", "strike-slip fault", "oblique-slip fault", "left lateral", "right lateral", earthquake, deformation
Stresses 12:38 - 13:44 (01:06) / 1.5 MB "tectonic activity", fold, fault, structure, "Scott Paterson", compression, tension, stress, earthquake, deformation
Stress and Strain 13:44 - 14:46 (01:02) / 1.3 MB "tectonic activity", fold, structure, "Dee Trent", compression, tension, stress, strain, "elastic strain", "elastic limit", earthquake, deformation
Stress Types 14:46 - 16:25 (01:39) / 2.2 MB "tectonic activity", fold, structure, "Dee Trent", compression, tension, stress, strain, "elastic strain", "elastic limit", earthquake, deformation
Source Rock Potential 24:43 - 25:22 (00:39) / 0.9 MB "source rock", "Stephen M. Scott", oil, gas, structure, hydrocarbon, temperature, reservoir, sedimentary
Importance of Geologic Structures 25:22 - 26:51 (01:29) / 1.8 MB geology, "James Sadd", "John McPhee", "Mount Everest", "marine limestone", structure, fold, fault, plate, "geologic hazard", resource, "structural geology"
Geologic Site Investigation 19:39 - 20:52 (01:13) / 1.5 MB "Ann Meeker", "Schaeffer Dixon and Associates", "mass wasting", geology, construction, map, landslide, outcrop, bedding, dip, structure, fault, creep, slump, stability
Possible Landslide 21:38 - 22:57 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, creep, slump, mitigation, building, construction, drilling, geologist, structure, soil, sampling, "grain size", moisture, color, slope, fill, engineering
Grand Canyon 01:22 - 02:31 (01:09) / 1.1 MB "James Sadd", "Grand Canyon", "John Wesley Powell", geology, "sedimentary rock", "Colorado River", landscape, "geologic time", "geologic history", "mineral composition", "grain size", "grain shape", structure, "rock color", climate, "vegetation pattern", shoreline, topography, "Earth's surface", sediment
Information In Metamorphic Rocks 02:29 - 02:46 (00:17) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, structure, mineral, crust, geologist, "tectonic activity", "metamorphic rock"
Foliation 07:50 - 08:54 (01:04) / 1.3 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", "directed stress", compression, metamorphism, structure, temperature, pressure, mineral, layering, geologist, foliation, "shear stress", "metamorphic rock", "mica schist", subduction, recrystallization
Geologic Hazard 08:54 - 09:55 (01:01) / 1.4 MB "Douglas M. Morton", "Ann Meeker", foliation, dam, road, engineering, "metamorphic rock", "sedimentary rock", landslide, structure, construction, orientation, "geologic hazard"
Rock Type, Rock Structure, and Climate 05:47 - 06:58 (01:11) / 1.5 MB "William Morris Davis", geologist, uplift, erosion, landscape, modeling, "tectonic activity", "rock type", structure, climate, fold, fault, sand, clay, "Earth's surface", slope, "Grand Canyon", "sedimentary rock", weathering, arid, vegetation, canyon, time
River Drainage Patterns 06:58 - 08:02 (01:04) / 2.2 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", "rock type", structure, river, "drainage pattern", stream, geologist, "sedimentary rock", "dendritic pattern", fracture, fault, "intersecting pattern", "trellis pattern", erosion, slope, valley
Petroleum Exploration 04:15 - 05:00 (00:45) / 0.8 MB "Stephen Scott", exploration, structure, oil, gas, density, geologist, "seismic wave", crust, rock, hardness, "rock formation", "rock layer", contact, reflection, image
Subsurface Depth Map 06:15 - 07:00 (00:45) / 0.8 MB "Stephen Scott", seismogram, oil, "rock formation", subsurface, structure, hydrocarbon, drilling, reservoir, mapping
Brine 23:25 - 25:01 (01:36) / 1.7 MB "Fred Teeters", brine, groundwater, pressure, reservoir, drilling, well, nitrogen, steam, geothermal, power, energy, environment, "wind power", "photo-voltaic cell", structure
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