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Title Comment Keywords
Significance of Plate Tectonic Theory 21:58 - 22:40 (00:42) / 0.4 MB "Robert Douglas", "plate tectonics", evolution, theory, crust
There Are Skeptics To Every Theory 22:40 - 23:42 (01:02) / 0.6 MB "Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", theory, "Apollo Mission", Moon
Plate Tectonics Revolution 25:06 - 25:47 (00:41) / 0.5 MB "Robert Douglas", "plate tectonics", Earth, geology, theory, "environmental system"
Conclusion 25:47 - 26:59 (01:12) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "sea floor spreading", "plate tectonics", "global model", "crustal dynamics", "Theory of Plate Tectonics", theory, geology, earthquake, volcanism, mountain, "ocean basin", plate, Earth, mechanism, mantle, geologist
Convection in the Mantle 10:57 - 12:14 (01:17) / 1.1 MB "James Sadd", geologist, "plate tectonics", mechanism, theory, crust, mantle, lithosphere, plate, asthenosphere, heat, convection
Convection In Plate Motion 15:32 - 16:10 (00:38) / 0.4 MB "plate tectonics", convection, plate, theory, "mid-oceanic ridge", gravity, geologist
Depth of Convection 17:34 - 18:18 (00:44) / 0.4 MB mantle, convection, "single convection cell", "sea floor spreading", modeling, "boundary layer", theory, seismic, "plate tectonics", depth
Loihi 24:37 - 25:29 (00:52) / 0.5 MB theory, Hawaii, "hot spot", "Pacific Plate", "mantle plume", island, volcano, "sea floor"
Conclusion 25:55 - 26:53 (00:58) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", "plate tectonics", modeling, theory, earthquake, volcano, mountain, orogeny, "sea floor spreading", mechanism, plate, "North American Continent", "Pacific Ocean", Rockies, "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift"
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