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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Gary Ernst 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 Earthquake Preparation 18:57 - 20:22 (01:25) / 1.9 MB "earthquake preparation", "earthquake prediction", earthquake, "Gary Ernst", "earthquake resistant", "building code" Geologists Extract and Protect 23:32 - 24:46 (01:14) / 1.3 MB "Gary Ernst", "resource extraction", "environmental protection", geologist Movement of Continents 06:33 - 07:13 (00:40) / 0.4 MB "Gary Ernst", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", continent, "ocean basin", mountain, orogeny, crust Theory Rejected 07:13 - 08:04 (00:51) / 0.5 MB "Gary Ernst", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", "centrifugal force", "Earth's rotation", tide, Moon, Sun, geophysicist Guyots 11:06 - 12:06 (01:00) / 0.5 MB "Harry H. Hess", "Robert Dietz", "Gary Ernst", guyot, "wave erosion", island, subsidence, crust, "sea floor spreading", "mid-Atlantic ridge", upwelling, mantle, "mid-oceanic ridge", convection Sea Floor Spreading 12:06 - 12:56 (00:50) / 0.4 MB "Gary Ernst", "continental drift", "sea floor spreading", "Alfred Wegener", "Harry H. Hess", continent, "ocean basin", "mid-oceanic ridge" Scientific Method In Action 20:57 - 21:58 (01:01) / 0.5 MB "Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", "scientific method", mountain, volcanism, "continental margin" There Are Skeptics To Every Theory 22:40 - 23:42 (01:02) / 0.6 MB "Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", theory, "Apollo Mission", Moon Push and Pull of Plates 16:10 - 17:34 (01:24) / 0.7 MB "Gary Ernst", lithosphere, "plate tectonics", trench, "mid-oceanic ridge", modeling, asthenosphere, plate Early Crust 03:48 - 05:05 (01:17) / 1.1 MB water, atmosphere, "oceanic crust", "convergent plate", "island arc", "sea floor spreading", "convective cell", "continental crust", supercontinent, accretion, plate, "upper mantle", "Gary Ernst" When Mountain Building Ends 18:25 - 19:36 (01:11) / 0.9 MB mountain, orogeny, "convergent plate margin", subduction, craton, fault, volcanism, erosion, uplift, "Gary Ernst" 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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