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Title Comment Keywords
Origin of "Tectonic" 22:32 - 22:45 (00:13) / 0.4 MB "tectonic stress", "word origin", "tectonic activity", "plate tectonics"
High Technology of Sea Floor Exploration 02:27 - 03:08 (00:41) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", sampling, robot, equipment, "tectonic activity", ocean
Changes in the Lithosphere 05:53 - 06:41 (00:48) / 0.7 MB lithosphere, plate, "continental margin", "tectonic activity", convection, greenstone, protocontinent, mantle, "Jason Saleeby"
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
Dip Slip Fault Types 11:36 - 12:38 (01:02) / 1.2 MB "tectonic activity", "Scott Paterson", fracture, fault, "dip-slip fault", "reverse fault", "normal fault", "thrust fault", "detachment fault", 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
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
Tectonic Clues 20:52 - 22:15 (01:23) / 1.4 MB erosion, "tectonic activity", batholith, plutonic, weathering, "Sierra Nevada", California, pluton, intrusion, mountain, andesite, "volcanic arc", ocean, crust, Andes, subduction, "James Sadd"
Crustal Evolution Clues 22:15 - 22:45 (00:30) / 0.8 MB "igneous rock", "tectonic activity", komatiite, basalt, heat
Value of Intrusive Igneous Processes 26:05 - 26:58 (00:53) / 1.2 MB "igneous rock", intrusion, mineral, lithosphere, ore, metal, gem, "tectonic activity", planet, magma, crystal, ocean, continent, mountain, "James Sadd"
Mechanical Weathering 03:00 - 04:38 (01:38) / 2.3 MB "mechanical weathering", weathering, rock, "Earth's surface", "tectonic activity", joint, "pressure release", "granitic dome", Yosemite, crust, uplift, erosion, exfoliation
Chemical Weathering 05:41 - 06:42 (01:01) / 2.2 MB "mechanical weathering", weathering, "chemical weathering", disintegration, "ice wedging", "Earth's surface", "tectonic activity", "rock composition", crystal, quartz, feldspar, "ferromagnesium mineral"
Information In Metamorphic Rocks 02:29 - 02:46 (00:17) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, structure, mineral, crust, geologist, "tectonic activity", "metamorphic rock"
Conclusion 26:12 - 26:57 (00:45) / 1.4 MB "James Sadd", river, "geologic time", climate, slope, "tectonic activity", vegetation, bedrock, crust, sediment, sea, transportation, "Earth's surface", landscape
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
Conclusion 25:54 - 26:57 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", landscape, humans, landform, desert, rainstorm, flood, wind, slope, "tectonic activity", "Grand Canyon", "Colorado River", stream, water, "Earth's surface"
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