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Title Comment Keywords
Geophysical methods 02:00 - 02:37 (00:37) / 0.5 MB geophysics, seismic, earthquake, temperature, "James Sadd", "magnetic field", magnetics, gravity, modeling
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
Upper and Lower Mantle 18:18 - 19:53 (01:35) / 1.0 MB "Don L. Anderson", mantle, plate, subduction, "Pacific Ocean", earthquake, depth, seismic, convection, viscosity, "mid-oceanic ridge", basalt, lithosphere, "plate tectonics"
Metadata n.a. / n.a. metadata, "formal metadata", FGDC, InfoBank, navigation, gravity, magnetics, bathymetry, seismic, camera, crew, "navigation line", metering, meter, port, sample
Seismic n.a. / n.a. seismic, "conventional multichannel", "high-resolution multichannel", "conventional single channel", "high-resolution single channel", "very high-resolution single channel", "wide angle reflection refraction", FFID, PING, CDP, CMP, "Common Depth Point", "Common Mid-Point", channel, shot, stacking
InfoBank n.a. / n.a. InfoBank, "Information Bank", database, metadata, data, "digitial data", "analog material", analog, map, direction, staff, facility, archive, bathymetry, gravity, magnetics, sample, seismic, navigation, geodetic, "field activity", FACS, "Field Activity Collection System", "formal metadata", atlas, gazette, ocean, continent, country, state, "marine sancturary", definition, format, "naming convention"
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