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Geology of Devils Postpile National Monument
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n.a. / n.a.
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Devils Postpile, Sierra Nevada, uplift, incision, volcanic rock, columnar basalt, lava
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Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents
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30 minutes / n.a.
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orogeny, mountain, continent, erosion, crust, mantle, uplift, subduction, sediment, "metamorphic rock", craton, collision, "sedimentary rock", "ocean basin", lithosphere, "igneous rock", accretion
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Introduction
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00:40 - 01:49 (01:09) / 1.3 MB
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introduction, mountain, orogeny, crust, uplift, erosion, fault, volcano, plate, "James Sadd"
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Nature Recycles Materials
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08:41 - 09:29 (00:48) / 0.8 MB
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"James Hutton", sediment, mountain, "sea floor", uplift, erosion, "plate tectonics", orogeny
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Orogeny at the Edge of Continents
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09:29 - 10:36 (01:07) / 1.3 MB
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sediment, orogeny, lithosphere, continent, "convergent plate", pressure, subduction, volcano, "island arc", "continental margin", trench, uplift, heat, melting, "metamorphic rock", crust, "igneous rock", granite
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When Mountain Building Ends
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18:25 - 19:36 (01:11) / 0.9 MB
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mountain, orogeny, "convergent plate margin", subduction, craton, fault, volcanism, erosion, uplift, "Gary Ernst"
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Mountains Have Thick Crustal Roots
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19:36 - 21:07 (01:31) / 1.7 MB
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"Eastern North America", "Appalachian Mountains", collision, erosion, mountain, orogeny, uplift, gravity, "Himalaya Mountains", crust, mantle, "convergent plate", compression, isostasy, "G. B. Airy"
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The Rising Crust
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21:07 - 22:10 (01:03) / 1.0 MB
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mountain, orogeny, erosion, uplift, mantle, crust, topography, isostasy
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Isostatic Equilibrium
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22:10 - 23:35 (01:25) / 1.3 MB
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isostasy, crust, gravity, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, mantle, craton, "Jason Saleeby"
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The Great Unconformity
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17:32 - 18:26 (00:54) / 0.9 MB
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"James Sadd", "Grand Canyon", "geologic structure", unconformity, uplift, deformation, "tectonic activity", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Angular Unconformity
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18:26 - 19:30 (01:04) / 1.2 MB
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"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
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Causes of Earthquakes
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02:10 - 03:26 (01:16) / 1.7 MB
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"radioactive decay", heat, energy, plate, friction, lithosphere, earthquake, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, river, water, flora, fauna
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Force Building Land
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05:12 - 06:06 (00:54) / 1.2 MB
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"James Hutton", land, erosion, life, stream, sand, gravel, sediment, "sedimentary rock", uplift, water
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Unconformity
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06:06 - 06:46 (00:40) / 0.9 MB
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"James Hutton", unconformity, uplift, erosion, land, Bible
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Monitoring Volcanoes
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14:44 - 16:10 (01:26) / 3.0 MB
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"Robert Tilling", volcano, prediction, "ground deformation", uplift, "seismic monitoring", earthquake, magma, fracture
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Weathering
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01:55 - 03:00 (01:05) / 1.8 MB
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"James Sadd", rock, "sea floor", uplift, orogeny, regression, "environment of formation", "Earth's surface", weathering, polar, tropic, granite, mineral
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Mechanical Weathering
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03:00 - 04:38 (01:38) / 2.3 MB
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"mechanical weathering", weathering, rock, "Earth's surface", "tectonic activity", joint, "pressure release", "granitic dome", Yosemite, crust, uplift, erosion, exfoliation
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Conclusion
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25:34 - 26:56 (01:22) / 1.2 MB
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"James Sadd", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "Grand Canyon", "Colorado River", sand, mud, "volcanic ash", "lava flow", "ocean basin", deformation, mountain, orogeny, "Mazatzal Mountains", erosion, uplift, limestone, shale, "sea level rise", flood, volcanism, deposition, unconformity, ocean, preservation
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Landscape Evolution
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03:46 - 04:30 (00:44) / 1.5 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", landscape, "William Morris Davis", river, stream, slope, plain, youthful, mature, "old age", "Appalachian Mountains", uplift, "potential energy", valley
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Landscape Maturity
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04:30 - 05:47 (01:17) / 1.8 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", landscape, mature, uplift, stream, valley, slope, youthful, energy, erosion, "base level", degradation, floodplain, peneplain, "old age"
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Rock Type, Rock Structure, and Climate
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05:47 - 06:58 (01:11) / 1.5 MB
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"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
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Rejuvenation
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08:02 - 09:07 (01:05) / 1.2 MB
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"Dee Trent", stream, river, landscape, erosion, uplift, "base level", geologist, rejuvenation, landform, "stream terrace", valley, meander, floodplain
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Incised Meander
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09:31 - 10:05 (00:34) / 0.8 MB
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landform, rejuvenation, uplift, "incised meander", river, floodplain, thalweg, "river channel", degradation, valley
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Rising Landmasses
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16:41 - 17:13 (00:32) / 0.5 MB
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"J. Lawford Anderson", glacier, "glacial melt", "Ice Age", "glacial retreat", landscape, landmass, continent, "Hudson Bay", uplift
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Geology School Keywords
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