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Title Comment Keywords
Continental Crust 08:12 - 09:20 (01:08) / 1.2 MB "Thomas Henyey", "continental crust", "igneous rock", metamorphism, "sedimentary rock", "igneous rock", "metamorphic rock", "sedimentary rock", silicate
Composition of the Ocean Crust 11:57 - 12:43 (00:46) / 0.9 MB crust, magmatism, mantle, basalt, "igneous rock", metamorphism, sedimentation, deformation, melting, mountain, orogeny, deposition, basin, "proto-ocean crust", granite, "Jason Saleeby"
Seaward Jump of Subduction Zone 14:37 - 15:08 (00:31) / 0.5 MB subduction, metamorphism, "igneous rock", continent, collision, seamount, island, trench, "convergent plate"
How Geologists Use Minerals 03:48 - 05:04 (01:16) / 1.4 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", mineral, geologist, geochronologist, "geologic age", rock, "radioactive element", "sedimentary petrologist", stratigrapher, sediment, "sedimentary rock", mountain, erosion, deformation, "igneous petrologist", "metamorphic petrologist", pressure, temperature, crystallization, magma, metamorphism, "plate tectonics", "structural geologist", magnetism, plate, "plate motion"
Metamorphic Rocks 30 minutes / n.a. metamorphism, temperature, pressure, "metamorphic rock", mineral, "plate tectonics", time, crust, composition, "snowball garnet", "sedimentary rock", "igneous rock", heat, crystal
Metamorphism 01:17 - 02:29 (01:12) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", mountain, "plate tectonics", lithosphere, deformation, energy, orogeny, collision, crust, magma, fault, heat, pressure, metamorphism, mineral, composition, "radiometric age", atom, recrystallization, time
Information In Metamorphic Rocks 02:29 - 02:46 (00:17) / 0.3 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, structure, mineral, crust, geologist, "tectonic activity", "metamorphic rock"
Metamorphic Rocks 02:46 - 03:20 (00:34) / 0.7 MB "metamorphic rock", "fine-grained", granite, marble, "sedimentary rock", "igneous rock", metamorphism
Protolith 03:20 - 04:19 (00:59) / 1.6 MB "Douglas M. Morton", geologist, protolith, metamorphism, limestone, marble, "metamorphic rock", basalt, "volcanic rock", amphibolite, composition, fold, fault, pressure, temperature, mountain
Conditions of Metamorphism 04:19 - 05:00 (00:41) / 0.8 MB "Douglas M. Morton", metamorphism, weathering, sedimentation, "sedimentary rock", temperature, pressure, melting, "igneous rock", "Earth's surface"
Shear Stress 05:51 - 06:52 (01:01) / 1.8 MB "shear stress", crystal, Chinese, "snowball garnet", geologist, metamorphism, mineral, inclusion, "multi-ringed model", plane
Foliation 07:50 - 08:54 (01:04) / 1.3 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", "directed stress", compression, metamorphism, structure, temperature, pressure, mineral, layering, geologist, foliation, "shear stress", "metamorphic rock", "mica schist", subduction, recrystallization
Rising Temperature 09:55 - 10:40 (00:45) / 1.3 MB "directed stress", temperature, mineral, "metamorphic rock", recrystallization, texture, "igneous rock", "sedimentary rock", limestone, calcite, heat, metamorphism, crystal
Melting 10:40 - 11:12 (00:32) / 0.7 MB metamorphism, temperature, melting, "igneous rock", "metamorphic rock", geologist, megmatite, granite, burial
Composition 11:12 - 12:11 (00:59) / 2.0 MB "John Rosenfeld", "metamorphic rock", geologist, composition, metamorphism, water, temperature, "carbon dioxide"
Changing Rocks 12:46 - 13:09 (00:23) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", heat, pressure, metamorphism, texture, mineral, composition, protolith, "geologic time", water
Pressure Gauges and Thermometers 15:42 - 16:24 (00:42) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, experiment, composition, temperature, pressure, mineral, "metamorphic rock", atom, geologist
Pressure-Temperature Chart 16:24 - 16:48 (00:24) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", chart, mineral, temperature, pressure, metamorphism, basalt, crust, "ocean basin", "Earth's surface"
Metamorphic Facies 16:48 - 17:34 (00:46) / 0.9 MB "James Sadd", "metamorphic facies", basalt, metamorphism, temperature, pressure, composition, mineral, "metamorphic rock", amphibole, "amphibolite facies"
Zeolite Facies 17:34 - 17:55 (00:21) / 0.4 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, basalt, zeolite, "zeolite facies", "metamorphic facies", "amphibolite facies", "metamorphic grade"
Metamorphic Grades 17:55 - 18:32 (00:37) / 0.6 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, "metamorphic grade", temperature, pressure, prediction, crystalline, texture, geologist, protolith
Progressive Metamorphism 18:32 - 18:49 (00:17) / 0.4 MB "Douglas M. Morton", metamorphism, geologist
Metamorphosed Claystone 18:49 - 20:08 (01:19) / 2.0 MB "Douglas M. Morton", metamorphism, claystone, "sedimentary rock", alumina, "regional metamorphism", heat, slate, mineral, temperature, pressure, foliation, layering, phyllite, "linear structure", mica, crystal, garnet, "metamorphic grade", gneiss
Preserved Record 20:08 - 21:02 (00:54) / 1.1 MB metamorphism, "metamorphic rock", temperature, pressure, fluid, "chemical reaction", ion, mineral, recrystallization, geologist, deformation, crust, "plate tectonics"
Blue Schist 21:02 - 22:19 (01:17) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", geologist, metamorphism, "metamorphic facies", pressure, temperature, "metamorphic rock", "plate tectonics", "blue schist", experiment, mineral, crust, "blue schist facies", heat, subduction
Plate Collision 22:19 - 22:34 (00:15) / 0.3 MB metamorphism, "metamorphic rock", geologist, temperature, pressure, "plate tectonics", collision
Garnet Growth Rates 22:34 - 23:33 (00:59) / 1.4 MB "John Rosenfeld", metamorphism, "United States", "snowball garnet", orogeny, "Appalachian Mountains", "rubidium isotope decay", geologist, crystal, Vermont, "geologic time", humans, tree
Conclusion 25:25 - 26:50 (01:25) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", metamorphism, crust, "Earth's surface", "metamorphic rock", "oceanic crust", "metamorphic grade", fossil, life, "geologic time", "plate tectonics", mountain, erosion, ocean, continent, temperature, pressure, collision, "convergent plate margin", subduction, melting, magma
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