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Title Comment Keywords
Gravity/Magnetic Glossary n.a. / n.a. gravity, magnetic, glossary
Earth's Interior 30 minutes / n.a. magnetism, "magnetic field", mantle, "seismic wave", ophiolite, "magnetic reversal", earthquake, "continental crust", geophysics, gravity
Geophysical methods 02:00 - 02:37 (00:37) / 0.5 MB geophysics, seismic, earthquake, temperature, "James Sadd", "magnetic field", magnetics, gravity, modeling
Gravity 15:33 - 16:50 (01:17) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", gravity, gravimeter
Conclusion 26:01 - 26:43 (00:42) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", magnetism, gravity, geophysics, seismicity, "geologic history", goal, "geophysical research"
Gravity Drives Convection 12:44 - 13:14 (00:30) / 0.4 MB convection, gravity, "plate tectonics", viscosity, mantle
Convection In Plate Motion 15:32 - 16:10 (00:38) / 0.4 MB "plate tectonics", convection, plate, theory, "mid-oceanic ridge", gravity, geologist
Mountains Have Thick Crustal Roots 19:36 - 21:07 (01:31) / 1.7 MB "Eastern North America", "Appalachian Mountains", collision, erosion, mountain, orogeny, uplift, gravity, "Himalaya Mountains", crust, mantle, "convergent plate", compression, isostasy, "G. B. Airy"
Isostatic Equilibrium 22:10 - 23:35 (01:25) / 1.3 MB isostasy, crust, gravity, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, mantle, craton, "Jason Saleeby"
Mountains Mark the Growth of Continents 24:36 - 25:14 (00:38) / 0.9 MB mountain, continent, mantle, erosion, orogeny, isostasy, "plate tectonics", gravity
G, g, gravity, percent g n.a. / n.a. G, g, gravity, "percent g"
Horizontal Rock Layers 09:48 - 10:13 (00:25) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", "Principle of Original Horizontality", "original horizontality", horizontality, gravity, fold, deformation
Eruptions From Rift Zones 06:05 - 06:45 (00:40) / 1.0 MB volcano, eruption, crater, "shield volcano", Hawaii, fissure, "rift zone", gravity, stress, pressure, magma, "lava flow", "summit vent", Kilauea
Gravity Measurements 22:48 - 23:44 (00:56) / 1.4 MB "Andrew Goodliffe", vent, "Mount Katmai", Noverupta, "volcanic ash", pumice, gravity, geophysicist, mass, volcano
Mass Wasting 02:02 - 03:25 (01:23) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic hazard", "mass wasting", Armero, gravity, mountain, slope, landslide, boulder, road, landform, "Earth's surface", "sea floor", "plate tectonics", orogeny, landscape
Creep 05:33 - 06:57 (01:24) / 1.2 MB "mass wasting", creep, slope, soil, bedrock, gravity, water, season, Alaska, freeze, thaw, "geologic hazard"
Mudflows and Debris Flows 15:50 - 16:48 (00:58) / 2.5 MB "mass wasting", "mudflow", "debris flow", creep, slump, landslide, water, movement, viscosity, density, sand, silt, boulder, rainfall, snow, gravity, "geologic hazard"
Artesian Wells 09:37 - 11:24 (01:47) / 2.3 MB "artesian well", groundwater, gravity, "open aquifer", "closed aquifer", "water table", "hydrostatic pressure", permeability, "saturated zone", aquiclude, "recharge area"
Movement of Glaciers 04:29 - 05:25 (00:56) / 1.3 MB "Louis Agassi", stress, ice, gravity, "geologic time", "plastic deformation", glacier, "glacial flow", friction, river, stream
Source of Sand 09:09 - 10:43 (01:34) / 2.0 MB "Thomas Hartnett", erosion, headland, sand, beach, sediment, ocean, river, stream, wave, coastline, surf, "swash zone", gravity, "long-shore current"
Tides 21:35 - 22:41 (01:06) / 1.6 MB ocean, wave, tide, Moon, Sun, Earth, gravity
Introduction to Preserving the Legacy 00:40 - 02:20 (01:40) / 1.2 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "H. G. Wells", humans, civilization, mining, agriculture, Roman, "Industrial Revolution", England, gravity, heat, "human power", technology, animal
Gravity n.a. / n.a. gravity, mass, gravimeter, Eotvos, "land tie", "gravity correction", acceleration, "uncorrected gravity", "relative gravity", "free air gravity", "Bouguer gravity", "sea level"
Magnetics n.a. / n.a. magnetics, "magnetic field", gravity, gradiometer
Metadata n.a. / n.a. metadata, "formal metadata", FGDC, InfoBank, navigation, gravity, magnetics, bathymetry, seismic, camera, crew, "navigation line", metering, meter, port, sample
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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