Link to USGS home page
USGS Home
Contact USGS
Search USGS
Coastal & Marine Geology InfoBank

USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: stress

Skip navigational links
Search InfoBank
Home tab FACS tab Activities tab Atlas tab Geology School tab More tab More tab Geology School tabs
   
Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats
InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year  
Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer  
Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon  
   
Title Comment Keywords
Earthquakes At Convergent Boundaries 09:05 - 09:26 (00:21) / 0.4 MB earthquake, "convergent plate", "divergent plate", subduction, stress, plate, collision, crust, orogeny, mountain, fold, Andes, "continental margin"
Deformation of Rocks 13:14 - 14:50 (01:36) / 0.9 MB "Scott Paterson", deformation, strain, rock, "distortion rate", fracture, stress, fold, flow, mantle, temperature, "geologic time", "plate tectonics"
Earth's Structures 30 minutes / n.a. deformation, structure, fold, unconformity, "tectonic activty", "geologic structure", fault, erosion, contact, earthquake, strata, "sedimentary rock", "sea level change", thrust, stress
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
Earthquakes Are Shockwaves 04:36 - 05:06 (00:30) / 0.6 MB earthquake, crust, stress, "fault zone", fault, "James Sadd"
Plate Tectonics As A Source of Stress 05:06 - 05:27 (00:21) / 0.3 MB plate, stress, crust, earthquake, "James Sadd"
Deep Movements Along the Fault 22:04 - 22:22 (00:18) / 1.6 MB Parkfield, earthquake, groundwater, "San Andreas Fault", "creep meter", stress, fault
deformation n.a. / n.a. deformation, stress, strain
interplate, interplate coupling, intraplate n.a. / n.a. interplate, "interplate coupling", intraplate, stress
stress, normal stress, compressional stress, tensional stress, shear stress n.a. / n.a. stress, "normal stress", "compressional stress", "tensional stress", "shear stress"
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
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
Geology School Keywords

Skip footer navigational links


InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer  

FirstGov button   Take Pride in America button