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Plate Tectonics Animations
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plate tectonics, animation, mid-ocean ridge, compaction, oil migration, seismic reflection, hydrocarbon
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Geology of Death Valley National Park
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n.a. / n.a.
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Death Valley, plate tectonics, rock, mineral, geologic time, geologic map, desert
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Geologic Glossary
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n.a. / n.a.
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geologic term, glossary, ablation, absolute age, alluvial fan, amphibole, annual snowline, Archaean Eon, ash, asthenosphere, basalt, Basin and Range province, boulder, breccia, calcite, cave, cave system, Cenozoic Era, chemical weathering, cinder, cinder cone, clast, clay, cobble, conglomerate, continental collision, continental drift, convergent plate boundary, core, craton, crust, daughter product, desert pavement, dike, divergent plate boundary, dune, earthquake,
North Cascades National Park Geology
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n.a. / n.a.
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North Cascades, plate tectonics, rock, mineral, geologic time, geologic map, climate, rain, snow
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Plate Tectonics
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plate tectonics, crust, mantle, core, plate, plate boundary, divergent plate boundary, convergent plate boundary, transform plate boundary, lithosphere, asthenosphere, earthquake, subduction zone
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USGS Geology in the Parks
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n.a. / n.a.
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geologic map, plate tectonics, rock, mineral, geologic time, glossary, education, geologic province, sand dune, cave, glacier, coast, Mojave, Sunset Crater, Lake Mead, Lassen, North Cascades, Joshua Tree, Devils Postpile, Death Valley, Yosemite
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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n.a. / n.a.
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Sunset Crater, volcano, cinder cone, lava, seismology, volcanology, plate tectonics, rock, mineral, geologic time, geologic map, earthquake, seismogram
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This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics (online edition)
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plate tectonics
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Savage Earth
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n.a. / n.a.
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hazard, earthquake, volcano, plate tectonics
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The Rise of Plate Tectonics
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05:15 - 05:53 (00:38) / 0.8 MB
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"James Sadd", "plate tectonics"
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The Restless Planet
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30 minutes / n.a.
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atmosphere, planet, volcano, "plate tectonics", ocean, mantle, life, convection
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Origin of "Tectonic"
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22:32 - 22:45 (00:13) / 0.4 MB
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"tectonic stress", "word origin", "tectonic activity", "plate tectonics"
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Plate Tectonic Theory
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22:45 - 23:40 (00:55) / 1.6 MB
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"James Sadd", "plate tectonics", atom, chemistry, "quantum mechanics", physics, gene, DNA, biology
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Plates and Lava Lakes
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23:40 - 24:25 (00:45) / 1.1 MB
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"plate tectonics", plate, mantle, convection, "lava lake"
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Early Earth was Vigorously Convecting
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24:25 - 25:45 (01:20) / 2.5 MB
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convection, "lava lake", Hawaii, "plate tectonics", "David Stevenson"
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Conclusion
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25:45 - 26:25 (00:40) / 1.0 MB
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"James Sadd", "plate tectonics"
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The Birth of a Theory
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30 minutes / n.a.
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"Alfred Wegener", "plate tectonics", "mid-oceanic ridge", "continental drift", "sea floor spreading", mountain, continent, crust, paleomagnetism, "ocean basin", "magnetic field"
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Introduction to Plate Tectonics
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00:40 - 01:29 (00:49) / 0.6 MB
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introduction, "James Sadd", "Solar System", Earth, planet, earthquake, ocean, volcano, glaciation, "plate tectonics", landform
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Theory of Plate Tectonics
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01:29 - 02:15 (00:46) / 0.5 MB
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"James Sadd", "plate tectonics", crust, continent, mantle, collision, "ocean basin", orogeny, mountain, volcano, eruption, earthquake, landform
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Early Investigations of Coastlines
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02:15 - 02:46 (00:31) / 0.7 MB
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"plate tectonics", Europe, "Atlantic Ocean", Africa, "South America"
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Plate Tectonics
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20:30 - 20:57 (00:27) / 0.2 MB
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"plate tectonics", "mid-oceanic ridge", subduction, fault, plate, "Donald MacKenzie", "Robert Palmer", Earth
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Scientific Method In Action
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20:57 - 21:58 (01:01) / 0.5 MB
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"Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", "scientific method", mountain, volcanism, "continental margin"
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Significance of Plate Tectonic Theory
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21:58 - 22:40 (00:42) / 0.4 MB
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"Robert Douglas", "plate tectonics", evolution, theory, crust
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There Are Skeptics To Every Theory
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22:40 - 23:42 (01:02) / 0.6 MB
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"Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", theory, "Apollo Mission", Moon
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Mechanisms of Plate Tectonics
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23:42 - 25:06 (01:24) / 0.8 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", mechanism, "Alfred Wegener", convection, Earth, crust, plate, mantle, process, mountain, basin
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Plate Tectonics Revolution
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25:06 - 25:47 (00:41) / 0.5 MB
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"Robert Douglas", "plate tectonics", Earth, geology, theory, "environmental system"
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Conclusion
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25:47 - 26:59 (01:12) / 0.8 MB
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"James Sadd", "sea floor spreading", "plate tectonics", "global model", "crustal dynamics", "Theory of Plate Tectonics", theory, geology, earthquake, volcanism, mountain, "ocean basin", plate, Earth, mechanism, mantle, geologist
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Plate Dynamics
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30 minutes / n.a.
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"plate tectonics", plate, volcano, mantle, convection, subduction, crust, continent, "oceanic crust", orogeny, mountain, earthquake, "convergent plate margin", "hot spot"
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Plates Contain Both Continental and Oceanic Crust
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02:38 - 02:59 (00:21) / 0.1 MB
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"plate tectonics", plate, continent, "ocean basin", microplate, crust
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Rift Zone
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02:59 - 04:01 (01:02) / 1.4 MB
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"plate tectonics", "convergent plate margin", Iceland, "mid-Atlantic ridge", "mid-oceanic ridge", rift, landscape, earthquake, geyser, "hot spring", crust, "lava flow", "volcanic ash", basalt, fissure, volcano, plate, magma, "divergent plate"
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Rifts Split Continents
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04:01 - 04:35 (00:34) / 0.3 MB
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Africa, continent, rift, "divergent plate", landscape, crust, "Saudi Arabia", "Red Sea", valley, "Gulf of Aden", ocean, "Atlantic Ocean", "plate tectonics"
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Sea Floor Spreading
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04:35 - 05:33 (00:58) / 0.5 MB
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"plate tectonics", "oceanic crust", crust, magma, volcano, "divergent plate", "mid-oceanic ridge", rift, "sea floor spreading", plate, topography, orogeny, collision, "deep-sea trench", subduction
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Ocean-Ocean Convergence Zone
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05:33 - 06:10 (00:37) / 0.4 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", "convergent plate", crust, "ocean-ocean convergence zone", "Mariana Trench", "volcanic chain", "lava flow", basalt, "oceanic crust", "continental crust", subduction, volcano, eruption
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Ocean-Continent Convergence Zone
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06:10 - 06:37 (00:27) / 0.3 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", "oceanic crust", "continental crust", plate, subduction, Andes, "South America", "Pacific Plate", continent, andesite, rhyolite, "volcanic chain", volcano, "granitic rock", eruption
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Continent-Continent Convergence Zone
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06:37 - 07:15 (00:38) / 0.5 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", "ocean basin", collision, subduction, "oceanic crust", plate, continent, mountain, orogeny, "Himalaya Mountains", Alps
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Subduction Zone
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07:15 - 07:45 (00:30) / 0.3 MB
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"plate tectonics", "convergent plate", "oceanic crust", "continental crust", subduction, plate, mantle, convection, mechanism
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Island Arc System
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07:45 - 08:41 (00:56) / 0.4 MB
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"plate tectonics", plate, subduction, trench, earthquake, mantle, crust, basalt, "oceanic crust", pressure, magma, andesite, eruption, "volcanic chain", island, "island arc"
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Continental Margin Subduction
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08:41 - 09:05 (00:24) / 0.3 MB
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"plate tectonics", subduction, "continental margin", continent, andesite, "volcanic chain", volcano, landscape, eruption, "divergent plate", magma, gas, basalt, viscosity
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Large Mountain Ranges and Plateaus
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09:26 - 09:45 (00:19) / 0.2 MB
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mountain, plateau, orogeny, "plate tectonics", continent, subduction, "sea floor", volcano, collision
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Transform Faults
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09:45 - 10:57 (01:12) / 1.2 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", plate, "transform fault", "ocean basin", continent, "continental crust", "San Andreas Fault", "Gulf of California", "Juan de Fuca Spreading System", California, "Cape Mendocino", fault, "oceanic crust"
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Convection in the Mantle
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10:57 - 12:14 (01:17) / 1.1 MB
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"James Sadd", geologist, "plate tectonics", mechanism, theory, crust, mantle, lithosphere, plate, asthenosphere, heat, convection
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Convention Analogy
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12:14 - 12:44 (00:30) / 0.2 MB
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convection, "plate tectonics", heat, mantle
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Gravity Drives Convection
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12:44 - 13:14 (00:30) / 0.4 MB
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convection, gravity, "plate tectonics", viscosity, mantle
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Deformation of Rocks
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13:14 - 14:50 (01:36) / 0.9 MB
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"Scott Paterson", deformation, strain, rock, "distortion rate", fracture, stress, fold, flow, mantle, temperature, "geologic time", "plate tectonics"
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Heat Within the Earth
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14:50 - 15:32 (00:42) / 0.4 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", rock, flow, convection, mantle, heat, "radioactive decay", "plate tectonics", element, uranium, thorium, potassium
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Convection In Plate Motion
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15:32 - 16:10 (00:38) / 0.4 MB
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"plate tectonics", convection, plate, theory, "mid-oceanic ridge", gravity, geologist
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Push and Pull of Plates
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16:10 - 17:34 (01:24) / 0.7 MB
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"Gary Ernst", lithosphere, "plate tectonics", trench, "mid-oceanic ridge", modeling, asthenosphere, plate
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Depth of Convection
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17:34 - 18:18 (00:44) / 0.4 MB
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mantle, convection, "single convection cell", "sea floor spreading", modeling, "boundary layer", theory, seismic, "plate tectonics", depth
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Upper and Lower Mantle
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18:18 - 19:53 (01:35) / 1.0 MB
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"Don L. Anderson", mantle, plate, subduction, "Pacific Ocean", earthquake, depth, seismic, convection, viscosity, "mid-oceanic ridge", basalt, lithosphere, "plate tectonics"
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Hot Spots
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21:20 - 22:09 (00:49) / 0.5 MB
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plate, "plate tectonics", convection, mantle, rock, lithosphere, "mantle plume", atmosphere, "hot spot", volcano
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Conclusion
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25:55 - 26:53 (00:58) / 0.6 MB
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"James Sadd", "plate tectonics", modeling, theory, earthquake, volcano, mountain, orogeny, "sea floor spreading", mechanism, plate, "North American Continent", "Pacific Ocean", Rockies, "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift"
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The Earth at Work
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n.a. / n.a.
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crust, plate tectonics
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The Ring of Fire
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n.a. / n.a.
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Ring of Fire, hazard, volcano, earthquake, Mount St. Helens, plate tectonics
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What Causes Mountains To Grow
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01:49 - 02:12 (00:23) / 0.3 MB
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"plate tectonics", "convergent plate margin", mountain
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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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Mountains Mark the Growth of Continents
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24:36 - 25:14 (00:38) / 0.9 MB
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mountain, continent, mantle, erosion, orogeny, isostasy, "plate tectonics", gravity
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Earth: All Stressed Out
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n.a. / n.a.
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plate tectonics, hazard, earthquake
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plate tectonics
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n.a. / n.a.
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"plate tectonics", "transform fault"
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Oceans Preserve Fossils
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03:02 - 03:55 (00:53) / 1.4 MB
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"Dee Trent", fossil, erosion, "plate tectonics", "sedimentary rock", "terrestrial life", vertebrate, weathering, predation, scavenging
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How Geologists Use Minerals
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03:48 - 05:04 (01:16) / 1.4 MB
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"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"
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Volcanism
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30 minutes / n.a.
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volcano, eruption, magma, lava, vent, "volcanic ash", temperature, gas, viscosity, "shield volcano", pumice, dome, "composite volcano", "plate tectonics"
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Volcanoes Far From Plate Margins
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11:51 - 13:20 (01:29) / 2.7 MB
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"Richard Hazlett", "Robert Tilling", volcano, "convergent plate margin", "divergent plate margin", "oceanic hot spot", desert, California, subduction, "cinder cone", crust, tension, fracture, "plate tectonics", pressure, magma, eruption
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Intrusive Igneous Rocks
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30 minutes / n.a.
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magma, igneous, crystal, crust, granite, basalt, plutonic, volcano, intrusion, pluton, mineral, felsic, andesite, "plate tectonics"
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Oceanic and Continental Magmas
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13:49 - 14:51 (01:02) / 1.0 MB
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magma, "plate tectonics", "sea floor", iron, magnesium, basalt, "Bowen's Reaction Series", subduction, silica, andesite, "South America", ocean, ridge, "Dee Trent"
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Mass Wasting
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02:02 - 03:25 (01:23) / 2.3 MB
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"James Sadd", "geologic hazard", "mass wasting", Armero, gravity, mountain, slope, landslide, boulder, road, landform, "Earth's surface", "sea floor", "plate tectonics", orogeny, landscape
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Metamorphic Rocks
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30 minutes / n.a.
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metamorphism, temperature, pressure, "metamorphic rock", mineral, "plate tectonics", time, crust, composition, "snowball garnet", "sedimentary rock", "igneous rock", heat, crystal
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Metamorphism
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01:17 - 02:29 (01:12) / 1.3 MB
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"James Sadd", mountain, "plate tectonics", lithosphere, deformation, energy, orogeny, collision, crust, magma, fault, heat, pressure, metamorphism, mineral, composition, "radiometric age", atom, recrystallization, time
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Geologic Settings
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13:09 - 13:53 (00:44) / 1.3 MB
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"James Sadd", "metamorphic rock", magma, intrusion, "contact metamorphism", "convergent plate", "plate tectonics", "regional metamorphism", temperature, pressure
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Preserved Record
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20:08 - 21:02 (00:54) / 1.1 MB
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metamorphism, "metamorphic rock", temperature, pressure, fluid, "chemical reaction", ion, mineral, recrystallization, geologist, deformation, crust, "plate tectonics"
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Blue Schist
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21:02 - 22:19 (01:17) / 1.5 MB
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"James Sadd", geologist, metamorphism, "metamorphic facies", pressure, temperature, "metamorphic rock", "plate tectonics", "blue schist", experiment, mineral, crust, "blue schist facies", heat, subduction
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Plate Collision
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22:19 - 22:34 (00:15) / 0.3 MB
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metamorphism, "metamorphic rock", geologist, temperature, pressure, "plate tectonics", collision
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Vermont Garnets
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23:33 - 25:07 (01:34) / 2.7 MB
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"John Rosenfeld", Vermont, garnet, "geologic time", continent, Eurasia, Africa, America, supercontinent, Pangea, "convergent plate", "Appalachian Mountains", "North American Continent", fold, nappe, burial, crystal, "snowball garnet", "geologic time", "plate tectonics"
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Snowball Garnets
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25:07 - 25:25 (00:18) / 0.6 MB
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"snowball garnet", geologist, crystalline, collision, orogeny, "geologic time", "plate tectonics"
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Conclusion
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25:25 - 26:50 (01:25) / 1.5 MB
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"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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Plate Tectonics
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07:05 - 07:38 (00:33) / 0.6 MB
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"Art Montana", desert, "plate tectonics", continent, polar, Equator, subtropic, Africa, Permian, "South Pole", "Kalihari Desert", glacier, time
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Past Deserts
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07:38 - 08:29 (00:51) / 1.6 MB
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"Southwestern United States", desert, "fossil dune", "Grand Canyon", sandstone, "Zion National Park", "cross-bedding", oxidation, iron, "dry land", plant, animal, fossil, forest, "geologic time", "plate tectonics", orogeny, mountain, "rain shadow"
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Desertification
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18:16 - 19:00 (00:44) / 1.6 MB
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"James Sadd", desert, climate, topography, "plate tectonics", forest, prairie, grassland, humans, desertification, environment
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Indicators of Past Ice Ages
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14:04 - 15:37 (01:33) / 1.9 MB
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"Brian Edwards", data, "Ice Age", "Earth's orbit", "drill core", "deep-sea sediment", fossil, microfossil, plant, temperature, ocean, "geologic time", Sun, continent, "plate tectonics", "ocean current", climate, polar, landmass, "ice sheet"
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Discovery of Large Potential
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16:05 - 17:36 (01:31) / 2.4 MB
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"John Everett", geologist, Pakistan, mosaic, mapping, fold, sediment, basin, "continental margin", continent, "Indian Plate", Eurasia, deformation, exploration, "plate tectonics", hydrocarbon
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