Geological structures exposed - for iPod/iPhone
by The Open University
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Description
Understanding mountain building involves unraveling how and why rocks deform. Geologists Nigel Harris and John Whalley tour the Scottish segment of the Caledonian orogenic Belt to untangle the kinematics and the chronology of deformation. This material forms part of the Open University course S339, Understanding the continents.
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Geological structures exposed | A short introduction to this album. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Transcript -- Geological structures exposed | A short introduction to this album. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoOverview of the Orogenic Belt | The three main components of the Orogenic Belt; Lewisian gneisses, Torridonian sandstone and sediments laid down from Cambrian times. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Transcript -- Overview of the Orogenic Belt | The three main components of the Orogenic Belt; Lewisian gneisses, Torridonian sandstone and sediments laid down from Cambrian times. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoA history of movement | Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Transcript -- A history of movement | Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoDuctility of the Structures | The ductility of structures of rocks from the Dalradian supergroup. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Transcript -- Ductility of the Structures | The ductility of structures of rocks from the Dalradian supergroup. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoKinematic indicators | Evidence of indicators which suggest the direction of movement within slices of rock. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Transcript -- Kinematic indicators | Evidence of indicators which suggest the direction of movement within slices of rock. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoUsing dikes as kinematic indicators | A dike that is deflected 45 degrees when entering a sheer zone provides a valuable kinematic indicator. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Transcript -- Using dikes as kinematic indicators | A dike that is deflected 45 degrees when entering a sheer zone provides a valuable kinematic indicator. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoShear Zone movement | An assymetric porphyroblast reveals a sense of movement within Myelenite gneissic banding. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Transcript -- Shear Zone movement | An assymetric porphyroblast reveals a sense of movement within Myelenite gneissic banding. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoLocating synforms | Asymmetric fold pairs and ductile structures in the inner zone at Scotlands Kilmore Bay. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Transcript -- Locating synforms | Asymmetric fold pairs and ductile structures in the inner zone at Scotlands Kilmore Bay. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoCleavage vergence test | Evidence for crossing the axis of the synfold. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Transcript -- Cleavage vergence test | Evidence for crossing the axis of the synfold. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoStructural chronology | A closer look at folds and deformation. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Transcript -- Structural chronology | A closer look at folds and deformation. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoDeformation history | Geologist John Whalley explains how in structural chronology downwards facing folds will cause the rock structure to start younging. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Transcript -- Deformation history | Geologist John Whalley explains how in structural chronology downwards facing folds will cause the rock structure to start younging. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | Video460 million years ago | The evidence for an Arc-continent collision around 460 million years ago in the Scottish Highlands. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | Transcript -- 460 million years ago | The evidence for an Arc-continent collision around 460 million years ago in the Scottish Highlands. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 24 Episodes |
