24 episodes

Geological structures exposed - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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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.

- 12 APR 2010
Geological structures exposed

Geological structures exposed

A short introduction to this album.
- 36 sec
- 12 APR 2010
Transcript -- Geological structures exposed

Transcript -- Geological structures exposed

A short introduction to this album.
- 22 JUNE 2009
- video
Overview of the Orogenic Belt

Overview of the Orogenic Belt

The three main components of the Orogenic Belt; Lewisian gneisses, Torridonian sandstone and sediments laid down from Cambrian times.
- 4 min
- 22 JUNE 2009
Transcript -- Overview of the Orogenic Belt

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.
- 22 JUNE 2009
- video
A history of movement

A history of movement

Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding.
- 4 min
- 22 JUNE 2009
Transcript -- A history of movement

Transcript -- A history of movement

Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding.