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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.

  1. 12/04/2010

    Geological structures exposed

    A short introduction to this album.

    1 min

  2. 12/04/2010

    Transcript -- Geological structures exposed

    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

  3. 23/06/2009 · VIDEO

    Overview of the Orogenic Belt

    The three main components of the Orogenic Belt; Lewisian gneisses, Torridonian sandstone and sediments laid down from Cambrian times.

    5 min

  4. 23/06/2009

    Transcript -- Overview of the Orogenic Belt

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

  5. 23/06/2009 · VIDEO

    A history of movement

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

    4 min

  6. 23/06/2009

    Transcript -- A history of movement

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

  7. 23/06/2009 · VIDEO

    Ductility of the Structures

    The ductility of structures of rocks from the Dalradian supergroup.

    1 min

  8. 23/06/2009

    Transcript -- Ductility of the Structures

    Transcript -- The ductility of structures of rocks from the Dalradian supergroup.

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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.

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