24 episodios

Geological structures exposed - for iPad/Mac/PC The Open University

- Educación

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 ABR 2010
Geological structures exposed

Geological structures exposed

A short introduction to this album.
- 36 segundos
- 12 ABR 2010
Transcript -- Geological structures exposed

Transcript -- Geological structures exposed

A short introduction to this album.
- 22 JUN 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 JUN 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 JUN 2009
- video
A history of movement

A history of movement

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

Transcript -- A history of movement

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