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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.
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Transcript -- Geological structures exposed
A short introduction to this album.
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Overview of the Orogenic Belt
The three main components of the Orogenic Belt; Lewisian gneisses, Torridonian sandstone and sediments laid down from Cambrian times.
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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.
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A history of movement
Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding.
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Transcript -- A history of movement
Evidence that the Moine Thrust is the result of frictional sliding.
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