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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Gary Ernst Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords Earthquake Preparation 18:57 - 20:22 (01:25) / 1.9 MB "earthquake preparation", "earthquake prediction", earthquake, "Gary Ernst", "earthquake resistant", "building code" Geologists Extract and Protect 23:32 - 24:46 (01:14) / 1.3 MB "Gary Ernst", "resource extraction", "environmental protection", geologist Movement of Continents 06:33 - 07:13 (00:40) / 0.4 MB "Gary Ernst", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", continent, "ocean basin", mountain, orogeny, crust Theory Rejected 07:13 - 08:04 (00:51) / 0.5 MB "Gary Ernst", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", "centrifugal force", "Earth's rotation", tide, Moon, Sun, geophysicist Guyots 11:06 - 12:06 (01:00) / 0.5 MB "Harry H. Hess", "Robert Dietz", "Gary Ernst", guyot, "wave erosion", island, subsidence, crust, "sea floor spreading", "mid-Atlantic ridge", upwelling, mantle, "mid-oceanic ridge", convection Sea Floor Spreading 12:06 - 12:56 (00:50) / 0.4 MB "Gary Ernst", "continental drift", "sea floor spreading", "Alfred Wegener", "Harry H. Hess", continent, "ocean basin", "mid-oceanic ridge" Scientific Method In Action 20:57 - 21:58 (01:01) / 0.5 MB "Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", "scientific method", mountain, volcanism, "continental margin" There Are Skeptics To Every Theory 22:40 - 23:42 (01:02) / 0.6 MB "Gary Ernst", "plate tectonics", theory, "Apollo Mission", Moon Push and Pull of Plates 16:10 - 17:34 (01:24) / 0.7 MB "Gary Ernst", lithosphere, "plate tectonics", trench, "mid-oceanic ridge", modeling, asthenosphere, plate Early Crust 03:48 - 05:05 (01:17) / 1.1 MB water, atmosphere, "oceanic crust", "convergent plate", "island arc", "sea floor spreading", "convective cell", "continental crust", supercontinent, accretion, plate, "upper mantle", "Gary Ernst" When Mountain Building Ends 18:25 - 19:36 (01:11) / 0.9 MB mountain, orogeny, "convergent plate margin", subduction, craton, fault, volcanism, erosion, uplift, "Gary Ernst" Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park Center   Santa Cruz Center   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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