This team of geologists picked the perfect person for their public outreach & education spokesperson. Thank you Professor Zentner for being part of this team.
I was in a totally different field but just watching and listening to this makes me nostalgic for my graduate school days. The pleasure and excitement of learning about things, discovering new knowledge and discussing it with others...
This is great content to watch when it's too hot and smokey to get out and enjoy the outdoors. Thanks for giving us a look into the work of field geologists.
Another great video of a great team at work. At about 40:15 in the video it's kinda funny to watch that sledge hammer bounce off of the rock. Agreeably he's trying to split the rock, not demolish it.
From the Onion: Geology Geologists are those who study the behavior, culture, language, and social organization of rocks. Geologists spend the first few years analyzing how rocks build communities and interact with one another, as well as their social customs, such as marriage and rites of passage. Typically, geology majors spend a semester or more in the field observing a particular colony of rocks and charting their specific behaviors and intricate cultures. This seems almost true but the colony is fellow geologist. Thank you for what you do
It has taken a long, long time but I think I finally found a reality tv show that I can get on board with in "Nick and the Dream Team do Geology" Six seasons and a movie please.
Melbourne, Victoria. Thank you all, and Prof. N [as cinematographer] especially, for your generous explaining. I'm still here and keen to follow the adventures and insights. I surprise myself at the scintilla of understanding I glean that's only possible through the 1.5 years I have been viewing. These trips and their purpose are in stark contrast to the blackboard sessions and fill in the role that collected data has on them. BTW your scenery and Botany are sooo different to mine; even at that level, I enjoy following you through the forest [so much flowing water!].
To paraphrase the Mythbusters: the difference between messing around and true science is, the latter involves writing stuff down. 😁 Video after video, we see and hear about so much work done around road cuts, I've been wondering when we were going to get to utilizing nature's "geologic knife"... river cuts. Great work, Nick! Thank you for bringing us along! 🤩😍 After Geology 101, 351, the Backyard Sessions and the A-Z Series, I feel like I'm really grasping a lot of what you all are talking about so "casually". Again, thanks so much for the prep leading up to this project!
Thrust faults and metamorphic rocks, perhaps the most difficult geologic processes to unravel. In our case there was also an orogenic event of Himalayan proportiions. Thirty years on, technology and dating is making these impossible events easier to understand. Good luck to the dream team, this is what research is all about. Watching Mike swinging that hammer - that is what hard rock geology is all about, quite hard going....lol
As a non-geologist, it’s fascinating to watch geologists working in the field. Love the scenery and would love to be by that stream. Thanks, Nick, and The Dream Team.
I realize that Garnets are usually used for determining pressures and temperatures. Did they discuss looking for other minerals that can help figure out pressures and temperatures? I used many different minerals to determine pressures and temperatures in my research.
Thanks Nick, for toting us along for the crew, it’s very interesting to see the process in action, I think you get just as many questions as you get answers!
Wow what a trek with a purpose but no garnets yet…and you took us along to these moments of real field geology from geo 351 to this absolutely beautiful and fun adventure with expert geologists… thanks so much NICK, I’m learning and loving it!
Looks like you folks are having a good time, and putting the puzzle together! Thanks again for bringing us along! Theres nothis quite as good as a wild blueberry, or huckleberry to wet the whistle!
By the way I got here 18 minutes after the video posted, and you had 118 views so far! Im not the only person who gets excited about your video notifications!
Living in Indiana, it's nice to see that Purdue university is helping to figuring out the complex geology of Washington. Mike Eddy is a world class geologist. Washington state has the most complex geology and provides a wonderful place to conduct research.
I don't believe that for at least another 100 years, anyone will be close to sure if what happened in Washington. And with the Yellowstone hot spot having transition passed it, it sure seems that it's super complicated. The teamwork is great, everyone should be real proud of any declaration of what might have happened. Great stuff!
Quote by towering geologists George Otis Smith and Bailey Willis (1903) emphasizes the challenges of work in central Washington, "On the extensive basalt-covered plain monotony wearies the traveler, while on the rocky peaks of the Cascades the complexity taxes the powers of the observer."
Love your geology lecture,,learning so much…I especially like the volcanic tuff differential “welded tuff…”.. I lived next to a place called “castle rock..and lived next to a welded tuff for years… It was so hard I needed to scrape away the tuff during or after a rainstorm to make a garden… It was in California foothill valley with loads of springs.,.
Enjoyed the discussion/disagreement about whether gneisses are ortho- or para-. I've always wondered how one tells them apart. Stay safe from the fires guys !
Bob is wearing a Henry Coe SP Tee! Fun place! Do geologists have Carte Blanche to remove rocks from State and National Parks? How long will it take for a white paper to be published from this data?
How fortunate that the Dream Team has Maps that were made in the era as the rocks they are studying. The Maps have held up very well considering the use they have had during all those millennium. The garnet must be confined to highway 20. The Map should show that, don't you think? ( : - )
Highway 20 is easy access with road cuts that would make garnet finding a lot easier than hiking trails... if you know what the little garnets look like in the rocks and happen to spot some on a random trail in that general area and write down the GPS coordinates... tell the dream team and they might be happy to check them out... not as much traffic as along a highway.
@@jamesparker6876 I got involved watching Nick a few years ago using my gaming tablets LethaLeeFox is a gaming name I have been using, something I like to do is play with avatar design... many I post to my Twitter feed @LethaLeeFox2 on there if you would like to see thousands of posts...some are Nick related screenshots that I put an avatar into... Nick provides a lot of good scenery to work with.
Even though not in Washington state except for the San Juan islands it would be interesting to see how they along with British Columbia’s Gulf islands and Vancouver island formed
Here's Nick in Episode M from the Exotic Terranes A-Z series of 2020, talking about the origin of the San Juan islands: ua-cam.com/video/6aNzp3XGMps/v-deo.html. I'm fairly sure he also discussed the origins of Vancouver Island in this same series. Look through the Exotic Terranes A-Z Playlist on the Nick Zentner UA-cam channel.
Hello. Where do I get a map like the one on the hood of the car in the beginning? I live in the northern Cascades, and would love to get more familiar with my geological surroundings.
Yes. 49 Ma is mentioned just after "Eocene flareup" is used as a term. That's towards the end of the Siletzia accretion, and the Siletzia accretion was the direct cause of the Challis magmas. Remember per his geology 351 lectures Siletzia formed 56 Ma to 48 Ma and accreted 51 Ma to 49 Ma. It formed as an island terrane thanks to a combination of the Yellowstone hotspot and a plate boundary ocean ridge between the Farallon plate and either the Kula plate or the Resurrection plate. Subduction then brought it to accrete, with the accretion choking the old subduction zone, and shutting off the old Idaho arc system. The Challis magmas were then triggered with east to west motion of those being explained by double slab breaking events with slab rollback in between. The slab breaking's northern and southern limits could be explained as the plate boundaries between the Resurrection plate and the Kula plate to the north and Farallon plate to the south. A further event taking place during this time was the splitting of Siletzia into two pieces at the mid ocean ridge involved in its formation just after accretion. One bit remaining in place as what is now called Siletzia, the other transported north to Alaska by transform faults and currently accreting there as the Yakutat terrane.
This team of geologists picked the perfect person for their public outreach & education spokesperson. Thank you Professor Zentner for being part of this team.
Nick makes an understatement: "Turns out there's a lot of rocks up here in the north Cascades," as he hikes past an absolute jumble.
I was in a totally different field but just watching and listening to this makes me nostalgic for my graduate school days. The pleasure and excitement of learning about things, discovering new knowledge and discussing it with others...
I'm definitely not a geologist, but this sort of thing is always interesting, even when I don't understand half of it…
This is great content to watch when it's too hot and smokey to get out and enjoy the outdoors. Thanks for giving us a look into the work of field geologists.
I, as one, can tell you truly that water in that little crick would be very cool and tasty water!!
Love the reality of scientific study and analysis. Humble assertions.
Its amazing that we can ride along with enthusiastic experienced people on a trip like this!
Thank you for allowing us to come along team!
Breaking Rocks in the, HOT SUN I fought the law and the LAW won! thanks for the outing
Oh what joy to wake up on a bright, sunny winter’s morn to have a Nick video to watch!
Its summer here... Are you in au?
@@jonpierce8342 Somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere.
@@jonpierce8342 yes
@@jonpierce8342 though you can hardly called 22-23°C days winter
@@KathyWilliamsDevries Hello Kathy! Ain't lockdowns fun? First time for Armidale - 7 day lockdown from 5:00PM Saturday. Hope you're well.
The PNW is such a complicated, monumental geological jigsaw puzzle. Dang. These videos are so interesting. THANK YOU, DREAM TEAM, including NICK.
Another great video of a great team at work. At about 40:15 in the video it's kinda funny to watch that sledge hammer bounce off of the rock. Agreeably he's trying to split the rock, not demolish it.
From the Onion: Geology
Geologists are those who study the behavior, culture, language, and social organization of rocks. Geologists spend the first few years analyzing how rocks build communities and interact with one another, as well as their social customs, such as marriage and rites of passage. Typically, geology majors spend a semester or more in the field observing a particular colony of rocks and charting their specific behaviors and intricate cultures.
This seems almost true but the colony is fellow geologist. Thank you for what you do
It has taken a long, long time but I think I finally found a reality tv show that I can get on board with in "Nick and the Dream Team do Geology" Six seasons and a movie please.
Melbourne, Victoria.
Thank you all, and Prof. N [as cinematographer] especially, for your generous explaining.
I'm still here and keen to follow the adventures and insights.
I surprise myself at the scintilla of understanding I glean that's only possible through the 1.5 years I have been viewing.
These trips and their purpose are in stark contrast to the blackboard sessions and fill in the role that collected data has on them.
BTW your scenery and Botany are sooo different to mine; even at that level, I enjoy following you through the forest [so much flowing water!].
To paraphrase the Mythbusters: the difference between messing around and true science is, the latter involves writing stuff down. 😁
Video after video, we see and hear about so much work done around road cuts, I've been wondering when we were going to get to utilizing nature's "geologic knife"... river cuts.
Great work, Nick! Thank you for bringing us along! 🤩😍 After Geology 101, 351, the Backyard Sessions and the A-Z Series, I feel like I'm really grasping a lot of what you all are talking about so "casually". Again, thanks so much for the prep leading up to this project!
Thrust faults and metamorphic rocks, perhaps the most difficult geologic processes to unravel. In our case there was also an orogenic event of Himalayan proportiions. Thirty years on, technology and dating is making these impossible events easier to understand. Good luck to the dream team, this is what research is all about.
Watching Mike swinging that hammer - that is what hard rock geology is all about, quite hard going....lol
Great job! Fascinating to watch this.
Been loving these! I especially love to see all the women going into the field! Been a dude fest for far too long!
This Dream Team is really a team in every sense of the word! Yes, Nick, YOU are a very important team member.
As a non-geologist, it’s fascinating to watch geologists working in the field. Love the scenery and would love to be by that stream. Thanks, Nick, and The Dream Team.
Hardworking group carrying some big samples back down.
BEAUTIFUL
I realize that Garnets are usually used for determining pressures and temperatures. Did they discuss looking for other minerals that can help figure out pressures and temperatures? I used many different minerals to determine pressures and temperatures in my research.
Thanks for the great video. You are always so full of information and knowledge.
Thanks Nick it is enjoyable to watch.
Would love to be a part of this team. Thanks Nick, Mike and everyone!
"The Ross Lake Fault Zone is more important than the San Andreas" Thanks for sharing your trip up the Foggy Dew!
Thanks Nick, for toting us along for the crew, it’s very interesting to see the process in action, I think you get just as many questions as you get answers!
Thanks 🙏☯️☯️☯️
Absolutely enjoyed this part 2! Thank you!
Thanks Nick. You have captured the spirit of the expedition.
Great seeing the amazing North Cascades rocks and fun to listen in on the discussions! Go Dream Team! Thanks Nick! 👌
Wow what a trek with a purpose but no garnets yet…and you took us along to these moments of real field geology from geo 351 to this absolutely beautiful and fun adventure with expert geologists… thanks so much NICK, I’m learning and loving it!
Looks like you folks are having a good time, and putting the puzzle together! Thanks again for bringing us along! Theres nothis quite as good as a wild blueberry, or huckleberry to wet the whistle!
By the way I got here 18 minutes after the video posted, and you had 118 views so far! Im not the only person who gets excited about your video notifications!
@@jonpierce8342 3301 views when I saw the video about 23 hours later.
Living in Indiana, it's nice to see that Purdue university is helping to figuring out the complex geology of Washington. Mike Eddy is a world class geologist. Washington state has the most complex geology and provides a wonderful place to conduct research.
I don't believe that for at least another 100 years, anyone will be close to sure if what happened in Washington. And with the Yellowstone hot spot having transition passed it, it sure seems that it's super complicated.
The teamwork is great, everyone should be real proud of any declaration of what might have happened. Great stuff!
Quote by towering geologists George Otis Smith and Bailey Willis (1903) emphasizes the challenges of work in central Washington, "On the extensive basalt-covered plain monotony wearies the traveler, while on the rocky peaks of the Cascades the complexity taxes the powers of the observer."
Slowly adding to the data pool. thanks for the work.
Thank you Nick! It is interesting, as always. Go Team! 👍
Thank You Nick.Picked up a gem or three of info just listening.Best to All The Team...
Love your geology lecture,,learning so much…I especially like the volcanic tuff differential “welded tuff…”.. I lived next to a place called “castle rock..and lived next to a welded tuff for years… It was so hard I needed to scrape away the tuff during or after a rainstorm to make a garden… It was in California foothill valley with loads of springs.,.
Thank You Professor Nick :)
Thank you for the vlog Nick.
Enjoyed the discussion/disagreement about whether gneisses are ortho- or para-. I've always wondered how one tells them apart. Stay safe from the fires guys !
It always amazes me how freezing water and roots split rocks, but you guys beat on them for extended periods, just to get a chip! Haha
Is there such a thing as a shotgun microphone so you clearly record the many comments better? Thanks for all you do Nick... learning is fun professor!
You just have to mic everyone and then edit it later :/
Nice specimens
yay, they finally broke the last sample!
Bob is wearing a Henry Coe SP Tee! Fun place! Do geologists have Carte Blanche to remove rocks from State and National Parks? How long will it take for a white paper to be published from this data?
How fortunate that the Dream Team has Maps that were made in the era as the rocks they are studying. The Maps have held up very well considering the use they have had during all those millennium. The garnet must be confined to highway 20. The Map should show that, don't you think? ( : - )
Highway 20 is easy access with road cuts that would make garnet finding a lot easier than hiking trails... if you know what the little garnets look like in the rocks and happen to spot some on a random trail in that general area and write down the GPS coordinates... tell the dream team and they might be happy to check them out... not as much traffic as along a highway.
To: @@lethaleefox6017 I don't know who you are LethalLee Fox, but I sure like your Logo. Lots of Love, James
@@jamesparker6876 I got involved watching Nick a few years ago using my gaming tablets LethaLeeFox is a gaming name I have been using, something I like to do is play with avatar design... many I post to my Twitter feed @LethaLeeFox2 on there if you would like to see thousands of posts...some are Nick related screenshots that I put an avatar into... Nick provides a lot of good scenery to work with.
People are going to see this video and not believe we're in a severe drought.
Even though not in Washington state except for the San Juan islands it would be interesting to see how they along with British Columbia’s Gulf islands and Vancouver island formed
Here's Nick in Episode M from the Exotic Terranes A-Z series of 2020, talking about the origin of the San Juan islands: ua-cam.com/video/6aNzp3XGMps/v-deo.html. I'm fairly sure he also discussed the origins of Vancouver Island in this same series. Look through the Exotic Terranes A-Z Playlist on the Nick Zentner UA-cam channel.
Hide the pain Harold? 🤣
Does Vinmans Bakery deliver??
Camping sounds fun right now.
Just be careful with your fire, please.
Active erosion by geologists.... very slow process... the amount of rock samples packed out a little more than snacks packed in?
Who gets to pack the sledge hammer?
What does the nomenclature on the rock samples signify. I may have missed the explanation.
Hello. Where do I get a map like the one on the hood of the car in the beginning? I live in the northern Cascades, and would love to get more familiar with my geological surroundings.
Are the ‘Eocene flare ups’ the Challis magmas?
Yes. 49 Ma is mentioned just after "Eocene flareup" is used as a term. That's towards the end of the Siletzia accretion, and the Siletzia accretion was the direct cause of the Challis magmas.
Remember per his geology 351 lectures Siletzia formed 56 Ma to 48 Ma and accreted 51 Ma to 49 Ma. It formed as an island terrane thanks to a combination of the Yellowstone hotspot and a plate boundary ocean ridge between the Farallon plate and either the Kula plate or the Resurrection plate.
Subduction then brought it to accrete, with the accretion choking the old subduction zone, and shutting off the old Idaho arc system. The Challis magmas were then triggered with east to west motion of those being explained by double slab breaking events with slab rollback in between. The slab breaking's northern and southern limits could be explained as the plate boundaries between the Resurrection plate and the Kula plate to the north and Farallon plate to the south.
A further event taking place during this time was the splitting of Siletzia into two pieces at the mid ocean ridge involved in its formation just after accretion. One bit remaining in place as what is now called Siletzia, the other transported north to Alaska by transform faults and currently accreting there as the Yakutat terrane.
Road crews use dynamite, so....
*FIELD GEOLOGIST MILLINERY AND HATTERY* have not converged on a single solution. Research continues ....