Plate Tectonics - Lesson 4 - Part 8 of 8

Series made in 1976 - Understanding the Earth

Understanding the Earth - Plate tectonics
Host; Dr David Pearson
Plate Tectonics - Lesson 4 - Part 8 of 8
•Illustration Subduction Zones 3-6cm per year
•Show formation volcanoes at subduction zone rides on oceanic lithosphere
•Speading ridges - oceanic lithosphere is created
•Illustration showing splitting of spreading ridges
dyke intrusion
•Illustration showing a crossection of Japanese island arc trapped with continetal lithosphere
•Illustration showing a crossection of Himalayas - India with respect to plates
•Illustration showing a crossection of Europe with respect to plates


First part of the hour long show was the segment called Planet of Man series hosted by world renowned Canadian Geophysicist
Tuzo Wilson.

The series host was Dr. David Pearson English trained, Canadian geologist residing in Sudbury, Ontario.

Dr. David Pearson lectured at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

This Canadian Series was made in 1976 - Understanding the Earth by TV Ontario. This series was part of a extension course at Laurentian, i

believe from 1976 to 1986.

The entire series was 22 episodes This series illustrationed actual manual demonstrations when showing geological process.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tectonics
• tuzo
• geology
• fault
• continental
• drift
• geological
• earth

[DrGeophysics]

Nicely done.

[herrrmosa1]

pretty interesting

[bagospannerz]

Great series, but the music is well creepy!

[CaraKuipers]

Who knows where I can find more information on the Geology of the Kalahari in Africa?

[costa200]

Yeah, it's amazingly stupid...

[MattyMatt761]

Plate tectonics has not been debunked by that ridiculous theory.