The theme of this class is not just about the rocks but what it means to be a geologist and a scientist. Thank you Nick for letting us in, it has been a pleasure.
Thanks Ralph for taking the time to provide us with your insights, and thanks Nick for inviting all the other “Rock Stars” to participate. Note I say other because you are a Rock Star to the many of us who follow you. I mean “Rock “ in the literal sense of the word.
Plateau v basin? There is a resolution. Plateau is an extended area of ground that is elevated relative to sea level. Basin is an area of ground which is lowered relative to nearby topography. So the answer is that it is BOTH a plateau and a basin. Same as the Tibetan Plateau. That is one of the most consistently high areas in the world and yet when compared to the surrounding maountaun ranges like the Himalaya and Tien Shan it is also a basin as it is considerably lower than them.
Interesting Tertiary of round pebbles and stones in conglomerate, looks like ancient placer in situ ancient river bottoms where gold can found. Correct me as I am a rockhound and a placer miner, I am enjoying your RU-vid programs very much do not stop making them.
Another field trip - bonus!!! It's like we're the visitors and the rocks are the natives, and we're trying to learn the language of the rocks so we'll learn their interesting stories of how they came to be here. Thank you Ralph for sharing your knowledge and, of course, 'our' Nick for making this video for us. Once again - the more we learn, the more we learn there is to learn!
Thanks Ralph! -- Love these field trips! When I hear other people speak, I commend you Nick on your presentation, tempo, tone and cadence of your voice, plus the humor. Nick, you are a gifted communicator, and you naturally make it easy to keep up, as our auditory sense don't have to strain to comprehend. My Dad was from Nebraska and I think mid-Westerners speak a bit slower, thank goodness, I do too. They've always made great actors for that reason; The Michael Jackson, Judy Garland, Henry Fonda, Betty White, Jimmy Stewart, Vivian Vance, Clark Gable, Brad Pitt, Gabrielle Union, Melissa McCarthy, to name a few. Sometimes people speak too quickly and that's not good, it's just a slurry of words... so thank you for being you!!
Wow we both really enjoyed that, the smart bits of my brain were racing ahead with the finer points while the stupid bits were left waaaaay behind. Unsettling lol.
Thanks Ralph and thanks Nick for a great outing. Learning more about what geologist do for work. And Ralph for your life’s work in better understanding Washington geology.
Capturing the process of discovery, analysis, and discussion in the field is quite a treat from two professionals of this caliber. Thank you for sharing!! #Zentnerd
Welcome to our newly opened "Rocks 'r Us" with free parking! Catering to our geologically minded customers. You can drive right up to the rock, step out of your car and dig in!
Love these field reports! Beautiful scenery. Incredibly interesting geology. Thank you Ralph! Even more so, thank you Nick for taking us places we have never been, physically and intellectually.
35:35 ish...Palisades sill... Not far from me, but I haven't had the time to go poke around it. There are supposed "trace faults" all around where I live that "have no movement" on them, yet when the Plattsburgh ny tremor hit a couple years back, we felt it where we were living in Johnson NY at the time as the building we lived in was three hundred foot from one of those "inactive trace faults" and shook like crazy as if someone was sifting flour. The fault is buried, Rutgers Creek in Johnson follows it for a bit. Fault is on the west bank of the creek where County route 22 crosses the creek. County 22 has a bridge abutment built on top of said fault. So while it doesn't have noticeable movements, it transmits stress. Something similar for the "inactive" fault you'll be looking at?
Hi Nick. Kurt WG Matthies here. I heard Ralph refer to a mafic intrusion full of Ca++ and Mg++ that's been forced between two sedimentary bedding planes (perhaps as a sill?), which were then squashed, folded, and bent, and "Identical to the Palisades in New York"! (- t8he Exclamation point is mine!!!). Of course these are not related. The north eastern North American border was accreted 150-200Ma earlier than the NW Siletzia event.My question: Is Ralph speaking of the famous Palisades outcrop that lines the Hudson River in the vicinity of the George Washington Bridge, which cut by the mighty Hudson River?
I just love this stuff. I want to come to Washington so bad. 3080 miles away. Don’t want to fly because I don’t want to rent a vehicle. I have a new Ram and would love to drive it around if you know what I mean
Hello Professor Zentner. Like you, I have questions. Starting at 29:45 Did Ralph Haugerud indicate we have not yet determined how or when the Swauk and the Chumstick formations were folded and/or uplifted?
Does anyone know what he said at 23:04? He says "Is that a skid-mark from hauling a log up the hill? Or is it where the "______ ______" track"? It sounded like "where the meer deer track". I thought maybe he meant "where the mule deer track". I don't know. Any ideas? ( Many times I'll hear a radio or TV commercial where I can't make out some little part of it no matter how many times I hear it. Later, if I find out what was said, I'll hear it correctly every time and wonder how I didn't hear it right the first time. I dunno!)
@@TheDanEdwards Thanks for the reply, but I don't get what you mean by "both". Where I'd put the underlines is the word/words I didn't couldn't understand.
