Learn to Identify Rivers in the Rock Record with a Geologist

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  @miniminuteman773 · 3 years ago

  I have never seen a geological picture painted as easily as seeing that river bed snaking under the mountain. That looks like something out of a textbook. Really really incredible stuff!

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  @SusanLynn656 · 1 year ago

  Myron Cook, you sir, are a national treasure! ⛰️🌋🪨🌎

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  @Gremriel · 3 years ago (edited)

  It's absolutely amazing that you can still see the course of rivers that have existed 50 million years ago.

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  @Arcae95 · 3 years ago

  I love paleontology; I love biology, but I never could see myself falling in love with geology. That feeling has been really discouraging as someone who wants to study paleontology. You helped open my world. Starting to study geology has changed how I see everything. What I’m learning adds so much more context to the world around me, and the things I’m passionate about. Thank you, Professor Cook for helping overcome this.

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  @lebee4879 · 3 years ago

  Myron, your passion for geology and the history of the earth is infectious and your love of these ancient rivers and rock formations is so beautiful it almost makes me cry. Thank you. It's so wonderful to watch a video that isn't full of marketing jargon and someone frothing at the mouth to sell something. I could watch your videos all day. You are a great teacher.

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  @austindiesel · 3 years ago

  12 year old me would be so disappointed at how excited 30 year old me gets when hot new geology vids drop.  No regrets.

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  @rubensilva_ · 3 years ago

  I think that you have the most interesting geological channel on YouTube. This mixture of gorgeous landscape videography and in-the-field teachings in a short compact form is very compelling. I think that if you can keep the videos coming more frequently (even though I can tell that they take some effort to produce so easy for me to say) yours will become the biggest geological channel on YouTube. Thanks again for such outstanding content.

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  @ArtHistoryProfessor · 3 years ago (edited)

  Professor Cook, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for this new series highlighting the geological history of the Jurassic period and Eocene epoch!!!!! I am BEYOND THRILLED about the upcoming installments!! All the best from North Carolina!!! 🤝🏼

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  @jeremiah_dyess · 3 years ago

  I am not a Geologist, just your local Flagger that makes you stop when you get a new road. But I have seen literal tons of rocks, and there's a few I want to know the history of, because they are now part of my rock Garden. Mr. Cook is awesome, and I hope I can learn more.

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  @timhansen2577 · 3 years ago

  I'm so glad I found your channel. I have fallen in love with the bighorn basin after years of exploring Colorado.  It makes it so much more interesting traveling and exploring the areas when you know what you're looking at, besides it's natural beauty!

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  @Laserblade · 3 years ago

  That drone view from altitude and distance with the multicolored sediments and the channel cross-section on display with you for scale there is magnificent! <br>&apos;Geology is how time writes&apos;. &lt;&lt; (sadly, I can&apos;t attribute that quote, but I love it too)<br>I don&apos;t know how many times I have seen a similar feature and not put that together. Thank you!

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  @dougberrett8094 · 3 years ago

  I found this interesting. &nbsp; Many decades ago, while on a hike in the Price, Utah area, we found what looked like the footprint of a large cat in the sandstone. &nbsp; That has intrigued me for decades. &nbsp; Being only eight years old at the time, I was unable to pursue it farther. &nbsp; However, I have never forgotten it either.

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