Appalachian Geology: Surprising Implications

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  @PatMahoney-w1e · 1 year ago

  Myron Cook’s calm organized rational videos are the perfect antidote to the insane developments we are being exposed to on a daily basis.  10 minutes in and I feel better already.

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  @bobfoster687 · 3 years ago

  I’m a geologist who did a masters thesis mapping the Valley and Ridge geology in Hampshirite and Hardy counties, WVA.  I appreciate your efforts to clearly explain the geologic history to lay people.  From the comments, looks like your work is much appreciated.  Good refresher for me, too.

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  @grignongb5240 · 1 year ago

  The timeline for Appalachia is mind boggling. Mountains raised and leveled, raised and leveled, raised and leveled and raised yet again. The scale is beyond comprehension.

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  @amandajones8841 · 2 years ago

  You're like if my dad liked rocks instead of planes.

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  @heronimousbrapson863 · 2 years ago

  This is what I would have imagined a Bob Ross demonstration would have been like had he been a geologist.

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  @MarkRenn · 3 years ago

  Between you and Nick Zentner, I am finding a sincere love for geology. I love this stuff.  Nick has taught me so much about the Pacific Northwest.  And now you're teaching me about our east coast.  Now I wish I could find something to teach me about Missouri Geology.

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  @GregDaniels-yo4od · 3 years ago

  As a sixth grader in 1962 I looked at a map on the wall and told the teacher that the continents all fit together nicely, and she assured me I was wrong.  Plate tectonics couldn't come quick enough for this inquisitive young man.

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  @ToshiKatayama-p3h · 1 year ago

  I'm not a geologist, but an artist. I live in North Jersey and watching for weather report for upcoming snow storm. Once again, the map was showing the terrain of Pennsylvania as the neighboring state, that distinctive shape caught my eyes, once again. For years I was curious why this part of Appalachian Mountain system has such distinctive shape - as if a giant cat scratched the surface of the earth. This time, I decided to dig up deep, wondering if I could find any answer in YouTube. Your presentation was beyond my widest expectations! I really appreciate your home made cray work and white board drawings. :) I felt like I went back my youth, felt as if sitting in the classroom and finding the information I was dying to know~ The explanation of the coal and natural gas formation were an extra bonus. It explains why the U.S. is so blessed to have such rich natural resources around the country. By the way, I'm 'Made in Japan' :)

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  @zworm2 · 3 years ago

  Great video about an area that is sadly ignored. I am a rock hound and live in Maryland. There are so many deposits of all kinds jumbled around me. Fantastic metamorphic schist, a mica mine and even red sandstones with iron and dinosaur tracks. This area was the source of Colonial iron ore and granite too!   We are still classed as a moderate earthquake zone due to remaining stresses.

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  @LyleFrancisDelp · 3 years ago

  My 8th grade earth science teacher introduced us to “The Theory of Continental Shift” back in 1973.   The term “plate tectonics” wasn’t known to me until some years later.  At the time, it wasn’t considered mainstream science, but within about 5-10 years, it was accepted as scientific fact.  Once we put cameras down at the bottom of the Atlantic Rift and actually saw new crust being created, thus pushing the continents apart, it was pretty much proven.

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  @josephmcphee9143 · 3 years ago

  The example of sheets of paper and the exercise ball really drove home the thinnest of the crust to me for the first time. Also your use of drone cameras in your videos is outstanding. Thank you

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  @allanparker5789 · 3 years ago

  You have us mesmerized, we wish we were 50 years younger and were studying to be geologists. You are an inspiration. Allan and Carmon

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