You make studying Geology cool. I live in Washington State. We have similar soils in Seattle area. Glacial till and clay's on top create perfect opportunity for landslides. Our faults too are very old. Some are yet to be discovered. I was in several quakes, eye opening experiences. I studied Geology in College and still enjoy learning more. There are several channels on TH-cam featuring Geology.
Awesome work! Is the fissure the crack running toward the upper right of the screen around 4:22? If not could you point out about when in the video it shows up in the side wall? Thanks!
It always blows me away when you can see faults at the surface just standing in front of them. I get faults in rock, but isnt soil just so mushy that the distinct faults would melt away by time they reach the surface? Clearly not.
Active tectonics is amazing, especially once you get just below the surface and open up trenches (see other videos on my channel!) you see so many structures related to earthquakes and fault motion.
It depends… 1.5 - 2 m is pretty common just because getting deeper is usually difficult and expensive. Major studies on major faults can get very deep - I’ve heard of some going down 10 or more meters, but that requires very good conditions for earthquake preservation.
It’s fun and very interesting! The best way to be a part of one is to contact researchers who work on paleoseismology. Every summer there are dozens of trenches open!
@@BetterGeology im still an undergraduate student from the Philippines but I’m on my final semester. I’m very interested to active tectonics and earthquakes. I really love to serve the citizens by my knowledge about these active faults and help the government to build precautionary measure about the damage it can be brought. I really love to investigate and study them to have something for the scientific community and to the people. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Hoping to meet you in person when I am already doing my Masters about active tectonics!
Well done. You're a gifted public speaker
Thank you for the kind words!
Great Video! This is my dream job
Thank you! Is the dream job making TH-cam videos or studying faults?
@@BetterGeology Studying faults kind of. Going into that direction XD
Love it. Great video. Packed with education.
Thanks!
You make studying Geology cool. I live in Washington State. We have similar soils in Seattle area. Glacial till and clay's on top create perfect opportunity for landslides. Our faults too are very old. Some are yet to be discovered. I was in several quakes, eye opening experiences. I studied Geology in College and still enjoy learning more. There are several channels on TH-cam featuring Geology.
I'm glad you like my videos! There are some great video producers out there.
Awesome work! Is the fissure the crack running toward the upper right of the screen around 4:22? If not could you point out about when in the video it shows up in the side wall? Thanks!
The fissure is filled in with sediments and is marked by the green tags. You can see the form best around 3:43.
It's about a foot wide.
@@BetterGeology Thanks! That's some subtle business right there
Yes!
It always blows me away when you can see faults at the surface just standing in front of them. I get faults in rock, but isnt soil just so mushy that the distinct faults would melt away by time they reach the surface? Clearly not.
Active tectonics is amazing, especially once you get just below the surface and open up trenches (see other videos on my channel!) you see so many structures related to earthquakes and fault motion.
How deep is the trench usually when you do paleoseismic studies
It depends… 1.5 - 2 m is pretty common just because getting deeper is usually difficult and expensive. Major studies on major faults can get very deep - I’ve heard of some going down 10 or more meters, but that requires very good conditions for earthquake preservation.
i am scared of earthquakes but want to sit in middle of nature like u
Well, you can do both if you want!
I really want to be part of a paleoseismic investigation 🥺
It’s fun and very interesting! The best way to be a part of one is to contact researchers who work on paleoseismology. Every summer there are dozens of trenches open!
@@BetterGeology im still an undergraduate student from the Philippines but I’m on my final semester. I’m very interested to active tectonics and earthquakes. I really love to serve the citizens by my knowledge about these active faults and help the government to build precautionary measure about the damage it can be brought. I really love to investigate and study them to have something for the scientific community and to the people. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Hoping to meet you in person when I am already doing my Masters about active tectonics!