How Did Big Four Mountain Form? | Nick on the Rocks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2023
- There’s a basic rule in geology: Sedimentary rock layers build up horizontally. So how did the slabs of Big Four Mountain in Western Washington end up with nearly vertical layers, tilted 82 degrees away from their original positions?
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Yeah! More Nick on the Rocks. Thank you Pacific Science Center, et al, for sponsoring Nick. This series of videos is exceptional. And many congrats to Nick for his recent GSA Public Service Award.
Imagine all these geological changes without human eyes seeing them... such a story, thanks Nick, Gary Paul, and crew!!
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When I think it can't get any cooler, you dovetail, what you have taught us with the real rocks.
Interesting!
Having watch many of Nick's videos I knew the answer immediately. See you Zentnerds Sunday.
So happy to have this continue.
Nick is a treasure and the a-z series over the last few years has really changed my perception and perspective on what I've been stomping around on for 50 years with awe.
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Interesting. I had no idea those were chert beds. If anyone likes trivia, Big Four got its name from a snow patch that forms a large numeral 4 visible late season from the Monte Cristo area to the SE. I thought someone made that up until I saw it myself.
Yay! Another Nick episode! Cool seeing an actual example of when North America collided with Siletzia. Makes it so much easier to understand. Thanks!
New episodes of Nick on the Rocks! Woo hoo-you gotta love it! 😀
Thank you, Pacific Science Center, and especially to Professor Zentner for another enjoyable and informative episode of Nick on the Rocks. Although I already knew the answer to this particular question, I always learn new things or visualize geologic processes in new ways by listening to Nick.
YAS! so happy too see more of these
Thank you, Gary Paull, for leading Nick and Brady to such great locations!
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Really enjoying the new Nick on the Rocks, love the music and great filming along with the wonderful rock stories from Nick!
I'm very happy that Nick On The Rocks has started up again. Fantastic episode. Excellent cinematography and editing. And of course..... excellent presentation! Thanks Nick and company!
Great landscape and good explanation!
The videos never fail to inspire me.
Thank you from Germany from the volcanic Eifel.
Nick, I love the way you show and tell the geological story with such verve and enthusiasm. And there sure is a whole lot of story to be told here in the PNW, isn't there?
Good work Nick!..
Thanks so much for making this video -- I often have looked at that mountain after making the hike up there and wondering what on earth happened to cause the rock layers to be rotated like that.
I really enjoy seeing new Nick on the Rocks episodes, and in general feel that Brady is doing a great job. One minor quibble has to do with audio, though it's true with many PBS shows, so may be out of his control. When Nick is talking, you adjust to volume to hear it. Then some music comes on and it sounds twice as loud, so you reach for the volume control again. This back and forth, or up and down, may cause some to tune out without getting the full episode completed, which would be a shame.
There's a lot of cool places to explore around there, like the old Monte Cristo railway that was built to support mining in the area. Just a short trip north of Seattle.
Beautiful presentation, Nick. Tom Foster must be very proud of the torch you carry!
I always love seeing Nick and this is very well done. Thank you
I want PBS here in New Mexico to do something like this. Plenty of Geology and a good department at UNM but we don't have a Nick.
Hey bartender... I'll have a Nick on the Rocks, please.....LOL. Love this channel. I never knew about the island of the coast. Wow! It's good to learn something new everyday. Peace and love to everyone from Port Angeles, Washington.🙏♥️🇺🇲
I live on the Mountain Loop Hwy where Big4 Ice Caves are. I would LOVE more videos on how the North Cascades were formed and what kind of rocks/gems can be found here 🥰
It's great to be getting these new episodes, there was new info to me here about the local effects of the Siletzia collision, and Nick compressed a whole lot into a short but tantalizing tale. The drone and scene-setting photography is great. But I agree with others that the music is a little too much front and center, too loud, too distracting, and occupies too much of the already short time available. Please consider toning it down just a tad.
Sooooo interesting!!! 😊
Thanks Mister Zinger! ;) I really love your videos. I look forward to hearing more about Baja BC after the big meeting last summer.
It's very sad and scary that the glaciers on Big 4 mountain have all melted in the last 30 years.
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Subtitles of the speech are useful for hearing impaired, but subtitles describing nusic seem useless for people who have never heard/experiences music.