Folding Rocks; From the Miniscule to Giant Mountains
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- Come along with a geologist and see that rocks can be folded into very small folds or into giant ones that are mountains. We will observe that huge layers of rocks can be uplifted from the depths of the ocean to lofty heights in the mountains.
NOTE: At 1:25 I should have said "among the oldest rocks". The Canadian Shield is much older at over 4 billion yrs.
Structural Geology, Mountain Uplifts, Mountain Building, Wyoming geology, Bighorn Mountains Geology, Gallatin Canyon Geology, Metamorphic Folding, Bighorn Basin Geology, Sheep Mountain Anticline, How Mountains are Made, Homeschool Earth Science Education
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NOTE: At 1:25 I should have said "among the oldest rocks". The Canadian Shield is much older at over 4 billion yrs.
rock can not fold wavy like that being rock it will break sharp edges this happened rapidly when all the ground was still wet it has to be maluable soft to do this and very rapidly also i do not believe the time frame of millions of years also when you look at the whole area where you are at it looks like the bottom of a river bed the ripples of a river bed or sand bars on a beach
Good on you! I was tempted to point that out. I mean about the Shield.
@@stevehancock1698 Quite right. All sedimentary rock and much volcanic lava etc between sediments formed about 5,000 years ago during the Great Flood. Canadian shield etc formed before that. Look up Len Kinder on Substack. Proof is in the Grand Canyon and many other places. The sediments were deposited in cycles (from tsunami waves) with sand on the bottom, mud/shale in the middle and lime on top from each wave. The cycle repeats several times. You can't get just sand deposited for thousands or millions of years. You can't get just clay/mud/shale deposited for thousands or millions of years. The same applies to lime in limestone. They would all have to be deposited at the same time, because erosion doesn't just deposit one rock type for long periods. Everything erodes together, but flooding sorts out the coarser and finer sediments. As flowing water slows down, the coarse sands or even gravels fall out first, then as it slows more the mud settles out and with the slowest flow the lime settles out on top.
@@lkindr i totally agree these geologisists do not make sense half the time you ever watch a utube channel called bright insight
@@SnowTiger45 ok then tell me how human foot prints ended up in the same geological strata with dinosaur prints in the Poloxi river in Texas explain that you can believe what you want these prosses happened rapidly not the bravo sierra your trying to spread n yes we humans did walk with dinos also look at the grand canyon this did not happen in millions of years it happened very rapidly
geologists have been telling lies for many many years now
This guy's videos and presentations are some of the best on TH-cam. Give him 5 stars.!
Great presentation. I am also a geologist and I lived in Casper from 1977 thru 1986. In 1983 Gulf Oil (my employer) drilled a well on the east flank of the Bighorn Mtns. The well was drilled in an area known as Granite Ridge. The well was started in the Pre-cambrian granite, drilled about 8400 feet (if I remember correctly) of granite, and then drilled out into a section of upside-down Cretaceous rocks. Then the well was drilled deeper into right-side up Cretaceous and eventually into Paleozoic rocks. Unfortunately, no commercially developable oil was found below the granite, but it did confirm that the eastern flank of the Bighorn Mtns. is at least partly thrust faulted.
What an incredibly interesting well and what chutzpah to drill through all of that granite! Someone did a heck of sales job to management!
@@myroncook In the early 1980s there was a play in the Rockies where thrust overhangs of mountain ranges covered sedimentary rocks and formed potential hydrocarbon traps. One field, Teepee Flats (if I remember correctly the name) was found in this sort of structural trap configuration. A number of these traps were drilled but as far as I know the Teepee Flats Field was the only discovery to be developed.
Texaco drilled such a potential trap up in the mountains east of Casper, Wyoming. You could see the rig up high from I-25. My understanding is the fault changed from a low-angle fault to a more steeply dipping fault. This meat that Texaco drilled over 10,000' of granite and never drilled out into sedimentary rock below. Seismic data was 2D and generally very poor, and it took a trained eye to interpret the data.
Not trying to be a smart ass, really I'm not, but was there no seismic available in 1977 that would have shown the fault?
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I am a retired geologist living in Melbourne Australia. Great to listen to your geology talks!
Very cool!
The presentation of the rock in place and from the drone, together with the explanations of key principles was infinitely helpful, not to mention immensely enjoyable and beautiful. Thank you. (Later: just as great the second time)
Thank you, Diane
Having the drone view adds SOOOOOO much (in addition to being awesome).
Many thanks to you Myron for what you are doing for us by making your videos. I graduated from Colo State in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in forest and rangeland management - and a minor in soils science - took geology for sure and geomorphology. First three years I worked in the Bighorns and now that I’m retired I find myself going back to further explore that amazing landscape. Your vids give me additional points of view that will certainly make my next trip even better. I can’t drive by a road cut without giving it a good look - you know what I mean. Now I want to get out into the Powder River basin to explore some of the features you have shown. Question? Did you ever see the Pascalite mine in the Tensleep district of the Bighorns. It was mined and sold as the ingredient for mud plasters in health spas years ago. Probably a very fine version of bentonite? Was a fun discovery during a regular day of work.
Thanks again Myron for what you are doing today. Brent
Thank you for sharing your background. I have not heard of this mine you reference...sounds interesting
I grew up in the Vasquez Rocks area in California, and their formations have always fascinated me. You have taught me so much, and I would like to say "Thank you." I learn more with each of your videos. You're an excellent teacher🙏👍👍 I'm 62 years old and strive to learn something new every day.
Thank you!!! I get guff for looking at and pointing out geological formations everywhere I go in Wyoming. The incomprehensible forces that make them leave me in awe. You have helped me make these forces more understandable. I have to say, WOW!!!!!
Nice to know there are others who get guff for pointing out geology all of the time! Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@myroncook Make it at least three of us. When I start to gawk at rock formations while driving my passengers tell me to look at the road. If I try to explain what I'm looking at they usually give me bland stares.
If I were riding with any of you I would say stop and explain it to me!
ONE of my friends enjoys my explanations lol ...
I get that about astronomy. I point out planets to people all the time . I do see the rock formations second hand as I live in NYC. During jury duty I got everyone else fascinated with the ancient seashore in the decorative rock on the courthouse walls
I live in Southern Ontario, Canada and I am loving this series you have created. My sister lived in Utah for years and studied geology, she is all about rocks. Living here, I am living in a huge Drumlin field with lots of erratics throughout the fields, we also have things like kettles that were formed by the ice sheet here, I do believe the ice was about 2 miles thick here. The shoreline of Lake Ontario is a limestone base with lots of fossils like trilobites and the shores scattered with perfectly rounded rocks dropped by the glacier, some are large chunks of broken erratic. I love the landscape you are in, it is wonderful to have it explained to me. I love that weight of rock is uplifted, the force it takes to do this is astounding. If more people looked at what is at their feet and ponder what happened life would be a lot easier. It is a beautiful part of North America you live in.
Thank you for your thoughts!
I live in Yakima, Central Washington State. Millions of year ago, Flood Basalt flowed like water from SE corner all the way to Columbia River. Up to 2 miles of Basalt was laid down. Later, the Yakima Belt Folds started, bending the Basalt into Anticlines. At end of last Ice Age, ancient Lake Missoula caused many huge floods bigger than anyone could imagine. Flood Basalt made everything flat, Yakima Belt Folds pushed up tall ridges, flood waters eroded vast sections of Basalt, mainly in Grand Coulee area. Yakima Valley was flooded by slack water from of ancient Lake Lewis as floods from north backed up at Wallula Gap.
Yeah, pretty great area to study geology.
Magnificent, Myron. I really hope all these beautiful rock formations are protected from mining and development. In Australia (where I am) Rio Tinto destroyed an Aboriginal sacred site without even consulting the indigenous people and that site called Juukan Gorge must have been so old. Apparently Australia has some of the oldest rocks in the world. Is that right? But wow, the US has some glorious ones ❤️
What an awesome classroom Mr. Myron has!
The best, clearest explanation of mountain folds that I have ever seen. Great work Myron.
Wow, thanks!
Pure BS. Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL ... LMAO Here kids, Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons bodies 🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔 (dragon) on the East coast. Fossil Fuel is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom (now Crude Oil). There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! 😉 lol ... Dragons !
I don't believe I've seen a clearer explanation and exposition of the basics of structural geology. Excellent stuff 👏👏👏
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for making this. I'm taking Geology 101 this semester and I have my first field trip next week on Structural Geology. This is super helpful!
Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL ... LMAO Here kids, Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons bodies 🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔 (dragon) on the East coast. Fossil Fuel is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom (now Crude Oil). There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! 😉 lol ... Dragons !
Your presentation is timeless. Worry not about the slow to come around. You’ll gradually reach more and more, and your great work will live on, forever! This is really good work, my friend. Really good! I appreciate you.
I appreciate that!
I've long been interested in geology and try to learn what I can. It's a very complex subject and with the tremendous range of scale from a rock on the ground to a mountain range to a continent and mantle to surface, it's often very difficult to piece together the puzzle in my mind. I greatly appreciate this series you are doing Myron because you are connecting dots and helping to bring the picture more into focus. Learning is occurring and my understanding is growing in leaps and bounds. You are just the kind of person I needed to help metamorphose these fragments of knowledge in my brain into a much more solid conglomerate. I hope you will continue this journey into the mysteries of the earth because I'll happily be your student. Thanks again!
Reading comments like this motivate me to do more. Thank you!
Yes please more.
Going to have to put you with ones I (try to ??) learn from of,
Nick Zetner wonderful
Randal Carlson
Will leave out some of the difficulties going on now. thanks
Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL ... LMAO Here kids, Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons bodies 🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔 (dragon) on the East coast. Fossil Fuel is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom (now Crude Oil). There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! 😉 lol ... Dragons !
I will join that class too. Thank you Myron🙏
@@myroncookThank you.
i use to work at a granite fabrication shop and seeing all the different slabs was awesome, none are ever the same and the variety of rock ive seen is immense.
If you havnt i suggest going to a few and taking a look around, can find some really cool stuff.
I love going to granite depots and seeing all the beauty.
The clay modeled helped me visualize what I was seeing. Also as you noted in your comment about the much older rocks in Canada that I have one tested at 3 billion years of age from Canada and I think the Upper Peninsula in Michigan has a section dated @ 3.8 billion years. It would be interesting to see a video on the mechanics of the Clockwise rotation of an area in the Washington and Oregon region. I know it is rotating, but not what is causing it. I think it may be the results of all the 3 plates movement's in the area.
Thank you for watching, Mike. I may investigate the rotation as some point.
The clockwise rotation is actually way more expansive than just Washington and Oregon as if you use GPS data it actually appears to be consistent throughout the entire basin and range province with the Colorado plateau and Sierra Nevada microplate deforming as more rigid bodies. From what I can tell its generally acknowledged to be due to the difference in direction of motion between the Pacific and North American plates but having seen some seismic tomography maps of less dense upwelling mantle it does appear that you can trace linear zones of buoyant mantle which connect from the East Pacific Rise and Gulf of California through Arizona New Mexico and Colorado and from the Juan de Fuca Ridge east connecting up in Yellowstone in a manner which is suspiciously reminiscent of the usual transform triple junction offsets typical of Mid Ocean Ridge complexes. The zone of upwelling also corresponds to the end of the Farallon slab to the south of it diving under North America and the match up with the Basin and Range and Colorado plateau is quite striking
I suggest looking into some of the seismic tomography stuff from Nick Zentner's crazy Eocene series both the recorded live streams interviewing guest geologists active in the field and the linked papers are quite insightful particularly the one calling for a new paradigm where oceanic crust and the upper mantle are viewed as contiguous plate like units acting as convective cells extending down to the Mantle Transition Zone.
In that picture the crustal oceanic plates are likely just the top of these deep convection cells where material has decompressed and cooled enough to take on the properties associated with crust and continents are buoyant masses of lighter rock suspended in this medium like an iceberg in water.
So basically the model would be that plate motion probably isn't just the result of slab pull the major upwelling zones are also quite important as in this picture you might think of the deformation as a difference in flow direction of the upper mantle.
@dragrath 1
Thank you for presenting a missing link in formation theory.
Would your scenario explain the old volcanos in NE N.M.?
GL
Very well done! I am far from being a professional geologist, but I happen to have a strong interest in structural geology. If I were a freshman in college again, I would pursue geology. Because I have some basic understanding, compared to other average people, I really get to enjoy and appreciate understanding of the force behind shaping certain geologic features when I am out in the wilderness. I would love to see your another great presentation on Andes. In particular why there are two. Western Andes and Eastern Andes.
That would be a fun one to do. I lived in Argentina for 3 yrs. Awesome mountains. Thanks for watching.
Sorry to be Daft??
"The Last Interview with Dr Steven Wriss 1985 Primary Water"
Said that "The Andes" as in Andessss as if some to say And these'ssss .
Someone have the Correct interpretation of what he said sorry Please.
I remember taking something like Geology 101 over 40 years ago. I was a music major, but I was so impressed I later switched and got a degree in Earth Science. Structural Geology class was a highlight for sure. One of the few times using trigonometry. Maybe a little trig in Geophysics, Hydrogeology, and Cartography also.
As a geological newbie, great video. I grew up in Loveland Colorado at the base of the devil’s backbone and visited the red rocks west of Denver and had no clue or interest of what I was looking at. Now many years later I’m now interested. Living in Oregon now and have a slight understanding of volcanic formations. Thank you again for new understanding.
Thanks for sharing!
Hey Myron 😀👋 Thanks a lot for your videos ❤️ Most of my life, geology wasn't something I really paid attention to ... during last years trip to the Grand Canyon, I started to get a basic understanding of rock layers and I was amazed what they can tell you about the past of a location. Every once in a while I stumbled over a TH-cam video about geology. So I discovered your videos 😃 You are really good in explaining these geological topics 👍 ... and you're doing a great job, visualizing what you said with your whiteboard. And I really love, how you show what you just explained in the real world with your amazing pictures and your brothers drone videos ❤️ Thanks again! Stay safe and many greetings from Germany 😃 👋
Thank you for the feedback, Christian!
This reminds me of my dad helping my brother polish rocks we found on a trip through this area in 1969. Amazing history preserved for our education. Thank you!
Oddly enough, my experience as a child, of walking along a creek on my way to school, and seeing all the changes that would happen there in just a couple seasons, aids me greatly when I look at stuff like this.
I would see the changes daily, and it isn't hard to imagine changes in geological time ...
Was driving in Northern Europe and noticed some impressive folded rocks. Looked that up, found this video and couldn’t believe it. Thank you for the great public service you are doing here with this very high quality science communication! You Sir are a Bob Ross of geology :) Would be great to learn about these processes in other planets such as Mars and how different chemical composition and different gravitational fields may affect these mechanisms.
You made my day! Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the effort you put into these videos. Beautiful science and beautiful scenery. I can't get enough!
Thank you, Myron. I appreciate your presentations of a favorite subject and the fact that you have refrained from laying in an obtrusive soundtrack.
In maderia at the moment and this video just opened my mind to rock formations. This entire island seems to be a rock formation!
Each time I view one of your demonstrations I am in awe of the sheer magic of nature. Your ability to weave your knowledge into visualization is "magic" for your viewers.
Some of the most impressive folds I've seen were on the road out of Afghanistan and into China. Amazingly tall and went on what seemed like forever. I was part of the ancient Silk Road.
Fascinating and beautiful. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you Mr. Cook for all your knowledge you share.
I salute for your effort to make this great video, the way you explain is so calm as well as the sketch/cartoon make it easy to be followed by me as a non native
Glad it was helpful!
I love the way you take your time slowly panning across the structure you are talking about. We can see it more clearly, Great video work along with your talk.
Who knew geological formations could be as interesting and photogenic as wildlife? I love learning about geological and this guy is an excellent teacher. Thanks for another great episode!
I had to watch again Myron. I've probably been to sheep mountain 20 times. Thanks for sharing all the things I hadn't realized.
Well done Myron! excellent explanations and cinematography. I look forward to future installments.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Myron... Fantastic presentation
Myron, I really appreciate the information you share. Looking forward to future trips to the Big Horns and points west.
I understood your messy whiteboard diagrams more than I did the professional ones. But, still understood them both because you are such an excellent teacher!!! I'm so glad I found your channel!! Keep making videos!
Amazing video. Love Geology. Can not thank you enough. Very much look forward to another field video.
Kindest regards
It is so interesting to just sit and watch as the earth slowly reveals the past. It makes one feel fortunate although vastly insignificant . Thanks so much
Glad I found your site. These videos are excellent. Thanks for putting them together.
Glad you like them!
Always been fascinated by the Laramide Orogeny but never understood how mountain building worked. Thanks for the great explanation. I feel like I now understand it.
So glad I happened across this video. Recently went to Big Bend Nat Pk, and was fascinated with the folding rock layers. This explains it perfectly. Thank you sir
Sheep Mtn is pictured in my first geology text book also. A few years later, while on a navigator training flight in an Air Force T-43, I looked out the window and saw the mountain. I recognized it immediately from the.picture in my text book. Luckily I had my camera and took three great photos.
What a neat experience! It sure is beautiful from the air.
Thank you! Once again you have taught me so much about our earth. Simple, clear, and so easy to understand. As a newbie I truly appreciate all you are doing for your watchers.
Wonderful!
Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL ... LMAO Here kids, Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons bodies 🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔 (dragon) on the East coast. Fossil Fuel is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom (now Crude Oil). There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! 😉 lol ... Dragons !
An explanation of what events caused these formations to happen would add to understanding for those with minimal knowledge of geology.
Even if in another vid.
this is exactly the channel I was looking for, too many times I have been camping and wondered in awe what is happening to the rocks around me, always saying I am going to look into it when I get back and to always forget about it. Thanks you youtube and Myron for this information, already watched 4 of your videos so far. Love the info and drone shots to see it really in action.
Glad you enjoy it!
Dear Myron: Very clear and illustrative explanation. Great presentation as the other videos you have published. Thanks and congratulations.
Thank You Myron for teaching us about Geology and much more. You need not worry about your whiteboard presentations. You are making it clear and interesting for those of us that are willing to follow along. I really enjoy your explanations and the teaching information that you are giving.
I started watching your channel with the Gulf of Mexico land mass video !! I was intrigued because I live in the panhandle area of Florida. I really enjoyed the Introduction to Geology and how to view the mountains and....Portions of The Earth through your teaching.
I had traveled through Arizona and the Grand Canyon area before. Also the Blue Ridge Mountain areas. I had noticed the different layers of rock and folds and wondered how these came to be. Now I am learning why. :)
Just remembering hearing about how different rocks and gemstones are formed through these metamorphosis occurrences that you spoke of. It is interesting to think of the extreme heat and movement that would create these gemstones like Emeralds and Diamonds, Sapphires, Rubies and other natural crystals like Quartz and Amethysts. Thank you for showing us your passion for the Earth and it's form.
Thank you!!
I'm new to the channel and going on these marathons watching and thoroughly enjoying the magnificent structures "in your backyard" and beyond,, and going through your videos and really enjoy your passion (that's contagious!) and your awesome way of presenting how and why things happen. I live in urban southern Ontario but your part of the world is just incredible and, well, this is some planet, isn't it. Thank you sir for all your hard work in putting these videos together for our enjoyment. I'm really in awe of your videos and very grateful - thank you.
Thank you!
Another great video! You explain things so clearly. We used to live in Gillette and have been to many of these places. Thank you again!
just discovered this channel. Amazing. I live in Montana and wish I had known all this much earlier. I hiked the Big Horns and I'm going to appreciate them much, much more after these videos. Great job!
Thank you for watching and enjoy your hiking!
This is the kind of information I've always wanted to know but didn't even know where to start looking for it.
Thanks so much Mr.Myron for your easy to follow explanations and gorgeous footage of the landscape, it adds a totally unique dimension to each lesson.
I try to "quiz" each new lesson on old pictures I have from the mountains I climbed as a kid in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
I've found some small exposed red (more like caramel) obsidian veins around that area last year and I can't wait to go back and look at it with new eyes.
Thank you again and keep up your amazing work👍
Thank you!
Just stunning!
And that was some introduction too...
You are a genius, Sir. I can't stop watching your videos anymore.
Fantastic combination of information and sources! Thanks so much! All the best for 2023!
Same to you!
This is a very beautiful video with so much information. Thank you!💕
I really appreciate your clear explanations, great graphics and amazing footage. What an amazing resource to have videos like this available. Thank you. Sincerely
Glad you like them!
Superb video. Fascinating and top quality drone-footage & your presentation in simple , layman's terms.
It's like seeing an old friend. Thanks for the upload, guys.
Glad to see you're alive and kicking. I see you are a heeler fan. Me too. My little girl turned two during you hike.
Stay safe and take care.
Another fascinating episode... The explanation of folding and subsequent erosion at 20:00 or so put it all into perspective for me. I've driven those sections from Greybull east on 14 and 14A several times and always wondered how these beautiful mountains were formed. Neat too that the WY DOT posted signs on the ages of each layer all the way over to I-25. I sold Internet equipment to the rural Telco's in WY (Basin, Worland, etc.), as well as Telcos in the other Rocky Mountains states (CO, MT, ID, UT... a dream territory with the best customers), and I set up appointments based on scenic drives! haha...If only they knew... Thanks Dr. Cook!
Thank you for your feedback!
Super excited to have discovered this amazing channel. Thank you so much for making geology so easy to understand. Looking forward to more exciting videos. Thank you so much, Sir
Welcome aboard!
You are like the Bob Ross of geology! Your presentation is so mellow and cheerful!
Amazing, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You answered so many questions I’ve always had, but I have never had the opportunity to ask a Geologist.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh man I got some big fold questions now! Hooray! 🤠 How exciting man! Especially that nice folded quartz vein earlier in the video!
Excellent video, I can't wait to come to Wyoming.The drone footage makes it easier to get a grasp of the ground your standing on's relationship to the larger landmass and the dynamic folding at work. Thanks.
Have fun!
I love the way you talk about a formation, you draw it, and then you show actual video of it too. It REALLY helps me to understand and relate to what I'm seeing. Just fascinating. Geologist are true rock time-detectives. I never knew Wyoming was so gorgeous, ancient, and mysterious, but thanks to your inspiration, and help from your family, I look forward to watching more of your videos. This video is RoccoMended.
Thank you, Linda
Great video. The only video I found that comprehensively explains how mountains form.
I just love how Excited!! and happy you are looking at these rocks and explaining to us what they are and what it all means!! I truly wish I had a geology teacher like you in this area so I could at least be an apprentice! to someone who knows what they’re talking about! You’re amazing I love your enthusiasm and love your channel tell your wife what an excellent find!! I truly wish I was there so that I could take look at all of the different folds and metamorphic changes myself
Thank you for your kind words.
@@myroncook no need to thank me!! I truly love your videos and find your enthusiasm amazing!! Honestly you’ll get so excited! And that makes me so happy! whenever I learned something new about geology!! Especially from someone who seems to love it so much! I truly should’ve gone into geology but I went into medicine instead, unfortunately due to needing major surgery recently I can no longer participate in my old job!! Perhaps maybe I should take some geology courses!? If I can figure out how to afford it lol!….But watching you really makes me happy thank you so much!. Thank you again for taking the time to reply to me, again it means a great deal to me.
Myron, I enjoy your postings for many reasons that others have mentioned - but I want to complement your clear enthusiasm for your subject. Thanks for the time and attention to these posts. I enjoy them tremendously! Eric Haff
Wow, thank you!
Myron, I watched your video on the Great Uncomformity yesterday. That was amazing. Wind River Canyon from Thermopolis is one of the most beautiful drives I've ever experienced. Next time to Cody I want to go up Shoshone Canyon. Never went that way before.
What you share in your videos is such a great service to us learning geology. I've driven through Wyoming a number of times, always going somewhere, usually in a hurry, including to the Wind Rivers for camping/hiking. My next Wyoming destination is an extended camping/hiking trip specifically in the Big Horn Basin to explore the amazing geology. Thanks so much for your videos. Regards!
Thank you for the hard work preparing those beautiful videos.
Glad you like them!
So interesting. Thx Myron!
Thank you, Myron for another 5-star educational video. I am certainly paying closer attention lately to what I am observing in the Cascade Mountains - Makes life much more interesting! Cheers!
I'm glad I found your channel. Very good video... straight and to the point. The powers of earth's forces are tremendous. Geology is so interesting because there's so much truth in the saying that "Every rock has a story to tell."
For sure....on many airliner flights looking out the window saw wonders. Thank you for the vivid overflight capture scenery.
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From time to time I try to give "alternative" ideas a listen. One of the constant points Young Earth Creationists make, is that all these folded rocks must have been mud from the "Great Flood". Because rock is too hard to fold like this and would snap and break before bending. They are unaware that most of these formations were molded, folded and shaped deep under ground under immense pressure and heat. Making them pliable as heated plastic over millions of years. I had a basic conceptual understanding of this, but thank you Myron for explaining it so clearly in your videos!
Love your videos and the education. You’re getting me interested in geology!
Great drone footage!!! Looks stunning
I have just subscribed. This is fascinating. Stuff I knew, but didn't know in depth.
Wonderful video! I’m so interested in how the earths surface moves and changes, and where all of those beautiful gems are formed.
Your explanations are well suited for anyone to understand and I’ll be look up more videos you’ve produced to build a basic working knowledge of geology.
Excellent props and charts that enhance Myron's easily understood explanations. Lifting a rock the size of a basketball is nearly impossble, so the force needed to fold a mountain is incomprehensible.
Thank you, Michael.
Man, I love your work. Thank you for these videos. As a fellow jeep owner, I have always been amazed at the geology, I would find in the Southern California deserts. it’s been a while since I’ve explored, however, your videos have re-ignited my interest in geology.
I’m going to search your channel for info on the Borrego desert, and continue to explore. Curious where I might find some information on Baja California as well. Nice work thank you.
Update; I just searched your channel and realized you only have 13 videos currently. Nevertheless, I’m digging in deep.
Planning on taking a road trip with a grandson this summer to Montana, thanks again for these videos.
wow .. amazing visuals!
thank you for your beautiful eyes open to say things about those rocks❤️🤍💙
I’m home again; back to my wild geology-thank you Myron!
Awesome, Frank.
Great video; thanks so much for sharing.
Thank You for another awesome video, Myron. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, what a wonderful explanation. You have great knowledge and I appreciate you sharing it with those of us who look at these geologic structures and wondered how it happened. I am definitely subscribing and will enjoy following your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL ... LMAO Here kids, Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons bodies 🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔 (dragon) on the East coast. Fossil Fuel is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom (now Crude Oil). There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! 😉 lol ... Dragons !
I'm in love with geology!
Fantastic presentation. Seeing real-life examples makes understanding the geology concepts easy and fascinating.
Many thanks!
I love your videos. They are gorgeous, informative, and entertaining. I'm looking forward to watching more of them.
Thank you so much!
Great explanation and beautiful formations thanks for taking the time to educate us 👍
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Wonderfully presented geology... I have got how mountains have been formed from past experiences. But with your presentation I get it in a bit more detail. Thankyou again for the wonderfully presented knowledge. I always love how our earth works! We still know very little of what goes on under our feet. With people like you we know a little more about that process. Thank you again!
Many thanks!
small canyon where I live. I wondered about the folds in smaller rocks and saw this video. thank you. Amazing.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You Man! This videos are so educative
I have really enjoyed your efforts at this! Thanks so much. My sister lives in Basin and we get up that way every couple of years. The Bighorns seem so small now ... and they are still so huge!
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Your clay models were really so helpful together with your explanations. I’ve always been fascinated by geology. Thank you for your videos. Last month I visited the Grand Canyon for the first time and I’m still in awe of what I saw
Wonderful!