An amazing lady as well. Please thank Liz for our intrusion into her home and backyard for all of these months. You have a keeper there Professor! Be healthy, be safe. Love you guys!
well, no wonder Liz is so buffed! Carrying rocks to the car that big...lol It really should make us all appreciate the work done and being done by geologists and students looking at the difficulty of the hills and mountains to piece together the geologic story. Years and years of data collecting figuring out the puzzle.
@@bagoquarks hahahaha true so true! If we were consulted on the gifts given to Nick I wanted to get him a dry-erase board that has a metal backing and uses magnets. I have one and paper stays put.
When I saw Liz i was like 'holy crap, dang, that girls in shape!!' -- first she walks out and back on the rock out cropping like it's nothing, then later in the video she's carrying that rock like it's nothing!! AWESOME!!
Great episode Nick! What great exposures of the green/blue schist. Thanks for confirming that I’m pronouncing “glaucophane” correctly. Love that rock. We have plenty of it down in SoCal along the coast, but it’s broken up fragments within the San Onofre Breccia; thought to be from submarine landslides coming off of islands that accreted long ago. Looking forward to your next episode already!
Don't forget to THUMBS UP for Nick! Another terrific geology lesson video! What an amazing story accompanied by spectacular views, beautiful scenery, and blue and green schist rocks! It's mind-boggling to me that you can climb thousands of feet up a mountain and end up standing on an ancient ocean floor... that traveled hundreds, maybe thousands of miles north to get there!
‘NED On The Fly’ #8 - Ned Searches for all his Lost Hammers! Thanks again for the wonderful vid, showing, explaining Blue, Green Schist in nature. Rock On Nick!
*SCHIST VARIETIES:* Per Nick, the blue schist started as 160ma ocean floor basalt (igneous) and got "cooked" at 300 degrees Celsius at high pressure. In contrast, the Wissahickon Schist found here in the Mid-Atlantic states has a significantly different beginning. The Wissahickon Schist formation also started on the ocean floor but as (pre-Atlantic) sediments: (a) sand -> sandstone -> quartz/quartzite, or (b) clay -> shale -> mica;. These sediments are 550ma, were alternating mica and quartz layers, and were "cooked" at 550 degrees Celsius at high pressure (20+ km depth). Additional minerals include feldspar, biotite, and garnet. Wissahickon Schist is dominated by dark and lighter browns and is quite sparkly in good light. Regional note: (clay -> shale ->) slate is popular in East Falls for roofing and paving. It's "cousin" the Wissahickon Schist has been a building and wall block material in Philadephia for decades. "How do you like your brand-new, mega-million year old roof, Sir?" Key Citation: www.eastfallshouse.com/wissahickon-rock-formations-schist/
Thank you Nick! We have some of this blueschist (I used to call it greenschist, thank you for the correction!) in the Klamath Mountains where I grew up (Mt. Shasta). A beautiful rock and the story of its transportation from Baja to Washington is incredible! Thank you for pointing out the Straight Creek Fault as well! Looking forward to your next installment....
Now I know where the blue rocks that I laid all around my yard come from. Could only find them sold at one place here in Bay Area, Cali. Someone once said that the Ocean terrain, as we know it now, holds the highest mountains in the World. Can only imagine what the topography looked like when this area you are in was young and deep under the Ocean floor. So beautiful! Good photography, sound and Nick's gift of the heart and soul has truly enriched my world this morning! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Highest mountain in the world from base to peak IRRC is Mauna Kea. Measuring from the ocean floor. to its peak ofc. Everest is a wee sma' one in comparison if you measure from the base and not sea level.
U paid good money for rocks ? Lol , far more fun to find ur own ! I lost my White Marbel rocks i found yesterday in Cottonwood creek, near Mabel lake BC, off the bow of my Boat when we hit big waves ! 🙄.oh well , lots more there, ROCK ON NICK! Luv ur shows
You had me at the green shoes & blue shorts Nick! Love your "work"! So far from Wesconson, but aren't you so grateful for the free Country that allows this !!! If so, thank a Veteran.
I always enjoy your videos. You have inadvertently justified ex-Californians moving to the NW; we are just following our roots, I mean, rocks. (I live near CDA so I know we are in a different terrane, but I like to see the humor where I can find it.)
40 kilometers is 24 miles - a fair distance "underground" for this former sea bed rock to have been formed before uplift brought it far above sea level. Not a geologist, nor am I likely to be at my age (76), but I'm enjoying the "big picture" views of how the landforms of the western U.S. came about that Professor Zentner presents.
Always wonderful and super informative. It is completing a huge item on my bucket list in a manner I can understand and manage (@77 years old) I cant thank you enough.
Here in the Appalachian Piedmont it's almost 100% metamorphic rocks, with areas of intrusive rocks for flavor. I have a bit of mica schist with (tiny) garnets, long black crystals of hornblende, and tiny crystals of quartz sitting on my desk. I picked up from the ground outside my office.
Love your live and posts. Earth is an amazing place to be part of. Understanding makes it even more amazing. Human nature is always "asking " for more. A blessing , if you are open minded. A curse if you think you already know! We will NEVER know everything. Not in the big Plan.
Long weekend here in Canada, finally some heat ,Red Deer River still at spring flow levels. Road to Dry Island Buffalo Jump P.Park washed out.Darn was hoping to get in some fishing .Spent most of the morning in the old river channels off the view point.Some very interesting rocks / flow patterns to this area as well as botany. Short Red Fescue Native Prairie most of the plants are at late June /Early July growth cycle. Wettest spring in 55 years.Grasses are high enough to cover up most of the Mule Deer we saw,just the top of their backs here showing.Yes I'm Dirt Guy.Nick great job with Gizmo, new microphone? Ellie and I are off in two weeks to Cypress Hills P.Park. Dude Ranch for a couple of days follow by staying at the Lodge at Elkwater for 6 days.Fishing Canoeing really looking forward to it.Both of us are essential workers.Stay safe WASH HANDS,FACE MASK when out side of your Cohort, please please. Under Armour has a washable face mask that is designed to work for Athletic use,bonus does not fog up our glasses. ♡♡♡Stay Safe.
Prof Nick and Liz, Thank you for sharing your travels in Eastern Wa and to continue to educate us about it's history and how it formed with water, pressure and rocks and how it relates to the histories of North America too. The scenery is beautiful, just down the road from home!
I love learning about this beautiful state we live in from you Nick. You are a great teacher and a delight to watch. Thanks for all that you do. Happy Adventures🐾
So Straight Creek fault must run between French Cabin Mt and Red Mt then?? I always wondered why they’re so different despite being right next to each other. Please do Red Mountain next.
Southern Oregon has some of this metamorphic. Exotic terraces were squoze together and moved north here too in the Siskiyous, at last count there are 15. Fascinating stuff for the non igneous student.
Once again I have learned something, and had a wonderful hike in the mountains, which is vital to my survival in downtown Seattle. I love exhotic terrain! So you have my attention. Thank You, Professor Nick.
On Marathon Island in the Florida keys Mark Twain built a spectacular home out of stone blown from the hillsides of North Carolina when they were building the railroad south for national security (wink wink) and chose the location of the highest natural point above sea level on the island which happens to be a huge slab of green schist which is really neat to see. I was only there once 25 years ago on a golf cart tour of the island but it was very memorable and I would really enjoy seeing it again someday. If you have the chance I would recommend it strongly but warn that it is quite expensive to stay there, like $450.00 per night for a basic room expensive.
Wonderful! This is exactly the level of technical detail, combined with beautiful scenery, that makes your videos so interesting. It really helps to see the rock up close. Now I think I can identify it when I find it. Thank you.
I'm not getting to see all these on the fly episodes live but am loving them after the fact. I love this state we live in and your excellent teaching brings its geology to life. I really can't thank you enough.
hurray on your work for the exotic terranes, I am very glad to hear that. I live near Burlington Hill and it was my first researched location and I found you and learned that Cle Elum rock and Burlington rock are the same, just different sides of the slip fault. I learned about exotic terranes from you and my personal research has begun. Thanks.
Such a beautiful area. So much to see including the fascinating geology! .... Heck, even a pretty good chance of spotting a sasquatch in an area like that! That's amazing stuff, especially re that 100 mile offset along the Straight Creek Fault! Fascinating! ...... cheers, Stay Safe!
This will be some gneiss schist, so it's definitely worth waiting for! I'll be on the road so will have to check it out tomorrow. Thanks for doing this program Nick.
I enjoy the Nick on the fly series for the views as much as the geology. What is the difference between Serpentinite and blue schist? Kudos to Liz for rescuing the hammer!
Been loving these lives streams, previews, and vids. Haven't been able ot make a lot of the streams because of conflicts, but I"ve done my best to catch up on all the archived vids. I'm just wondering when we'll get our final exam and what will be on it....
Another great program, Nick. Thanks so much for continuing to generously share your time and learnings! Two Quick questions, if I may: (1) If this was oceanic floor material that got shoved down into the subduction trench, I would think it likely to wind up like other ocean plate material you've talked about - melting down or becoming subducted broken plate remnants. What is the process that causes material like this to "jump" from being deep in the subduction trench to being an exotic terrain that's "docked" to the continental crust? And (2) Do we know whether material like this was shifted northward and *then* uplifted & exposed? Or was it uplifted to/near the surface and _then_ transported?
You are a great story-teller. And the story, Earth’s story, is awesome. Isn’t it interesting that the Earth itself evolved into human primates who explore our origins beyond ourselves, into the stars?
Hey Nick, I have been going back to these "on the fly" videos after getting ahold of the Haugerud & Tabor map, trying to put a "face" to all the "names" on the map you cover, and noticed there is an bunch of Devonian-Permian "Chilliwack Group" sediments right there on French Cabin Mountain, exposed by a tectonic window in the blueschist in the nappe above. With the exception of maybe the Yellow Aster Group (whose protolith is almost certainly older), these Chilliwack rocks seem to be the oldest in WA and I was wondering if you have seen this window at French Cabin Mountain or have experience with those rocks. I think it's the only exposure south of Glacier Peak, and also the farthest east. Super interested to see what these look like "in person". If I had one other request for one of these videos it'd be for a video of the Helena Haystack Melange, which seems to outcrop on Quartz Mountain even. And if I had one other it would be for the Migmatitic Gneiss, up on Baring Mtn. and Merchant Peak NW of Skykomish, which only crops out there. That migmatite has gotta be beautiful. You can even make out the contact between it and the eastern melange belt on Google Earth.
What a beautiful area Nick. I just love to see and learn more about our beautiful State. BTW Liz looks more like a Daughter then a wife. Take care...Scott
Ok, wish you could have seen where I got this cool green marblie rock I picked up on a forest service road on the east side on the coast range in the Illinois River gorge . It has a a glistening surface sorta like obsidian. It looks much brighter than your in site example to me but maybe that’s just the camera.. my sample is about 10 miles as a crow flies from Cave Junction. So is my rock the same as yours or sumpun’ else? The road cut was a spectacular green in that very pure light down there.
Since we are on lockdown again in our area, this was a much-needed virtual field trip. Thank you! Does look familiar...did we visit here during an NAGT conference?
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Professor Nick, you are a national treasure! Thank you fpor all of this.
Well said!
An amazing lady as well. Please thank Liz for our intrusion into her home and backyard for all of these months. You have a keeper there Professor! Be healthy, be safe. Love you guys!
well, no wonder Liz is so buffed! Carrying rocks to the car that big...lol
It really should make us all appreciate the work done and being done by geologists and students looking at the difficulty of the hills and mountains to piece together the geologic story. Years and years of data collecting figuring out the puzzle.
Nick needs the outdoor paperweights. He has a habit of letting important documents fly around the neighborhood.
@@bagoquarks hahahaha true so true! If we were consulted on the gifts given to Nick I wanted to get him a dry-erase board that has a metal backing and uses magnets. I have one and paper stays put.
When I saw Liz i was like 'holy crap, dang, that girls in shape!!'
-- first she walks out and back on the rock out cropping like it's nothing, then later in the video she's carrying that rock like it's nothing!! AWESOME!!
@@beckyscreativespooniebeehive I wonder how far she carried it to the car! Nick had better behave himself...lol
A postage stamp of exposure? Love that colorful description. Nick, you ROCK.
*DON'T DOWNLOAD THE "CALMING" APP:* Rather you should watch any 'Nick on the Fly' video with running water in it.
Great episode Nick! What great exposures of the green/blue schist. Thanks for confirming that I’m pronouncing “glaucophane” correctly. Love that rock. We have plenty of it down in SoCal along the coast, but it’s broken up fragments within the San Onofre Breccia; thought to be from submarine landslides coming off of islands that accreted long ago. Looking forward to your next episode already!
We love you too, Nick. Pete on the Isle of Wight.
Don't forget to THUMBS UP for Nick! Another terrific geology lesson video! What an amazing story accompanied by spectacular views, beautiful scenery, and blue and green schist rocks! It's mind-boggling to me that you can climb thousands of feet up a mountain and end up standing on an ancient ocean floor... that traveled hundreds, maybe thousands of miles north to get there!
‘NED On The Fly’ #8 - Ned Searches for all his Lost Hammers! Thanks again for the wonderful vid, showing, explaining Blue, Green Schist in nature. Rock On Nick!
*SCHIST VARIETIES:* Per Nick, the blue schist started as 160ma ocean floor basalt (igneous) and got "cooked" at 300 degrees Celsius at high pressure. In contrast, the Wissahickon Schist found here in the Mid-Atlantic states has a significantly different beginning.
The Wissahickon Schist formation also started on the ocean floor but as (pre-Atlantic) sediments:
(a) sand -> sandstone -> quartz/quartzite, or
(b) clay -> shale -> mica;.
These sediments are 550ma, were alternating mica and quartz layers, and were "cooked" at 550 degrees Celsius at high pressure (20+ km depth). Additional minerals include feldspar, biotite, and garnet. Wissahickon Schist is dominated by dark and lighter browns and is quite sparkly in good light.
Regional note: (clay -> shale ->) slate is popular in East Falls for roofing and paving. It's "cousin" the Wissahickon Schist has been a building and wall block material in Philadephia for decades.
"How do you like your brand-new, mega-million year old roof, Sir?"
Key Citation:
www.eastfallshouse.com/wissahickon-rock-formations-schist/
Is that right, basalt turns into schist?
@@RafaelHe See 8:58 to about 11:25.
WOW THAT IS SO INTERESTING . . .SO CAL TO WASH. STATE . . . .OCEAN FLOOR!!!
40 kilometers = 24.8 miles that's quite a trip on the geological rollercoaster.
Really enjoying these on the fly videos! Thank you !!!
Thank you Nick! We have some of this blueschist (I used to call it greenschist, thank you for the correction!) in the Klamath Mountains where I grew up (Mt. Shasta). A beautiful rock and the story of its transportation from Baja to Washington is incredible! Thank you for pointing out the Straight Creek Fault as well! Looking forward to your next installment....
Ed, I too am from Mount Shasta. Born there (soon after Pangaea broke apart) but moved to Oregon after my father died when I was seven.
WHAT???!! Metamorphics and the Mesozoic in the same video??? Can't get better than that!...Ohhhh baby...
what can i say but you bring geology to life. Love all you have done on YT and are doing. Keep them coming. The story goes on. Love you too.
Now I know where the blue rocks that I laid all around my yard come from. Could only find them sold at one place here in Bay Area, Cali. Someone once said that the Ocean terrain, as we know it now, holds the highest mountains in the World. Can only imagine what the topography looked like when this area you are in was young and deep under the Ocean floor. So beautiful! Good photography, sound and Nick's gift of the heart and soul has truly enriched my world this morning! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Highest mountain in the world from base to peak IRRC is Mauna Kea. Measuring from the ocean floor. to its peak ofc.
Everest is a wee sma' one in comparison if you measure from the base and not sea level.
U paid good money for rocks ? Lol , far more fun to find ur own ! I lost my White Marbel rocks i found yesterday in Cottonwood creek, near Mabel lake BC, off the bow of my
Boat when we hit big waves ! 🙄.oh well , lots more there, ROCK ON NICK! Luv ur shows
@@FlyinRyan231 Flat 'blue' rocks in various areas, yes, worth every penney, and delivery cost also as I needed so many
You had me at the green shoes & blue shorts Nick! Love your "work"!
So far from Wesconson, but aren't you so grateful for the free Country that allows this !!! If so, thank a Veteran.
Thanks Nick, I now feel like I really know my Schist.
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Great post, Nick! Nice to see you again...and Liz, too! Let us know what's happening with school this fall.
I always enjoy your videos. You have inadvertently justified ex-Californians moving to the NW; we are just following our roots, I mean, rocks. (I live near CDA so I know we are in a different terrane, but I like to see the humor where I can find it.)
wow great video Nick!! Looking forward to more videos!!
40 kilometers is 24 miles - a fair distance "underground" for this former sea bed rock to have been formed before uplift brought it far above sea level. Not a geologist, nor am I likely to be at my age (76), but I'm enjoying the "big picture" views of how the landforms of the western U.S. came about that Professor Zentner presents.
Good schist man! Just keeps getting better. Nice to see Liz, thanks for the water donation to science.
Great field trip! Thank you and thank Liz for sharing again! Beautiful hikes ❤️
Always wonderful and super informative. It is completing a huge item on my bucket list in a manner I can understand and manage (@77 years old) I cant thank you enough.
Here in the Appalachian Piedmont it's almost 100% metamorphic rocks, with areas of intrusive rocks for flavor. I have a bit of mica schist with (tiny) garnets, long black crystals of hornblende, and tiny crystals of quartz sitting on my desk. I picked up from the ground outside my office.
Thank you so much for your work Nick:-words cannot express how much i appreciate what you do....😌❤️
Thank you for the education and the adventure!
Great snippet! Thank you....both
So beautiful!
Love your live and posts. Earth is an amazing place to be part of. Understanding makes it even more amazing. Human nature is always "asking " for more. A blessing , if you are open minded. A curse if you think you already know! We will NEVER know everything. Not in the big Plan.
Long weekend here in Canada, finally some heat ,Red Deer River still at spring flow levels. Road to Dry Island Buffalo Jump P.Park washed out.Darn was hoping to get in some fishing .Spent most of the morning in the old river channels off the view point.Some very interesting rocks / flow patterns to this area as well as botany. Short Red Fescue Native Prairie most of the plants are at late June /Early July growth cycle. Wettest spring in 55 years.Grasses are high enough to cover up most of the Mule Deer we saw,just the top of their backs here showing.Yes I'm Dirt Guy.Nick great job with Gizmo, new microphone? Ellie and I are off in two weeks to Cypress Hills P.Park. Dude Ranch for a couple of days follow by staying at the Lodge at Elkwater for 6 days.Fishing Canoeing really looking forward to it.Both of us are essential workers.Stay safe WASH HANDS,FACE MASK when out side of your Cohort, please please. Under Armour has a washable face mask that is designed to work for Athletic use,bonus does not fog up our glasses. ♡♡♡Stay Safe.
Thanks, Professor! I love your videos.
Thank you Nick.
Thanks! This is REALLY fascinating!
Prof Nick and Liz, Thank you for sharing your travels in Eastern Wa and to continue to educate us about it's history and how it formed with water, pressure and rocks and how it relates to the histories of North America too. The scenery is beautiful, just down the road from home!
Thanks Nick. I'm enjoying the field trips and the content. This is the closest I can get to being out in the field and this is a treat for me.
I'm a sedimentary fellow, Metamorphism is outside my comfort zone but your explanation of the Blueschists and Greenschists is just so good !
I love the punny-ness of this .... lol....
Thanks, Nick!
I love learning about this beautiful state we live in from you Nick. You are a great teacher and a delight to watch. Thanks for all that you do. Happy Adventures🐾
So Straight Creek fault must run between French Cabin Mt and Red Mt then?? I always wondered why they’re so different despite being right next to each other. Please do Red Mountain next.
Southern Oregon has some of this metamorphic. Exotic terraces were squoze together and moved north here too in the Siskiyous, at last count there are 15.
Fascinating stuff for the non igneous student.
Is "squoze" a regional Oregonian dialect? "Beaver" or "Duck"?
Lol I'm from Oregon and also say squoze ;-/
@@Panicagq2 Fascinating. If you want to be hip on Philadelphia dialect Google "jawn", the all-purpose Philly noun.
@@bagoquarks Well that was a fun linguistic rabbit-hole ;-) Thanks!
@@bagoquarksLOL-- Beaver--OSU has the hard science and ag curriculum.
Another great video. Thank you !
Another great ramble and lesson. Thank you, sir!
Thanks for sharing!
Shoot howdy, I sure appreciate these videos. Thanks!
GIZMO FOR THE WIN!! THANKS NICK!!
The perfect Saturday night in: rock stuff with Nick Zentner. Big thank you for your time and efforts from Jane in Hereford, UK.
Man, this Nick guy really knows his schist.
Once again I have learned something, and had a wonderful hike in the mountains, which is vital to my survival in downtown Seattle. I love exhotic terrain! So you have my attention. Thank You, Professor Nick.
excellent closeups of these rocks! thank you! I live near Dana Point, and Salt Creek beach in OC, California--lots of blueschist and greenschist here.
On Marathon Island in the Florida keys Mark Twain built a spectacular home out of stone blown from the hillsides of North Carolina when they were building the railroad south for national security (wink wink) and chose the location of the highest natural point above sea level on the island which happens to be a huge slab of green schist which is really neat to see. I was only there once 25 years ago on a golf cart tour of the island but it was very memorable and I would really enjoy seeing it again someday. If you have the chance I would recommend it strongly but warn that it is quite expensive to stay there, like $450.00 per night for a basic room expensive.
we love you too, want photos of my garden ? it ROCKS and I carried in thousands, all different, whew I'm a rock addict
Great thanks! We have that here in oakridge too & I thought it was something else... Fascinating!!
Thanks for explaining about blue and greenschist. It is unusual rock. I am thrilled to know that we have some close to home. Will have to go find it.
yep greens and blues the patters in the rocks tell A story!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Wonderful! This is exactly the level of technical detail, combined with beautiful scenery, that makes your videos so interesting. It really helps to see the rock up close. Now I think I can identify it when I find it. Thank you.
I am also fascinated by the exotic terranes - and how they intersect with the story of California geology. This episode was great! Thank you so much!
I'm not getting to see all these on the fly episodes live but am loving them after the fact. I love this state we live in and your excellent teaching brings its geology to life. I really can't thank you enough.
Me too even though I feel a trifle left behind because I'm in Central Cal..
Great stuff. Really makes me interested in metamorphic rock. ♥️
Neat! Thank you for the lesson. 🙂
Darn, another road I need to seek out and explore!
Fascinating. Thank you Nick for doing these wonderfully educational videos.
hurray on your work for the exotic terranes, I am very glad to hear that. I live near Burlington Hill and it was my first researched location and I found you and learned that Cle Elum rock and Burlington rock are the same, just different sides of the slip fault. I learned about exotic terranes from you and my personal research has begun. Thanks.
I am not kidding about my love of greenschist. In my garage my rock bench is full of small and large samples of greenschist from Burlington.
Thanks Nick!! I really enjoy these - keep em coming.😎
Such a beautiful area. So much to see including the fascinating geology! .... Heck, even a pretty good chance of spotting a sasquatch in an area like that!
That's amazing stuff, especially re that 100 mile offset along the Straight Creek Fault! Fascinating! ...... cheers, Stay Safe!
Nick Zenter, I found a coaster with your name on It at boca chica beach in Florida
This will be some gneiss schist, so it's definitely worth waiting for! I'll be on the road so will have to check it out tomorrow. Thanks for doing this program Nick.
I enjoy the Nick on the fly series for the views as much as the geology. What is the difference between Serpentinite and blue schist? Kudos to Liz for rescuing the hammer!
Thanks for posting. I always look forward to it.
Wow, Liz found a good one at 6:00, that is so beautiful!
Yep Nick has his Schist together
Superb as ever ,thanks again Nick for the info' ,scenery and effort .
Very enjoyable.
Thanks Nick!
it felt like this one had a little more prep work and a more confident comfortable tone!
Absolutely Love that you are doing these! Thank You!
Thanks Nick, That some fine looking schist you got there. I hope Liz will share it with you when you get back home.
Really beautiful, and as usual, interesting. 👍🏼🌞
Been loving these lives streams, previews, and vids. Haven't been able ot make a lot of the streams because of conflicts, but I"ve done my best to catch up on all the archived vids.
I'm just wondering when we'll get our final exam and what will be on it....
Really nice Blueschist ...Liz waters it at min 5. Nice.
Thank you Nick
Thanks nick. Much appreciated my friend
Thank you for the great & informative upload once again!
Great examples- thanks!
Another great program, Nick. Thanks so much for continuing to generously share your time and learnings! Two Quick questions, if I may:
(1) If this was oceanic floor material that got shoved down into the subduction trench, I would think it likely to wind up like other ocean plate material you've talked about - melting down or becoming subducted broken plate remnants. What is the process that causes material like this to "jump" from being deep in the subduction trench to being an exotic terrain that's "docked" to the continental crust? And (2) Do we know whether material like this was shifted northward and *then* uplifted & exposed? Or was it uplifted to/near the surface and _then_ transported?
These videos are the schist
Those make nice river cobbles.
I can't wait to see more about exotic terrane! Any chance you will tour and discuss that accreted terrane on the west side of Idaho at some point?
Dang, missed another one by two hours! RUclips is not giving me notifications ahead of time for some reason even though I'm subscribed.
You are a great story-teller. And the story, Earth’s story, is awesome. Isn’t it interesting that the Earth itself evolved into human primates who explore our origins beyond ourselves, into the stars?
Hey Nick, I have been going back to these "on the fly" videos after getting ahold of the Haugerud & Tabor map, trying to put a "face" to all the "names" on the map you cover, and noticed there is an bunch of Devonian-Permian "Chilliwack Group" sediments right there on French Cabin Mountain, exposed by a tectonic window in the blueschist in the nappe above. With the exception of maybe the Yellow Aster Group (whose protolith is almost certainly older), these Chilliwack rocks seem to be the oldest in WA and I was wondering if you have seen this window at French Cabin Mountain or have experience with those rocks. I think it's the only exposure south of Glacier Peak, and also the farthest east. Super interested to see what these look like "in person". If I had one other request for one of these videos it'd be for a video of the Helena Haystack Melange, which seems to outcrop on Quartz Mountain even. And if I had one other it would be for the Migmatitic Gneiss, up on Baring Mtn. and Merchant Peak NW of Skykomish, which only crops out there. That migmatite has gotta be beautiful. You can even make out the contact between it and the eastern melange belt on Google Earth.
yeah you're back
What a beautiful area Nick. I just love to see and learn more about our beautiful State. BTW Liz looks more like a Daughter then a wife. Take care...Scott
Good one, but as always. Cheers, Mark
Nick ROX!
Nice to run into new area geological spot. Drive thru Easton on the way to chelan.
Ok, wish you could have seen where I got this cool green marblie rock I picked up on a forest service road on the east side on the coast range in the Illinois River gorge . It has a a glistening surface sorta like obsidian. It looks much brighter than your in site example to me but maybe that’s just the camera.. my sample is about 10 miles as a crow flies from Cave Junction. So is my rock the same as yours or sumpun’ else? The road cut was a spectacular green in that very pure light down there.
Since we are on lockdown again in our area, this was a much-needed virtual field trip. Thank you! Does look familiar...did we visit here during an NAGT conference?
We love you too!