Another great one. Dr. Cowan, the book Mr. Zentner has that you coauthored is currently guiding me all over my new home state, thank you so much for your work on it, and geology!
Prof Cowan, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experiences. Great! Prof Nick your travels are appreciated as you continue your exploration in learning too!
*AWESOME:* I admire his honesty about the trap that all scientists may fall victim to, that is, coming up with a theory and then constraining your data search to support it. The Pacific Northwest has complicated geology. It is more than "Phd" difficult. Yet, the progress made in the second half of the 20th century through the present is amazing. Thanks, Nick.
After watching your programs this spring and summer, I actually think I understand quite a bit of it! Thanks so much for such interesting guests as Myrl Beck and Darrel Cowan, both so soft spoken, and wonderful to listen to.
Great interview Nick. Thank you Darrell for your time. I find it so fascinating how all this came about and what still needs to be done to keep the theory going. Lots of great information from the source!
Thank you, Nick for all your work. You have made me realize that I have not been keeping up with PNW geology as I should have been since graduating from UW in the late 70's. And yes, I took structural geology (Geoolgy 310?) from Darrel. Some of the people he mentioned were grad students when I was in Johnson Hall.
LOVING THESE INTERVIEWS AND WISH I HAD GONE INTO GEOLOGY. KEEP UP THE REAT WORK NICK, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE "NICK ABOVE THE ROCKS" WITH YOU AND MARIA.
Nick I feel that owe you a lot of tuition money for all that I have learned from you and Myrl and Darrell interviews.i kinda hope CWU doesn't re open for another year lol
Thank you as always, Nick, for this wonderful variety of episodes about geology in the Pacific Northwest. You are a great interviewer-knowledgeably asking great questions and letting the other professor fully explain his point. And thank you Darrell for all your time and ground breaking work over the decades. Both you & Nick also share a marvelous ability to not only remember names but give credit to other people for their work as well. Kudos to you both and continued good health.
Link to the "geologic tests of hypotheses..." paper that Nick and Darrel were discussing, for those who like to read minerva.union.edu/garverj/garver/pubs/Cowan_etal_1997.pdf
I really enjoy these occasional "academic biographies." It's great to meet the people behind the research and to hear their account of the history of the field.
Another EXCELLENT interview!! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe there isn't enough information to do it yet, but I sure would love to see a good animation of the Baja BC movement idea. Thank you so much Darrel and Nick!!
We haven't been able to catch these premiers live, but we sure do appreciate the variety of interesting places and geologic concepts you've been sharing in your "on the fly" episodes. Thanks to you, Nick, and professor Cowan for the fantastic interview! Always enjoy hearing the biographical side of a geologic story. Can't wait to catch your next episode (with Bijou!!).
Wonderful. Great watching someone think and communicate the idea of thought, science and research. Stuff like this is why people are drifting away from television. Modern tv just doesn't make time for these things. Thanks for the upload.
POSSIBLE TO DO A EPISODE ON GALES CREEK AND PORTLAND HILLS FAULT? JUST WATCHED THE STRAIT CREEK FAULT EPISODE, AND HAS ME DIGGING FOR SIMILAR LOCAL TOPICS.
Thanks Nick! I just purchased that book. Its nice to put an face to the author. I am curious to see where your pursuit leaves you now. I find it crazy that a border has such an impact on the body of knowledge and the way it is pursued. Or perhaps I am hearing this wrong. I know that a group of researchers from Simon Fraser are working on the Baja BC theory. I believe that their preliminary research is refuting the idea although they would like to be the ones to prove it if possible.
Very interesting stuff I've been waiting for a few month now on my nightshifts. Is there a road side book about Oregon. I live in the Willamette valley just east of Lebanon Oregon and I'm trying to figure out some of the different rocks on my property. I've been told some of it is from Crater lake area. Anyway I'm also curious about how far and deep the great ice age floods in my little area. Keep up the great work.👍
Geology question re: Paleomagnetism & Baja BC: I'll operate under the basis that the paleomagnetic data is now basically agreed as irrefutable. My question is: is the paleomagnetic data reasonably consistent throughout the stratigraphic profile? ("vertical slice") I understand there are unusual situations where Superposition not always applies, and at a certain depth the magnetic record in rocks is probably too hot to be reliable. But overall, do the layers underneath agree with what's on top? Do they tell an even more nuanced story? Thanksthanks!
@@erfquake1 Paleomagnetic data cannot give longitude. Zircons could in principle, but they only reveal the source of the zircons, which might be located paleogeographically. As for a vertical profile: groups have tried in the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group in BC. If it moved during deposition 80-60 million years ago, then the inclinations would be shallower in the oldest strata and progressively steepen up section. So fr: data are difficult to interpret. --Darrel
It's not that outrageous to think that landmass can slide or slip along a fault in the subduction zone. Finding credible evidence to pile up is a game of patience, of course. We can see, everyday, that Alaska right down to Chile are intimatedly connected, trransfer energy-wise. After Alaska has a quake, Chile gets one of similar energy and size soon after, as a rule. Here's the 3 last reported quakes: M 2.9 - OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE - 2020-08-26 TIME 04:43:51 UTC, 29.83 S ; 71.56 W, Depth 24 km. M 3.2 - CENTRAL ALASKA - 2020-08-26 TIME 04:05:15 UTC, 64.56 N ; 148.19 W, Depth 10 km. M 2.6 - ATACAMA, CHILE - 2020-08-26 TIME 02:47:20 UTC, 26.15 S ; 69.46 W, Depth 28 km. M 2.5 - NORTHERN ALASKA - 2020-08-26TIME 02:36:07 UTC, 65.56 N ; 147.48 W, Depth 13 km. M 2.9 - ATACAMA, CHILE - 2020-08-25 TIME 23:53:03 UTC, 26.16 S ; 69.46 W, Depth 15 km. M 3.4 - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA - 2020-08-25 TIME 23:41:08 UTC, 60.31 N ; 150.92 W, Depth 68 km.
No. Just no. The only noticeable effect which travels that far is a tsunami. There is absolutely no fault stress connection between Alaska and Chile. Fault stress connections and interactions which do occur are right next to each other or very proximate to each other, not thousands of miles apart.
@John Lord. I have spent quite a bit of time searching the internet and learned that the center of plate tectonics, according to TX geologists is around far West Texas. The Baja to BC is a real thing, but it happened about 20 Ma or 44 Ma or 85 Ma depending who the audience appears to be. Maybe it happened all three of those times, give or take twenty million years. Now that I read all that stuff, I can't find any of the studies on the GOOGLE anymore. I continue to follow Nick. At least if he doesn't know, he tells you that too. I agree with the continued mixing at the equator idea.
Came upon a 2018 book chapter by Bernard Housen on rotation history of the Blue Mountains pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/2118/chapter/115916704/Paleomagnetism-and-rotation-history-of-the-Blue where Cowan's 1997 paper is alluded to en route (page 229).
Nick, found J Harkin Bretz did 24 mapped surveys in 1939 in Illinois, gosh he must have been bored!!! LoL Everything here covered with hundreds of feet of glacial soil, great for farming, lousy for rock hunting! Love the nightly Fly's, beats politics, at least I hear the truth and learn something.
I don't understand the controversy, the Western side of Sanandraes falt slides North today. Does that not lend credence to the theory. I understand different falt but same movement.
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Another great one. Dr. Cowan, the book Mr. Zentner has that you coauthored is currently guiding me all over my new home state, thank you so much for your work on it, and geology!
This was a great interview. Thanks for cataloguing this for us!
He is such an interesting guy. Enjoyed watching this.
Nick , you got to love him!
Prof Cowan, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experiences. Great! Prof Nick your travels are appreciated as you continue your exploration in learning too!
*AWESOME:* I admire his honesty about the trap that all scientists may fall victim to, that is, coming up with a theory and then constraining your data search to support it.
The Pacific Northwest has complicated geology. It is more than "Phd" difficult. Yet, the progress made in the second half of the 20th century through the present is amazing.
Thanks, Nick.
After watching your programs this spring and summer, I actually think I understand quite a bit of it! Thanks so much for such interesting guests as Myrl Beck and Darrel Cowan, both so soft spoken, and wonderful to listen to.
Thank you --great interview!
Really love these interviews you do with geology professors. A whole another level of excellence.
Good Morning to our friend Kathy Williams-Davries in the Land Down Under. And Good Evening to Patrick & his mother.
Great interview Nick. Thank you Darrell for your time. I find it so fascinating how all this came about and what still needs to be done to keep the theory going. Lots of great information from the source!
Thank you, Nick for all your work. You have made me realize that I have not been keeping up with PNW geology as I should have been since graduating from UW in the late 70's. And yes, I took structural geology (Geoolgy 310?) from Darrel. Some of the people he mentioned were grad students when I was in Johnson Hall.
WOW! What a interview, what a big brain Prof Cowen has! Loved the interview, please have him on again!
Thank you!
LOVING THESE INTERVIEWS AND WISH I HAD GONE INTO GEOLOGY. KEEP UP THE REAT WORK NICK, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE "NICK ABOVE THE ROCKS" WITH YOU AND MARIA.
Thanks for the interviews with the Rock stars of Geology
Very good, please continue like this. Hallo from Germany.
I'm sure its going to take a few run throughs to gain all there is to be got from this encounter, Awesome! Thanks to you Both!
What a valuable interview. Thank you.
Excellent...thank you.
Nick I feel that owe you a lot of tuition money for all that I have learned from you and Myrl and Darrell interviews.i kinda hope CWU doesn't re open for another year lol
Another great video - as usual.
Thank you as always, Nick, for this wonderful variety of episodes about geology in the Pacific Northwest. You are a great interviewer-knowledgeably asking great questions and letting the other professor fully explain his point. And thank you Darrell for all your time and ground breaking work over the decades. Both you & Nick also share a marvelous ability to not only remember names but give credit to other people for their work as well. Kudos to you both and continued good health.
Your comment is especially appreciated, Phil. Thank you.
Oh man this is cool to have real Rock stars tellin it how it is .
This is great stuff
Link to the "geologic tests of hypotheses..." paper that Nick and Darrel were discussing, for those who like to read minerva.union.edu/garverj/garver/pubs/Cowan_etal_1997.pdf
Really appreciate you finding a link to Darrel's paper!
@@Ellensburg44 Happy to help, Nick!
Thank you Nick & Professor Cowan for a wonderful interview on such a fascinating theory!
I really enjoy these occasional "academic biographies." It's great to meet the people behind the research and to hear their account of the history of the field.
Feed them - add a few beers...it's funner than dancing with bears
Another EXCELLENT interview!! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe there isn't enough information to do it yet, but I sure would love to see a good animation of the Baja BC movement idea. Thank you so much Darrel and Nick!!
Another great effort, Nick. 👍🏼
We haven't been able to catch these premiers live, but we sure do appreciate the variety of interesting places and geologic concepts you've been sharing in your "on the fly" episodes. Thanks to you, Nick, and professor Cowan for the fantastic interview! Always enjoy hearing the biographical side of a geologic story. Can't wait to catch your next episode (with Bijou!!).
Wonderful. Great watching someone think and communicate the idea of thought, science and research.
Stuff like this is why people are drifting away from television. Modern tv just doesn't make time for these things. Thanks for the upload.
Great interview and great discussion.
Thanks Nick
John
We love the Roadside Geology book and the commentary! Thanks Darrel.
I will never forget it thanks to Nick and The Thunderbolts Project.
Ba ha B C is an active magnetotectonic slip fault.
Excellent interview.
Another exceptional interview!
Thank you for this interview.
Great interview, rich in knowledge and carrying excitement for new research to write the next chapter of Baja BC!
I’ve learned so much from this interview but he’s ramped up my interest in Baja BC. Thanks, Nick.
I like these interviews. I learn more about certain subjects that way. I am thankful for your efforts.
POSSIBLE TO DO A EPISODE ON GALES CREEK AND PORTLAND HILLS FAULT? JUST WATCHED THE STRAIT CREEK FAULT EPISODE, AND HAS ME DIGGING FOR SIMILAR LOCAL TOPICS.
Thanks Nick! I just purchased that book. Its nice to put an face to the author. I am curious to see where your pursuit leaves you now. I find it crazy that a border has such an impact on the body of knowledge and the way it is pursued. Or perhaps I am hearing this wrong. I know that a group of researchers from Simon Fraser are working on the Baja BC theory. I believe that their preliminary research is refuting the idea although they would like to be the ones to prove it if possible.
Very good job, Nick.
Enjoyed Darrel's recollections, too.
Amazing clarity. Sounds like his mind is still in the 30-40 year old "age group".
Don't forget THUMBS UP for Nick!!!
Would like his book on the kindle, already have the paperback.
I respect the doctor’s philosophy. Brings me back to my Carl Sagan philosophy courses. His complete objectivity adds credibility to his findings.
Very interesting stuff I've been waiting for a few month now on my nightshifts. Is there a road side book about Oregon. I live in the Willamette valley just east of Lebanon Oregon and I'm trying to figure out some of the different rocks on my property. I've been told some of it is from Crater lake area. Anyway I'm also curious about how far and deep the great ice age floods in my little area. Keep up the great work.👍
Sorry watching not waiting.
Yes: Marli Miller wrote "Roadside Geology of Oregon," 2nd edition, also by Mountain Press.
That did only just happen in nineteen and seventy three !
Despite palaeo-mag Jim Monger was awesome. Great interview
What a great visual - Mt Stuart as a gigantic whale moving right past California, perhaps in a pod of whales, on the way to BC!
Geology question re: Paleomagnetism & Baja BC: I'll operate under the basis that the paleomagnetic data is now basically agreed as irrefutable. My question is: is the paleomagnetic data reasonably consistent throughout the stratigraphic profile? ("vertical slice") I understand there are unusual situations where Superposition not always applies, and at a certain depth the magnetic record in rocks is probably too hot to be reliable. But overall, do the layers underneath agree with what's on top? Do they tell an even more nuanced story? Thanksthanks!
I guess a follow-up Q: is there any method, paleomagnetic, radiometric, zircon-torture, to derive longitude from a rock sample?
@@erfquake1 Paleomagnetic data cannot give longitude. Zircons could in principle, but they only reveal the source of the zircons, which might be located paleogeographically. As for a vertical profile: groups have tried in the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group in BC. If it moved during deposition 80-60 million years ago, then the inclinations would be shallower in the oldest strata and progressively steepen up section. So fr: data are difficult to interpret. --Darrel
What effect does the earth's spin have in plate techtonics?
It's not that outrageous to think that landmass can slide or slip along a fault in the subduction zone. Finding credible evidence to pile up is a game of patience, of course.
We can see, everyday, that Alaska right down to Chile are intimatedly connected, trransfer energy-wise. After Alaska has a quake, Chile gets one of similar energy and size soon after, as a rule. Here's the 3 last reported quakes:
M 2.9 - OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE - 2020-08-26 TIME 04:43:51 UTC, 29.83 S ; 71.56 W, Depth 24 km.
M 3.2 - CENTRAL ALASKA - 2020-08-26 TIME 04:05:15 UTC, 64.56 N ; 148.19 W, Depth 10 km.
M 2.6 - ATACAMA, CHILE - 2020-08-26 TIME 02:47:20 UTC, 26.15 S ; 69.46 W, Depth 28 km.
M 2.5 - NORTHERN ALASKA - 2020-08-26TIME 02:36:07 UTC, 65.56 N ; 147.48 W, Depth 13 km.
M 2.9 - ATACAMA, CHILE - 2020-08-25 TIME 23:53:03 UTC, 26.16 S ; 69.46 W, Depth 15 km.
M 3.4 - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA - 2020-08-25 TIME 23:41:08 UTC, 60.31 N ; 150.92 W, Depth 68 km.
No. Just no. The only noticeable effect which travels that far is a tsunami. There is absolutely no fault stress connection between Alaska and Chile. Fault stress connections and interactions which do occur are right next to each other or very proximate to each other, not thousands of miles apart.
@John Lord. I have spent quite a bit of time searching the internet and learned that the center of plate tectonics, according to TX geologists is around far West Texas. The Baja to BC is a real thing, but it happened about 20 Ma or 44 Ma or 85 Ma depending who the audience appears to be. Maybe it happened all three of those times, give or take twenty million years. Now that I read all that stuff, I can't find any of the studies on the GOOGLE anymore. I continue to follow Nick. At least if he doesn't know, he tells you that too. I agree with the continued mixing at the equator idea.
Came upon a 2018 book chapter by Bernard Housen on rotation history of the Blue Mountains pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/2118/chapter/115916704/Paleomagnetism-and-rotation-history-of-the-Blue where Cowan's 1997 paper is alluded to en route (page 229).
Nick, found J Harkin Bretz did 24 mapped surveys in 1939 in Illinois, gosh he must have been bored!!! LoL
Everything here covered with hundreds of feet of glacial soil, great for farming, lousy for rock hunting!
Love the nightly Fly's, beats politics, at least I hear the truth and learn something.
@@Oceanbleed Look up "Geology of Illinois" by Dennis Kolata and Cheryl Nimz
I don't understand the controversy, the Western side of Sanandraes falt slides North today. Does that not lend credence to the theory.
I understand different falt but same movement.
Maybe it's Eastern side I don't remember
Is the opposite motion detected in the Southern hemisphere.
U-Dub
Sound too low..esp..Nick.