TO Research Highlights - for General Audiences
Scientists at the TO focus on geological processes occurring at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates. The timescales of these processes span from a few tens of seconds (the typical duration of an earthquake) to tens of millions of years (the time it takes to build mountains).
These videos and stories describe TO research in everyday terms.
Short Stories
Podcasts
Videos
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Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics (2008) - 2 minutes
With the advent of plate tectonics, it's become apparent that episodes of extreme geologic upheaval -- like earthquakes -- are much more than simply random events. Comments by several scientists, including Joann Stock, Caltech professor of geology and geophysics
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The Pacific-North American Plate Boundary, Mexican Style(1/23/2008) - 47 minutes
by Joann Stock, Caltech professor of geology and geophysics
Watson Lecture on how studies of volcanic and
sedimentary rocks in Mexico and southernmost California help scientists understand the slip history of
the San Andreas fault system farther north in California. She also explains how dramatic changes in the
geology and geography of land and ocean have occurred in the plate-boundary region.
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Continental Deformation: Making the Basin and Range (2007) - 8 minutes
Story covering a team of geologists, including Brian Wernicke, Caltech's Chandler Family Professor of Geology, who are combining fieldwork in the American Southwest with animated computer modeling to understand how the Basin and Range's gological drama has played out over the last 36 million years. To view,
go to American Natural History Museum, Science Bulletins, under "All Stories" click on Earth Features, and then on "Continental Deformation."
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Natural Disasters: What We Know vs. What We Do (10/18/2006) - 59 minutes
by Kerry Sieh, Caltech's Sharp Professor of Geology
Watson Lecture on how catastrophic natural events in Western Sumatra, Iran, and New Orleans provide important illustrations of the disparity between what Earth scientists know about natural hazards and what
has been done to mitigate those hazards' effects.
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All the Faults in the World: The Cutting Edge of Tectonics (5/7/2003) - 47 minutes
by Brian Wernicke, Caltech's Chandler Family Professor of Geology
Watson Lecture on how Caltech uses diverse new technologies
to observe the earth's movements, both now and in the past, and to determine the physical laws that govern these motions.
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- Coming soon - CNN production on "The Earthquake Hunter"
- Coming soon - Discovery Channel Series "Engineering Nature"
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