Geology 101 with Willsey, Episode #1: Intro to Earth

[@shawnwillsey]

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[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

Shawn I'm personally bringing you a Geological coffee special. Well not in person, I'm sending you the best eco friendly grown high altitude Coffee Beans, grown in a study i.doing on Mineral Superfoods. These minerals are great and taste Coffee amazing Which is an esp super good tasting breakthrough in the super good taste of (whom are usually (though unusually) those strongly interested in' the perfect cup of 'Coffee' & human health containing many colloidally.exracted minerals. Eg: gold, silver and others commonly known to be beneficial to humans etc. I'll let you know when they are on their Unique way!

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

You may have to milk a mountain goat, though you may find one on a road side mountain cut! Hopefully not on the road, 😌😏😬🙂☺️

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

I think this altitude is getting to me! I definitely need the oxygen. Now! LoL no I'm fine😬⛰️🙃🧙🎋

[@RWBHere]

Iceland is having another event, Shawn. Wednesday 19th May, starting at 12:46 Iceland time. It's pretty much in the same location as the previous phase of the eruption.

[@shawnwillsey]

@@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight Wow. Thank you!

[@NonnoNao]

Free knowledge is more valuable than gold. Thank you Professor

[@jeffschmucker1640]

Thanks! Sean, I’m 15 minutes into this first episode and am paying forward for my and my wife’s participation in this pending series. You have a gift in how you convey knowledge that we appreciate.

[@shawnwillsey]

Many thanks for your kind support. Look for new episodes soon. Still in Iceland, but will be back by May 31.

[@DaveBartholomew-uf6sm]

I love KZbin. And Shawn Willsey for your willingness to do this. I am 81 and for the last 30 had the opportunity to travel around the US in a Motorhome. I saw so many things I did not understand. Did that rise, was that formed by erosion, how did those layers get up there, why are those layers at that angle? and on and on. I recently discovered your videos and appreciate your effort to teach us. I will thoroughly enjoy the series and look forward to learning more about the tectonic plates. I travel up and down the Owens valley/ Eastern Sierra each year and try to learn more about what is there. Thank You.

[@Joe-Skier]

Ha I used to live in Bishop and I owned the 395 Store

[@nanapat1416]

Shawn, thank you for taking the time to educate us . Your teaching style is amazing. You make it easy to understand and learn.

[@wilburjunior9949]

I was in college in the 1970s, I remember plate techtonics being presented as a new theory rather than established fact so am looking forward to how you cover that now 50 years later. Thanks for the content 👍

[@jennygholson-morris8786]

Same here. It's fascinating to see how much has changed!

[@garyb6219]

Same! First geology class at a community college in 1974. Been hooked ever since.

[@stevendente9270]

This should be a great series. I majored in Geology in the 1970. My work in it has brought me 5o years of an enjoyable and fascinating life. I wish I had a resource like this in High School when my interest in Earth Science formed. Keep up the great work.

[@muzikhed]

Excellent new creation. Looking forward to following this new series.

[@marypulford6213]

WOW. Learned more from this first video ……. Looking forward to the next episode

[@charleswelch249]

I love free classes, especially in geology

[@marymachunis3778]

This will definitely assist in understanding the Iceland updates on how the processes work. Thank you for making this series.

[@stellaandstone2348]

Thanks very much for this series! I grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota and have been interested in geology for as long as I can remember. I took Earth Science in high school, but majored in a different physical science in college. But still love geology as a 76 year old. I remember looking at the world map in grade school and thinking about how South America and Africa looked like they would fit together, and then years later when the concept of plate tectonics was introduced, thinking , Well, duh! That makes lots of sense!" So glad to have this opportunity to learn all the most recent concepts and theory about geology!

[@BeateHerold]

I had always thought that geology is a boring subject. But with you, being such a good teacher, it is not! Thank you so much for this new series, Shawn!

[@janyanasheski8821]

Thanks, Shawn, for the content you are sharing with us. Excellent presentation. Your enthusiasm for your subject is infectious and you always leave us wanting more. Looking forward to following your series.

[@vanessabrackfield5435]

Thank you Shawn, absolutely brilliant

[@Angie-pl3uw]

Fabulous! Who would‘ve thunk this English major might be the slightest bit interested in geology? Thank you, Professor Willsey.

[@BonesFPV]

This was great. Thanks so much for making this stuff available for curious people that will never have the means/ability to attend a uni classroom. I just noticed number two went up so looking forward to that! Cheers man.

[@raenbow66]

I'm always on board for learning! Thanks so much, Shawn!! *13 y.o. grandson watching, too!*

[@TheDanEdwards]

The middle part of a fruit such as an apple is called the _mesocarp_ . Many flowering plant fruit have substantial mesocarps as that attracts the distributors of seeds, though we humans have then selected plants for extra large mesocarps.

[@brendanacord]

This. Just watched this with my young son and he had me pause multiple times to ask some great questions. Thanks Shawn!

[@celiabell9466]

I was also a geology student in the 60's when plate tectonics was very new and not believed by everyone. I toyed with the idea of studying geology but was afraid I wouldn't understand the math. I've always enjoyed the bits and pieces I've learned over the years. Thank you so much for your willingness to pass your knowledge on to us. I still enjoy learning at age 92.

[@maryt2887]

Couldn’t find a similar class locally, so I am very excited and grateful that you are presenting this knowledge online. My “qualifications” for this journey: Retired English teacher, psychology major in college (experimental or “rat” psychology back in the 1960s), quilter, knitter, crocheter, seamstress, grandmother, lifelong learner, lover of elephants and eagles, avid reader and KZbin fan… The world has certainly changed in my lifetime, and generosity like yours is not easy to find. Thank you, professor!

[@michaelmckeag960]

I’m so glad you have decided to offer your introductory geology lectures as a KZbin series. Despite a lifetime interest in geology the very first lecture delivered several “oh now I get it” moments. Regarding plate tectonics, I recall as a high school senior in December 1964 attending sessions of the American Geophysical Union conference at the University of Washington, in the same lecture hall I would subsequently occupy for countless hours as a physics undergraduate. Plate tectonics was on the cusp of finally gaining wide acceptance. The landscapes of the moon were being mapped in detail in preparation the Apollo missions less than 5 years later. I recall a series of images shown of ever increasing detail transmitted by a probe before it crashed into the lunar surface (no soft landings yet). Looking forward to the continuing series of lectures and the opportunity to fill in many gaps.

[@runninonempty820]

Thank you so much for doing this series Shawn. I look forward to learning so much more about the planet that we live on.

[@anneschantl8929]

Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge. My bothers x2 are both Geologists are feeling threatened especially the Vulcanology you have shared because it’s not their specialty and I’ve picked up a surprising amount. Cheers from South 🇦🇺.

[@EricRush]

Geology was one of two classes I made A in during high school in the 1950s. I am going to enjoy this series. When looking at a globe as a child, it was obvious to my unformed mind that Africa and South America were once united. I was astounded to learn years later that plate tectonics was an idea in infancy.

[@barbaracarlisle8930]

Thank you! No geology background but a liberal arts education (Whitman College, 1960) encouraged lifelong learning! Never too old, and, having spent a lifetime on the west coast aware of earthquakes, excited to learn more!

[@MarthaJamsa]

Tusen takk from a loyal Minnesota viewer! Super excited about your course!

[@vhhawk]

15:00 asthenosphere .. I did not expect to learn something new in the intro. Wow.

[@JanetClancey]

That was fantastic a great refresh of knowledge.. thank you Shawn I learned about plate tectonics as a girl in the sixties it was new then but triggered a great love of geology and at 66 I can concentrate on it. Thank you again

[@nataliew8061]

What a fantastic new series thank you for doing this 😊

[@michaelwilson8856]

I'm gonna save this for when my kids get older. Thanks for taking your time to teach and expand our minds.

[@bladej7688]

Dang, I took geology 101 about 12 years ago. Nice to have a refresher. Still have the college book!

[@johncooper4637]

I have mine, but it is considerably older, second printing in 1965.

[@rosemaryhenderson494]

This is great! Really looking forward to the entire course, and hopefully to Historical Geology in time. Your other videos on rock and mineral identification will be a good substitute for the labs. Thank you so much for doing these.

[@MarkRenn]

Thank you so much for this series. I look forward to the future episodes. Until now, I've gotten most of my information from people like Nick Zentner, Myron Cook, and you. But everything has been focused on history; how the PNW formed, how the continents have moved over time, etc. But I'm looking forward to more basic education, like what different types of rocks there are and how they form and metamorphose.

[@loopbraider]

Have you seen Shawn's series of videos on rocks and minerals? They are really good, sounds like what you are looking for. If you click on his name under the video it'll take you to his channel. Click on "Playlists" in the menu header and look for the series on Minerals and the series on Rocks (watch Minerals first, then Rocks I guess, since rocks are made out of minerals!)

[@lornaperryman489]

it's been over 50 years since I've seriously studied anything but this course surely looks like a winner to me. Thank you so much for everything you do.

[@susannehein4866]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Looking Forward to the next episodes. Greetings from Germany

[@jackienaturelover9761]

Thank you Shawn for the geology 101 class. It has been years and I do mean years since I have listened to any of this. I really enjoyed it and you explain things so well that I can’t believe how much I have forgotten. Looking forward to the next class. Again thank you and appreciate very much what you are doing for us.

[@Porrohman19]

Really looking forward to this series - thank you. Last did geology at school 40 years ago, so will be great to refresh my knowledge, see how things have changed/advanced and learn new things.

[@susansmart8086]

Got hooked on geology during the pandemic. It was the only major field of science that I didn’t explore in college-too many field trips that would have required me to miss work. I think that your and other’s videos are are great place to start as it’s much easier to update ideas than with published texts.

[@buzzkeeto60]

I have been watching your videos for a long time and my appreciation and admiration doesn't cease to grow. Thank you very much for what you are doing.

[@OneCatShortOfCrazy]

The historical geology sounds amazingly fun and interesting. I look forward to that sometime in the future if you have time 🤩 For the here and now, this is amazing for someone like me who knows little to nothing about this but find it so interesting!!, thank you !!

[@ajhokie130]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! I'm very excited to follow your Geology 101 course, and I hope you'll have others in the future. I'm loving learning geology with you. It's great learning technical topics without all the jargon. I'm an engineer, so I can follow most of it, but it gets tiring and boring to listen to, even for me. This plain talking style you're using is great and easy to follow and understand - as well as entertaining. Thanks much!

[@KnucklebarkRanch]

I’ve been missing a lot of live streams and videos because spring has come and I’ve been busy on the ranch but when I get a chance I’ll watch and study . Thanks Shawn

[@alecstevens8467]

Im starting my teaching career as a middle school science teacher but i plan on teaching Geology 100 level classes in community college. Im taking notes. :D

[@shawnwillsey]

Awesome. Thank you for your commitment to education of young minds

[@novi9048]

Thanks, that went by faster than i anticipated. Very interesting and well put together🙂

[@alexcoone3368]

Great Shawn. I find this very interesting and very easy to follow. Thank you.

[@Quiv1s]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@stephanieparker1250]

Oh hey, what a cool idea for a new series! And no tuition + book fees! 😊❤

[@briane173]

Yep -- between Nick and Shawn I've learned SO much about geology generally, and the area they and I live in specifically, I genuinely feel like I've received a college-level education in a field in which 15 or so years ago I only had a rudimentary interest. Meteorology had always been my main interest, but _geology,_ and what it means on a human level for those of us living in the NA Cordillera, is critical to know and understand. Only thing missing might be on-site field visits and labs, but they, that's what students pay tuition for; so it's all good. I'm glad Shawn is doing this. Between his series on minerology and geologic chemistry, and _this_ series, we're all gonna get a very well-rounded education; and it will forever be there now as a quick reference to put concepts together and refresh our memories.

[@DeeFay-fl1hs]

And no exams!!

[@briane173]

@@DeeFay-fl1hs Woot woot! (I hope Shawn never makes us take an exam 😬)

[@shawnwillsey]

@@DeeFay-fl1hs Well, maybe

[@Barley150]

Exactly what I've been looking for. Keep them coming!

[@suehayes2001]

Thank you for this refresher on Geology 101. It's been a while since my days at college! Never to old to learn or refresh the memories.

[@KnucklebarkRanch]

Yes we see these things happen when a slides can travel across valleys and take out structures you’d think were safe it’s pretty amazing

[@sandythompson8331]

Thanks for the lesson. I look forward to seeing and learning more. Love watching you and Professor Cook.Yehaww!❤

[@sandrine.t]

Back to the basics of geology with @shawnwillsey awesome!! 👍 Thank you SO much for doing this!! I took a geology course a few decades ago so I know this long-awaited new series of yours is gonna be very helpful 😅 Looking forward to the next lesson on plate tectonics! 🤗

[@RayMcB]

Excellent presentation!

[@MarthaJamsa]

I’m excited about this course!! Episode 1 was great. I dropped everything I was doing in order to watch and absorb the terminology and concepts. A deeply felt appreciation to you, Sean, for offering this. From yet another regular and loyal viewer from Minnesota, tusen takk! (A thousand thanks) I sent the $4.99 token to you in appreciation.

[@johncooper4637]

Well, I get to contrast your Geology 101 with Nick Zentner's and the course I took in junior college in the late 1960s. I have enjoyed many of you videos including the roadside geology series. I really need to take a geology lab, though. I live in Houston which sits on 20,000 feet of mud and have to travel many miles to get to see rocks.

[@mungbean60]

This is great, thanks for doing this! I also hope you find the time for a historical geology series.

[@AnnaVolc]

Thank you so much! I've been waiting for your yt-classes since you first announced it. Saves me the trouble moving from Germany to the US 😉

[@shawnwillsey]

Many thanks for your kind support.

[@richardfritz8797]

Thank You! Love this and Geology. Been reading a lot but wanting to know more and your videos always gave me more to learn. Love being able to learn from you an actual professor. I will of course support your site when I can too. $ I am 72 and still learning more every day. Thank You Shawn! Peace.

[@maruillescas6608]

The Yucatan peninsula was one of the latest Earth crust emerging (it's New land in geological time as you say) I live here, and I love learning from you. Thank you

[@rosiealaniz3205]

Just finished my intro to Geology and planned to take Physical Geology in the fall! I’ve been watching your videos and contributed a little bit. Thank you professor!! And my next one is Historical Geology! What a wonderful gift! Thanks again!

[@rosiealaniz3205]

But I have to finish watching the Chad Daybell trial !!

[@Danii_j]

Thanks Shawn! Really interesting and I’m looking forward to learning much more about geology 😊

[@RedisFun2]

This is great! Can't wait for the next lecture /video!

[@peterhagen7258]

Great stuff Shawn. 3 constructive comments; - Use a larger mouse pointer, maybe a hand shape. - Move the mouse slower when pointing out features. It takes a moment or 3 to find it maybe just a small wiggle before dragging it along a feature. - Also, try using mouse-trails.

[@seanmccaul3034]

Thanks! I can tell I am going to really enjoy this new series!

[@madmaddie4956]

Another series, I love it!! Can hardly wait for plate tectonics! And I have rewatched your mineral series and many of your roadside geology AGAIN and AGAIN-and I learn something new each time. Love them all. Thank you

[@sheilagraham8543]

Enjoyed your Geology 101 introductory lecture Shawn and looking forward to the series. Thank you.

[@StevenHess]

Thanks for taking the time to prepare this.

[@NikNaksinnature]

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge the way you do! I have learned so much from your videos! It’s helped me so much when rockhounding! You ROCK! Much appreciation from western NC

[@petrakostyszyn389]

That sounds really interesting and I am looking forward to the next episode. Would have never thought to take a geology lesson with 64 years ;-)

[@rebbysharp2778]

Wonderful refresher lecture, i appeeciate your clarity, look forward to them all.

[@EugeniaGuzmanCervantes]

You are a fantastic teacher. Lots of knowledgable and work to structure this excellent course

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Absolutely awesome! I am so looking forward to this series. Thank you very much.

[@robmez]

Thanks for thinking of others again , what a wonderful idea to help build knowledge, and what an additive subject it is , brilliant

[@NaomiClareNL]

Thank you for this first video of the series, very interesting.

[@kevindorland738]

Thank you Professor.

[@PEACErocksandgarden]

Dude you ROCK, ahaaahha....seriously though THANK YOU I really enjoy how you present stuff and this us a super bonus!!

[@estherday13]

Thank you Sean. You make learning easy to understand. Need to go back and make notes. I’ve enjoyed every minute of this episode. Uk Dorset

[@gailgreen5012]

Super excited. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!❤

[@cattislsl]

Thank You soo much!! You have such good lessons and way to explain geologi!! I wish I would have had such a teacher in school, but I did not.. So Thank You again!! I’ll be waiting for lesson 2! In the meanwile I will look at all your other interesting videos!! (And also try to find out how to tribute to the videos.. 😅)

[@tonyagarcia1928]

Looking forward to the classes 😊 thanks. Sugar Land Texas

[@Suzieq5446]

Thoroughly enjoyed, looking forward to more. Thank you!

[@thomasdirk8024]

Excellent! Thank you, Sean!😃 Greetings from Germany

[@Riverguide33]

Great series, Shawn! It would be worth explaining that inner layers of the Earth are not circular….that they are quite irregular. 👍

[@ericg1234567]

Thanks, Shawn, for always sharing your knowledge. It's an incredible thing to be able to do, and I hope it's rewarding for you. The contents is always appreciated!

[@williamp2359]

Thank you very much for doing this. I have zero experience with geology, since maybe the 6th or 8th grade.

[@markjennings7258]

Brilliant Shawn

[@wtglb]

Good stuff! This is going to be an excellent series 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@gail9982]

Nice job. You’re a great lecturer and I’ve heard many in my 7 decades. You have the gift of great knowledge and presentation delivery. Thank you.

[@Mantolwen]

Thank you Shawn that was really fascinating! Now I can understand what rock people are talking about when they call Aberdeen "the granite city". I guess that means it's quite old rock up there!

[@kateclover874]

What a great intro to your Geo 101 series. You are so kind to put this series out for general education. I like that you will include a "buying property" segment/ lecture. I have seen many bad house sites.

[@goldfieldgary]

Just finished your first lecture, thank you for posting this valuable educational opportunity! I took one class (Geology of Arizona) years ago at a community college and have had an interest in many branches of natural history since my early years. I enjoy pondering rocks and their origins!

[@shelleyszulinszky9732]

This is a treat for sure. Thank you for the instruction. Im all in. ❤✌️👍

[@orionstarlift1587]

Thank you, Professor Willsey! I have taken several Geology course but they were quite some time ago, so this is a great refresher for me. Love Geology. And I hope everyone else enjoys these lessons as much as I am. I was also wondering, when we get to "erosion" what you think of all the landslides and coastal erosions that are currently occurring around the globe? Best, Lynn

[@LisaBelleBC]

YAY! A new series! Couldn’t be happier! Thanks!

[@jennygholson-morris8786]

Would love recommendations for supplemental reading!

[@shawnwillsey]

Any basic textbook on Physical Geology should suffice. Or try this online book: opengeology.org/textbook/

[@sparkleflair]

I can't wait for this refresher course and to learn new data! Thank you!

[@susanreese5881]

Thank you so much for this series, I became interested in Geology when I became a docent at the California Oil Museum, I discovered Nick Zentner during COVID, watching his porch lectures. Became very interested and found several different you tube channels to watch . Everyone teaches differently, and that helps me understand the concepts.

[@trevoredwards4317]

Thanks for doing this Shawn. I've always been interested in geology and your videos allow me to revisit a subject I last studied 45 years ago.