Where Terranes Collide: The Geology of Western Canada

[@DavidAnuszewski]

Ahhhhhh!😊 The nostalgia of watching old VHS videos. I love watching ancient Weather Channel from the late 80's into early 90's. The music, technology, and hairstyles of that time just takes me back to those days full of wonderful memories.

[@carygrant8796]

Jennifer and Mark

[@joel.villarreal252]

2

[@reverseuniverse2559]

Same

[@voiciray]

Same lol.

[@Kaz.Klay.]

Classic! A n E and the history Channel were legit educational and thought provoking through the 90s (88 baby) it's sad theyve turned into mindless bs (as these stations are today) everything is so shallow today 😢

[@charlessmith3758]

Narrator walks in on mountain scene, explains some geology, walks through. What an old Canadian geology film gem.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Almost suspected the Who’s Who theme at any minute. Informative as expected, iconic Canadian content! Grew up with this stuff! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@charlessmith3758]

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan for a more complete story on the loon, why not contact the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa?

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

@@charlessmith3758 I’m more than familiar with Loons, but thanks for the reference.

[@dogbirdgun]

The time that has passed since this documentary was made to the present, is virtually instantaneous in geologic time.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Even less than that 😉😂 Edit: which I realize doesn't really make sense, I just meant it is as if no time has passed at all.

[@westypoprocks772]

Geology is such an underappreciated science.

[@PaulThomsen1E]

I've learned a lot about geology over the last few years but never heard a key point that you make: the story of rocks is very different from the story of mountains (though the mountains are made up of the rocks). They're very different phenomena and events at very different times. That clarifies why geology can explain a lot more than might be immediately apparent. The mountains are important, and the rocks are important, but the rock composition of the mountains is important in itself!

[@tomc8617]

Anyone know if the narrator for this documentary (Chris Yorath) did a geology series? He's a very good narrator. AND an actual geologist, unlike nearly all other such narrators. In other words, he's not just reading a script, pretending he knows what he's talking about. He does know what he's talking about.

[@GoatBoy_45-70]

IDK but he has written several books on the subject and his one about Van Isl (avil Amazon) is what brought me to this U-Tube video today

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

I’ve been looking for more and had no luck. Nick Zentner is a big fan and has referred to his videos and books on several occasions when referencing the making of the Rockies, Baja BC or exotic terranes

[@wyldebill4178]

I love these old documentaries made for straight to VHS. It’s funny watching him randomly walking around. Would be funny to see him go into a liquor store for a bottle or into an adult bookstore for some magazines.

[@juliepatchouli3944]

Looks like this video was made in 1993, 30 years ago. I was 25 and living here in Alberta, wondering what I was doing when they were filming this video. Such sweet days! I loved the video, learned so much more about this amazing world.

[@southoripper]

VHS is still pimpin' hard! What a great video, they sure don't make em' like they used to.

[@opiestanborough4774]

nothing better than back in the day the teacher would bust out the ole reel to reel and turn off the lights.... i remember them wheeling in the first tv and vcr.... i thought it sucked cause i think it was a 20" tv..... they tore down my old public school awhile ago.... i knew one the guys that worked for the company the did it.... course it was full of the asbestos, no biggy, i suspect from that an many other things either 5g or or some offended transgender will help me go to be with my relatives lol

[@DavidAnuszewski]

The nostalgic feelings is bliss.

[@beckybrockman8658]

@@opiestanborough4774 you put

[@DavidTa2]

Pimpin hard like his Canadian tuxedo 😄

[@BenTrem42]

*_"Seventeen hundred million years ago"_* ... gob-smacking! thanks for this ... flew from Edmonton to Vancouver when 7 years old and was //fascinated// by the "books lying on their spines, somewhat open" look of things 🙂

[@serenapeters1740]

Thanks for uploading this video, I've been searching for a video about Canadian geology for a while now, so Thank you.

[@barryrenouf3450]

Much of it is false

[@investigativeresearchcounc8388]

Excellent and informative show! Thanks for the great explanation of what happened and continues to happen.

[@deborahferguson1163]

Wonderful video! It’s so nice to learn about the geologic history via utube. Thanks !!

[@melodiefrances3898]

One of the best things about social media imho. Wonderful free education.

[@MrJx4000]

Great video, have lived in the Van lower mainland and always marveled at the geology.

[@billyboyles]

This is the best thing I've seen on the internet this year

[@peteaplin8324]

Great film.... dovetails quite nicely with others I watch here showcasing the “modern” geological theories” Nick Zentner, GeoCosmicX, etc. Very eye-opening and thought provoking! Thanks!

[@fallinginthed33p]

Hints of Baja-BC with parts of the intermontane superterrane originating much further south in tropical latitudes.

[@Dechieftian]

excellent! Very enjoyed this very detailed formation of the Rockies .. Thanks

[@leejenkin3492]

Even though it's from 1992, this video is very informative. I view a lot of geology videos on KZbin but this is the 1st concerning North America north of Washington. I never knew this area of Canada was south of the equator. So many videos deal with the N.A from Yellowstone to Grand Canyon & eastward to the Atlantic. I agree with many others that it's great.

[@swirvinbirds1971]

You should watch the Central Washington University Geology KZbin channel. Nick discusses the origin of much of the coastal Pacific Northwest as coming from South of Mexico. He discusses the hodgepodge of terrains that make up the Northwest. Nick has many fascinating geology videos. Huge Floods is another of his excellent video series.

[@mikelouis9389]

@@swirvinbirds1971 I totally concur! Mr Zenter should be declared a state treasure in Washington state!

[@swirvinbirds1971]

@@mikelouis9389 He really should be. He makes me regret that I didn't choose a Geology degree. I would have loved to attend this man's classes. CWU is blessed to Nick teaching for them.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

Anyone else see the face in "The Big Rock" erratic shown at 20:59? Maybe that's just my pareidolia acting up again :)

[@solobushman]

agree. it was very easy to see .

[@westypoprocks772]

Yup. I was surprised he didn't mention it.

[@nz1229]

Yeah, hard not to notice.

[@SP_3333]

Saw it.

[@wilhobbs207]

Back when they didnt dumb down science shows too much.. Nice.

[@debbie541]

the Canadian educational system needs to be raised to a higher level --- are we now being dimmed down like those of the USA

[@opiestanborough4774]

@@debbie541 duuuuuuu, what, new i phone please or you have ofended me....

[@opiestanborough4774]

really! this is about as dumb as yer gonna get.... next yer gonna tell us we been on the moon?

[@ivanivonovich9863]

@@opiestanborough4774 Either that is sarcastic... Or you came out of a "home school" environment... Of course, the Canucks haven't been to the Moon. But the Americans have! And only those 12 who were lucky enough to have done so. Why haven't we gone back? Money???

[@felixzheng7476]

@@ivanivonovich9863 Chris Hadfield was Canadian and also walked on the moon

[@rogerdudra178]

Thanks, Knowing this helps me know Montana better.

[@memphispally5480]

Wow!! Clearest presentation on KZbin.

[@bruced1429]

it is now known that the collision of the plates was westward not eastward as we were always taught. the north american plate moved westwards the pacific plate did not move eastwards as much as we thought. it was to do with the old continent of Pangeia which moved westward as it broke apart. if in doubt see Prof Nick Zenter's talk on the new discovery and evidence.

[@Tropicsca]

kind of cool watching a documentary that showcases a rock 5km away from you own town!

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Thanks for uploading! I’m trying to get the basics of the geology of North America (from my couch in western Europe), and it’s hard to find a ‘for beginners’ instruction. This video is extremely helpful!

[@gjswilson]

to bad this wasn't a series, the presenter is very good leaves you wanting to learn more

[@CrimsonAngelAsh]

I may have seen this in earth science 11 over a decade ago. It's got me feeling nostalgic, all I need is an uncomfortable chair and a hot stuffy room filled with bored slackers(they were there for easy credits). :D

[@marcussmart3275]

Dont forget the teenage angst:-)

[@dianebarnett4722]

Thank you for this video. I'm reading a book called Okanagan Geology South and am finding all this very fascinating.

[@coreynweiss]

6 years later and I am reading the same book!

[@dianebarnett4722]

@@coreynweiss Cool!

[@Bushguyrocks]

Good book!

[@pappu33]

Very informative, I just came back from a trip to Banff and Jasper and wanted to educate myself on you the Canadian Rockies were formed.

[@phantom6715]

This was so informative. I live on Vancouver Island.

[@deanb4799]

Great and interesting. Totally Canadian😀

[@charleslee1998930]

a great video with clear and simple description

[@voiciray]

This guy is a great educator snd has those cool 70s-80s vibes. As someone who lives in Vancouver and adores the gorgeous landscapes, as well as the flora and fauna of BC, it was great to learn the history of how it all came to be. It's truly humbling to think of the magnitude of the timespans involved and to discover that the land that I live on was once as warm as the tropics or that there was a time when the ocean came right up against the border of Alberta. Really reminds how you dynamic Mother Earth is and her many faces. Long may the beauty of this bejeweled blue pearl - the only oasis of life we know in this gigantic cosmos - endure! We humans, despite all our arrogance about being « special » are but a small transitory species in the vast stage of life.

[@justdande2891]

Interesting and informative... thanks.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. A very good treatise on plate tectonics.

[@nobody8328]

Nick Zentner sent me! 👋

[@marcussmart3275]

Did he give you any baked goods to share?:^) hehe Nicks awesome! Cheers nobody 🤙

[@nobody8328]

@@marcussmart3275 A toast! To Ned Zinger! 🥛

[@tylerburton9908]

Mantle plume sighting at 23:40

[@oregonsbragia]

I believe that the KZbin algorithm sent me here in care of Nick Zentner and Randal Carlson. 🙏🏼❤

[@Imsierrabound]

Most of the northbound PCT hikers that I pickup for a ride into town (Quincy) always seem to think they are leaving the Sierra’s at Tahoe. They are surprised when I tell them that they begin to enter the Cascades just north of Belden on the North Fork of the Feather River..

[@TheAmberlion]

Thank you... good clear information 🤗

[@randelldarky3920]

I find Geology, the most fascinating of all the Sciences

[@robertmceachern2428]

I prefer Astronomy. You like to look inward, I prefer to look outward. I love all true sciences but freak on the beauty of millions of distant stars and colorfully intricate nebulae. The geology I stare at is suspended in a vacuum.

[@peturkristinsson9463]

@@robertmceachern2428 beutifully put

[@peturkristinsson9463]

I agree, I want to learn geology in university

[@edchester1773]

At 51 years I went to our local college, after 30+ years as a well driller all over northern Ca. My Geology teacher let me give a lecture on groundwater, the formations water is found, and the techniques used for drilling for water! I got my AA then went back to well drilling...........................

[@abelis644]

@@robertmceachern2428 I too love Astronomy, I own 4 telescopes. But I also love all of the other Sciences. In Astronomy 99.99999 % of our knowledge comes from studying light, which is amazing considering the amount of knowledge we have now!

[@bgschultz]

Well done and informative.

[@25Soupy]

1992! Why does the video look much older than that? That was the year I moved to Vancouver, 31 years ago! Oh man, time just flies by.

[@BigCountryCatz]

I'm using this to educate my undergrad field trip before we leave

[@fpgt91]

Excellent idea. I can recall watching it in the first year of my undergraduate degree, and it's stuck with me ever since. I'm glad I can share it, and others can enjoy it

[@Will-bo4hq]

I did a 4 year degree in Geology back in the 80s. Sure wish this was around then. Explained much clearer than any Prof could.

[@bagoquarks]

*"COPYRIGHT 1992."* Still relevant as I watch it 29 years later.

[@tahirzaman5245]

absolutly fantastic .....

[@samanthaklassen6083]

Such a good documentary

[@poetmaggie1]

The even more interesting question is where on the globe was the land when it was collided with the land masses have been crashing together and running away from each other the entire time.

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

The bubbling mud is intensely satisfying

[@eagillum]

3:12- the clock in the sand 12:24- 1st collision 16:24- 2nd collision 17:22- the Rockies

[@paulipuhakka8788]

If you've ever been to the Yukon, and walk some of the trails in the Yukon, you'll notice that you're walking on sea shells. They are everywhere up there. Clear evidence, it was, at one point, the ocean floor. Pick one up, and you're holding something, billions of years old! It's quite a spectacle to see this, that far from the coast. If you're in Whitehorse, go for a walk, and "sea" for yourself. I live in British Columbia, and live in these mountains. Good vid👍

[@aaceytuno]

So good, love it!

[@UTubeGlennAR]

:) Great video, thank you. I live in the appellation mountain fold in Pennsylvania called the Poconos. This helps me understand what happened around here a few years back....... I have always wondered when you see the band strata, I've always thought that this must've been done slowly when the strata layers were still wet and under the ocean. Is this true? Again thank you for the great video and even greater narration and explanations.

[@frankblangeard8865]

Do you mean the Appalachian mountain range?

[@mikelouis9389]

@@frankblangeard8865 Yes he did. It looks like an aggressive spellcheck got him.

[@DavidRoss-tq1rs]

To the person who thinks the geologist can't spell, "terrane" is a geologic term, not a misspelling of the word "terrain".

[@MrJx4000]

Yeah, he explains that at the 10:15 mark.

[@Roarmeister2]

@@MrJx4000 Unfortunately, several people who watched the video didn't actually bother to WATCH the video.

[@MrJx4000]

@@Roarmeister2, it doesn't matter nowadays, even if the complainers did watch the whole video; nobody has more than a 5 second attention span anymore.

[@Jonbug1]

@@MrJx4000 Near the beginning, when he used a clock to demonstrate the Earth's time, he SEEMED to have used a 12 hour clock or something (He noted 2:30 in the afternoon to be well past the halfway point on the clock...near 7PM See time stamp 3:35.) Is this a Canadian thing or a Geologist thing?

[@MrJx4000]

@@Jonbug1, actually he said, ..."a 24-hour clock..." and then he mentioned 2.30 in the afternoon rather than say 14.30 because 98% of the population won't know what that means , IMHO.

[@007nadineL]

Very well written and great host. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@glennelliott708]

There is still an elegance in sand graphics displays that you cannot find in computer graphics.

[@MyFavouriteStation]

@:40 Did he say "Seventeen Hundred Million Years Ago"? Never heard it said this way...Great video thnx for posting!

[@cletuswonder4647]

That must be metric speech.

[@jrobertsbrewer]

I found that unusual as well.. I think this is 1.7 billion years. (1700 Million Years).

[@alameano]

I think it’s common in the scientific community

[@Lord_Magikarp]

From where did this chunk of rock come from? 14:45 Was the Juan de Fuca MOR not active at that time?

[@lynnmitzy1643]

The JdF plate is what's left of the Farolon, sp.? Plate. The Kula Plate, now subducted, moved to the north.

[@driver2909]

Great stuff, thank you!

[@donnyl3336]

Baja BC is a theory gaining wide support that Vancouver Island and much of the western coast came from Mexico. So interesting.

[@thomasmorgan6609]

Really great

[@dominikabridgwater7615]

BC Geology for dummies!!!! love it

[@calska140]

-Denim work shirt -Light duty pick up -Questionable "about" pronunciation This man is one hockey reference away from being too Canadian.

[@alexburke1899]

This geologist is even more Canadian if that's even possible! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4S3aJhnq5qAgpI I think they drive the same truck too lol.

[@jeremyyano8926]

No such thing as too canadian

[@boblordylordyhowie]

When I was on southern Vancouver Island I noticed the rocks all looked like Pillow Lava and wondered if they originated in the ocean before the plates collided and placed the island where it is now.

[@danyb8078]

Fascinating!!!

[@islandgardener158]

Can we have some more of this, very interesting stuff

[@jollyandwaylo]

Nick Zentner in WA state is doing a bunch of backyard geology lectures during the pandemic. It is south of you but if you watch the video Baja BC you will see that this video is out of date as far as what we know now. A lot of BC and WA state came from Mexico. He is very entertaining and much more detailed.

[@lizj5740]

And now Nick Zentner is doing a second series of lectures from his backyard talking about the exotic terranes that formed the western edge of North America. He discusses terranes in British Columbia and Washington (so far; 5 Oct 2020) and will be talking about terranes in Alaska, Oregon, California, and Mexico. Seach for "Nick from Home youtube". The second series, called Exotice Terranes: A to Z, starts with video #76. I hope you like them.

[@jonathanturek5846]

Mahalos for posting wonderful geology doc ! Watchout for bigfoot in western canada lol

[@goodcomps]

The narrator was my graphic design, illutration, layout student... wow, small world

[@sadienielsen1185]

THIS HELPS ME

[@andrewshelby2138]

"jumbled up mess"!!!! My home this is!!!

[@notlikely4468]

Hmmmm....time to tidy up a bit...

[@highstreetkillers4377]

Collision that makes the mountains I always wonder how slowly it happens

[@KevAlberta]

Me too...

[@bojabang2188]

Beautiful

[@JackTorrance-qd9up]

Since sea water is heavier than river water Say as the pressure of seawater from above keep the riverwater below flowing in a oceanic bed?

[@superdad942]

loved it

[@germanchocolatecake7131]

Zentnerds unite!

[@tibomoltini2851]

excellent !

[@skooliecatwilderness6346]

So thats why we can find ocean fossils in the Rockies.

[@reverseuniverse2559]

Most of geology is silenced these days and taught society lies of our past history good thing we have access with KZbin to watch these old docos

[@jwardcomo]

Well done. Thank you.

[@LindaMewhirter]

I wish it would have gone into where they think those terrannes were formed

[@jollyandwaylo]

In Mexico. Watch Nick Zentner's video about Baja BC.

[@lizj5740]

I believe the video says some of the terranes formed as volcanic islands in the ocean and moved east toward Canada. Others, as jollyandwaylo mentions, are believed to have formed in Mexico and moved north over many, many years.

[@lizj5740]

@Linda Mewhirter The latest series of youtube videos that Nick Zentner is doing (Exotic Terranes: A to Z) is discussing each west coast terrane, in the order that it accreted to North America. In the videos, he discusses where current theory thinks the terrane formed. Unlike my post of several weeks ago, I now know that some of the terranes were actually seafloor, squished (technical term) between two or more converging terranes and the continent. Search for "Nick from Home youtube". The series about terranes starts with #76.

[@LindaMewhirter]

@@lizj5740 thanks! I will see if there are some I haven't seen. Im a big fan of Zenter, he's in inspiration for me for sure! Him and John McPhee

[@lizj5740]

@@LindaMewhirter I haven't read any of John McPhee but I found an interview with him and the author of Re-assembling California on KZbin, listened to a bit, and then left to see if my library here in Australia had any books by him. Only two, but I've placed both on hold. Thanks for the tip. I love to read!

[@sandpiper3830]

Check if Clock of time is quite what you intended The "clock vs what you were saying"

[@kayt4798]

Here's Chris on Ray Matt trench

[@laurieedeburn2449]

thanks

[@jonathanturek5846]

I hope the pole switch from north to south does not devastate us ?

[@macking104]

a little out of date as it doesn't mention Kula Plate or that some of the terranes may have travelled from Baja to BC...

[@darkoil1973]

thanks....

[@christianwitness]

wow BIG NUMBETS. IMPRESSIVE

[@DrCorvid]

But why does it sound like a 1959 flick?

[@johnmorris5636]

who cares?

[@mikelouis9389]

It's probably early 90's judging by the vehicles and the theories presented.

[@JenniferLupine]

Great!

[@mrbillmacneill]

11:16 does anyone know if this rock also found on the east side of the Fraser river at Lilooette?

[@fpgt91]

The rocks at 11:16 are specific to that terrane (Wrangellia) and are not directly related to one another. Specifically, they are the Buttle Lake Formation (limestone) and Karmutsen Volcanics (basalt). The rocks found on the east side of the Fraser river at Lilooet belong to the Ladner group (Cadwallader terrane), and the Bridge River Complex (Bridge River terrane). Feel free to explore the geology of BC using MapPlace 2: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/mineral-exploration-mining/british-columbia-geological-survey/mapplace

[@hojoinhisarcher]

I don't get it.I have looked at this several times. A potter for 40 years and know very well temperature and silicate materials relations, but Geology has me stumped by all the moving parts. Its like the earth is firing itself.Answers lots of questions and that's great.Too many answers are all over the place and have gaps. It can't be this simple. This kind of heat acting over this timescale.At least as much interaction in the mantle as the crust.Also, shouldn't we be cooked by now?I mean apart from the fact we have been,we are here now.I need to take a course.Also a strangely compelling desire to hammer out and to fire various rocks in my kiln.Never done that because the water, both entrained physically and chemically makes them explosive,but what the hell! Its my cosmic duty as a Rosslander,B.C.'er and Canadian.Thanks for the upload!

[@mikelouis9389]

Heat? Yes. But, you forgot to include pressure. Get ordinary water hot enough under enough pressure to keep it liquid and it can and does dissolve gold and platinum! Two of the most stable elements we know of, impervious to almost all acids and yet they dissolve in good old H²0! This is but one example of the power of heat AND pressure. Then, you can add geological time periods and the magic really begins!

[@danieldeanmasterfinisher4715]

“Magic Time Machine” “take us back to 1992”

[@chadolsen5954]

What is the ceour de leiria? (spelling most likely wrong)

[@fpgt91]

Hi Chad, a "cordillera" is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges.

[@fpgt91]

You'd be surprised

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Baja BC ?

[@dawestable]

I wondered as to why I had Laterite on my claim in central BC

[@WhisperedHistory]

Oh, hello there! Lol awesome

[@emmalouisefalk]

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT 1:15 ????? 😂😂😂😂

[@frankblangeard8865]

From 1992.

[@misterwatson3337]

Einstein said it took less than 30 minutes to form

[@orange70383]

seventeen hundred million years ago, really

[@varmitr]

i made a weird face when i hear that too, but lately now i actually prefer it over billions. i think its easier, for some reason, to mentally align the dates. dunno...

[@barryrenouf3450]

The only problem is that fossils fuels, are not actually from fossils.