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Iris: Asperities on Strike Slip Fault: Spaghetti in Vise as an Analogy
This demonstration, squeezing uncooked spaghetti noodles in a wood template set in a vise, effectively shows how asperities (stuck patches) on a fault rupture at different times. [1:44]
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Iris: A Elastic Rebound on High Friction Strike Slip Fault
This animation shows the buildup of stress along the margin of two stuck plates that are trying to slide past one another. [34]
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Iris: Faulting & Folding (Foam Faults Demo)
Video lecture demonstrates the use of foam faults to demonstrate faults, and a deck of cards to demonstrate folds and fabrics in rock layers. [5:57]
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Iris: Basin & Range: Structural Evolution
See how basin and range mountains and valleys form. [1:05]
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Iris: Basin & Range: Deformation, Erosion & Sedimentation
How do the valleys form in a basin-range province? [0:33]
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Iris: Fault: Strike Slip
Visualize how a horizontal fault moves. [0:19]
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Iris: Asperity on a Fault
Find out why faults don't just keep sliding past each other. [0:14]
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Iris: Asperities on a Strike Slip Fault
Oblique view of a right-lateral strike-slip fault with multiple asperities. [0:27]
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Iris: Subduction Zone: Simplified Model of Elastic Rebound
Oblique view of a highly generalized animation of a subduction zone where an oceanic plate is subducting beneath a continental plate. [0:27]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Reading a Fault Line
A video that helps you identify whether a fault is a normal or reverse fault. Video will teach students how to identify a foot wall and a hanging wall to help name the type of fault. [1:48]
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Iris: Fault: Left Lateral Strike Slip Fault With No Friction
Animation demonstrates left-lateral fault strike-slip fault with little or no friction along fault contact. [9]
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Iris: Xcerpt From Fault: Reverse
See a quick animation of a reverse fault.
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Iris: Fault: Right Lateral Strike Slip Fault With No Friction
See how a right-lateral fault functions. [0:12]
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Iris: Fault: Left Lateral Strike Slip Fault With No Friction
Find out what happens if there is no friction between tectonic plates. [0:10]