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Iris: Earthquake Machine: Parts, Construction, & Extension

9th - 10th
See a demonstration of an earthquake slip-stick behavior in the classroom. [6:22]
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Iris: Fault: Oblique Right Lateral Thrust

9th - 10th
Find out what causes a fault to move in oblique direction. [0:21]
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Iris: Human Wave Demo Modeling P & S Waves in Solids & Liquids

9th - 10th
This demonstration explores two of the four (P and S waves) main ways energy propagates from the hypocenter of an earthquake. [8:27]
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Iris: Ground Motion Visualization for the 04/25/16, M7.8 Nepal Earthquake

9th - 10th
These visualizations, using actual data, show how the ground moves as seismic waves sweep across about 400 earthquake recording stations in EarthScope's Transportable Array. [6:34]
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Iris: Chile (2010) vs Sumatra (2004)

9th - 10th
Learn how Chile's tectonic setting and megathrust earthquake of 2010 is similar to the catastrophic earthquake in Sumatra in 2004 by touching icons on this interactive map.
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Iris: Fault: Oblique

9th - 10th
Find out the motion that is halfway between a normal fault and a strike-slip fault. [0:15]
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Iris: Asperities on Strike Slip Fault: Spaghetti in Vise as an Analogy

9th - 10th
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

9th - 10th
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: Resonance: Modeling Resonance in Buildings Using Paper Model

9th - 10th
A US Geological Survey Seismologist demonstrates a cheap and kid-friendly version of the BOSS model that shows how buildings of different height oscillate during earthquake shaking. [0:50]
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Iris: Resonance: Modeling Resonance in Buildings Using Spaghetti Noodles

9th - 10th
A USGS seismologist demonstrates how to use spaghetti noodles and raisins to model building resonance during earthquake ground shaking. [1:21]
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Iris: Building Resonance: Boss Model Demonstration

9th - 10th
See a model of how a building reacts to an earthquake. [2:44]
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Iris: Building Resonance: Boss Model Construction & Use

9th - 10th
See how a building responds to seismic waves. [2:37]
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Iris: Faulting & Folding (Foam Faults Demo)

9th - 10th
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: Gps Measures Extension

9th - 10th
Find out how scientists know that basin-range extension is ongoing. [1:00]
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Iris: Fault: Normal Basin & Range With Seismic Stations

9th - 10th
A cross section of the shallow crust in the Basin & Range. The earthquake produces seismic waves that bump an array of seismic stations. [0:30]
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Iris: Basin & Range: Volcanoes

9th - 10th
Find out why there is such a variety of lavas in the Basin & Range province. [1:10]
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Iris: Tectonic (Lithospheric) Plates: Commonly Confused With Crust

9th - 10th
Video lecture on four basic types of plate tectonic boundaries: divergent (spreading), transform (strike-slip), and convergent (subduction and continental collision) types of plate boundaries. [2:03]
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Iris: Plate Boundaries: Convergent, Divergent, Transform

9th - 10th
Video lecture on divergent, transform, and convergent types of plate boundaries. [1:30]
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Iris: Continental Collision: India Asia

9th - 10th
This animation shows a cut-globe view of the continental collision between India and Eurasia from 60 million years ago to the present. [0:06]
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Iris: Basin & Range: Structural Evolution

9th - 10th
See how basin and range mountains and valleys form. [1:05]
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Iris: Basin & Range: Deformation, Erosion & Sedimentation

9th - 10th
How do the valleys form in a basin-range province? [0:33]
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Iris: Fault: Strike Slip

9th - 10th
Visualize how a horizontal fault moves. [0:19]
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Iris: Asperity on a Fault

9th - 10th
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

9th - 10th
Oblique view of a right-lateral strike-slip fault with multiple asperities. [0:27]