Allison Jones
I am a professor of Earth Science at Sierra College in Northern California with a background in structural geology and (weirdly) communication. I make videos for my students and the general public to learn a little about our planet.
Tectonic Evolution of the Western United States | Animation by Dr. Tanya Atwater
Earth as a System | Earth's Four Spheres
How to adjust your notification settings in Canvas
Earthquakes Part 2
Earthquakes Part 1
Fault Types | Faults in five minutes
Plate Boundaries
Earth's Interior | Magnetism, temperature, and isostasy
Absolute age dating | Isotopes, radiometric dating, and the oldest crystal on Earth!
Relative age dating | Geological principles and unconformities
Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks | Regional metamorphism and metasomatism
Sedimentary rocks: Clastic vs. chemical | Transportation, deposition, and lithification
Sedimentary structures (primary structures) | Ripples, crossbedding, mudcracks and more
Sediments and weathering | Mechanical (physical) weathering vs. chemical weathering
Classifying igneous rocks | Describing composition and texture
Igneous rocks and intrusive forms
What are Rocks?
Identifying Minerals
Introduction to Minerals
The Formation of the Universe and Our Solar System
An Introduction to Geology
How to determine principal stress axes from a fault using a stereonet