Geology of Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States

Presented by - Mike Adler,
Geologists of Jackson Hole
This talk will be about the shared formation and geology of eastern Canada and the United States, which will be illustrated by pictures from the speaker’s 20 plus trips by sailboat and kayak to northeast Canada. The talk will begin with a discussion of the geology and formation of northeast Canada and the US focusing on the period starting in the Ordovician(475MYA) when the Iapetus ocean collapsed and there was a collision of the North American, European, and eventually African plates - which were then all part of the last “super continent” of Pangea. The result of this plate-plate collision was the formation of the Laurentian and Appalachian mountains in North American and the Caledonian mountains in Europe.

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  • @thomasballentine9496
    @thomasballentine94963 жыл бұрын

    I flew over this area in an Air France jet which had Google Earth on the TV monitors. Perfectly clear day, 100 mile visibility. I could watch from my window while zooming to earth with Google Earth. Truly amazing modern day ability. Made me want to know much more about what brought about these land forms. Now thanks to you I've completed the picture of what I was seeing and learned so very much about the geology of Eastern North America. Great presentation!

  • @philipburkinshaw5608
    @philipburkinshaw5608 Жыл бұрын

    Completely blown away by the photographs and how they combine beauty and geology. I really enjoyed this presentation.

  • @lahave56
    @lahave562 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation Mike. Crazy coincidence, I worked in the Electronics lab at CRD and remember you from your years there although I don't think we ever met per se. I started out with Don Puckette's group. Now, in retirement I live in Nova Scotia and as I continue to enjoy learning I've been exploring the geology of the area and happened on this video. I really enjoyed your video both for geology and your awesome pictures and experiences in this area. All the best to you and your family and I hope you're continuing to enjoy your passions.

  • @Linandemma
    @Linandemma3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, what an incredible upload. It’s just amazing, especially that cow head mountain. Awesome. And the Polar bear, blimey.........but glad you didn’t have to use the rifle. Love and respect from the UK.

  • @ctennantgorman3251
    @ctennantgorman32514 ай бұрын

    A great adventure and amazing experience where geology is seen as it is and as it shaped culture... and then this is where geology is so "exposed"... as if we were out in Arizona or Nevada... and.. I remember the 70s... it was OUR time... So many of us wanted to do something interesting, different... breaking the paradigm... You did just that... Bravo

  • @crowesarethebest
    @crowesarethebest3 жыл бұрын

    What an extraordinary adventure! Thank you for the photos and the geology info.

  • @willd3rbeast
    @willd3rbeast3 жыл бұрын

    I loved all of this. Thanks for sharing

  • @Bluefairie
    @Bluefairie5 ай бұрын

    Wonderful program I just moved to a mountain home in Nova Scotia

  • @frankcavalier1812
    @frankcavalier18122 жыл бұрын

    Clicked on this video not knowing it was going to be about my home! You are a mad man for kayaking all that distance

  • @rfdiagnosticsllc6197
    @rfdiagnosticsllc61973 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Great pics of New Foundland and nice stories of some awesome adventures. Thanks for the geology lessons too. Also hi to Mike and Virginia from Niskayuna!

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    I went down the entire South Fork of the Flathead River by Grumman canoe to Hungry Horse and we never took a gun, either. Met Mr. Bear at Big Salmon Lake, but he was casual.

  • @sierrrrrrrra
    @sierrrrrrrra Жыл бұрын

    So interesting! I'd love to visit one day. Thanks for sharing!

  • @AhmedDeedatPalestine
    @AhmedDeedatPalestine Жыл бұрын

    Magnificent geology and landscape.

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 Жыл бұрын

    excellent. thank you for posting

  • @rawkinj6609
    @rawkinj66093 жыл бұрын

    Awesome information!

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow99293 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video. Geology is one of my passions. Now I have a much better idea about this part of the Canadian Shield.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    I've seen the Chineese Wall in the Bob Marshall, but I cannot think of any one walking that ridge. Probably been done a few times by now.

  • @jonerlandson1956
    @jonerlandson1956 Жыл бұрын

    this is actually a really good talk... thanks...

  • @lundysden6781
    @lundysden678110 ай бұрын

    I live in Schenectady county !! And worked in Nisky for 13 yrs. I once kayaked under the cliffs at Rexford. Pretty damn deep, plus a few hundred feet of sediment. very interesting.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    Greetings from the BIG SKY.

  • @kurtanderson1463
    @kurtanderson146326 күн бұрын

    Interesting. I "boated" off the coast of NF in the 80s drilling on a semi submersible a couple hundred Km east. Loved the country, but not an igneous/metamorphic fan. Still, I was interested in that geology (I'm a geologist). Not much of that in your talk but impressive pics.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    I learned a great deal about rope climbing at Colorado College from experiences in the Garden of the Gods. But, when I got down to the quick, I sure thought climbing any mountain for any reason other than survival was dumb. Maybe fishing and hunting would be a driver, too.

  • @joseangeltorresespinosa7997
    @joseangeltorresespinosa7997 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinante aventura geológica, principalmente ver la variedad de rocas de la corteza oceánica y del continente en varias edades principalmente antiguas y la hazaña con la navegación en el mar para entrar a varias bahías, felicidades por la aportación, reciba un buen saludo desde México DF.

  • @smith951
    @smith9513 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra1783 жыл бұрын

    Most enjoyable for this earth scientist.

  • @MOMBOSS_256
    @MOMBOSS_256 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this two years later because I’m pretty sure New Hampshire where i live is just above a sleeping giant and were all gonna be dust soon so at least I can learn some cool stuff until then

  • @amacuro
    @amacuro3 жыл бұрын

    Really lovely geology and astonishing field trip to those remote mountains! I have a question regarding your presentation: I thought the Appalachian Mountains were formed during the Variscan orogeny, not the Caledonian?

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

    Greetings from the BIG SKY. again. Guess I need 2 sessions to burn this into my brain.

  • @art13853
    @art138536 ай бұрын

    Not much talk of Labrador geology, more talk of a trekking trip about Labrador, Labrador has some of the youngest rock also too you know, in the Kiapokok domain and Makkovik domain below the Nain province domain... anyway half of Labradors geology completely ignored. Kiapokok and Makkovik domain shaped like 2 pizza slices too with similar geology extended in Greenland. A bit disappointed but good video. Thumbs up

  • @NostalgicMem0ries
    @NostalgicMem0ries3 жыл бұрын

    canada is like dream of geology fans

  • @Linandemma

    @Linandemma

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the Pacific Northwest too.....I need to go before I pop my clogs......but hard when you’re a single mum, struggling. But one way or another I’m determined to go. Canada is beautiful.

  • @NostalgicMem0ries

    @NostalgicMem0ries

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Linandemma indeed, entire northern part of usa is amazing. My life isnt in perfect way to travel that far from europe too, kinda hoping one day to see those never-ending forests and taller than clouds mountain chains...

  • @mikelouis9389

    @mikelouis9389

    2 жыл бұрын

    Standing at McDonald's Ranch in Oregon, a petrified wood collecting site, as I looked off into the distance and seeing 7 different Cascade Range volcanoes was a highlight in my life. The pacific northwest is amazing on so many levels from what is there to the ongoing processes to the geological history of this region.

  • @NostalgicMem0ries

    @NostalgicMem0ries

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mikelouis9389 i envy you brother, my home country is flat as fuck, one of flattest in world ;\

  • @mikelouis9389

    @mikelouis9389

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NostalgicMem0ries The city I grew up in was a geological slice of unbuttered white bread with a glass of stale water. To a young rock hound, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was a form of purgatory bordering on hell. I definitely feel your pain.

  • @Kerase
    @Kerase2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! Amazing trip and photos. For future videos, it's now more appropriate to refer to locals of the area as Inuit. "Eskimo" is an outdated and derogatory word.

  • @katymaloney

    @katymaloney

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning it, I noticed too and it caught my ear, like a disk scratching, or mic feedback... cringey.

  • @quantumcat7673
    @quantumcat76732 жыл бұрын

    IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer.

  • @dankahraman354
    @dankahraman3542 жыл бұрын

    Highest point in eastern mainland Canada. Ellesmere and Baffin Island have higher mountains.

  • @bcarnett5930
    @bcarnett59302 жыл бұрын

    Did you find any gemstone materials? Or quartz crystals? Fluorite maybe? No? Aquamarine maybe? 😆 lol damnit I need minerals! Lol

  • @rossrifle50
    @rossrifle503 жыл бұрын

    Love this! I lived in Labrador for three years - such a beautiful place. BTW, it is Inuit, not Eskimo.

  • @smith951

    @smith951

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. His story is correct

  • @rossrifle50

    @rossrifle50

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@smith951 Eskimo is a Dene (I believe) word. A Labrador Inuit person would be insulted if you called them Eskimo.

  • @warrenosborne6044
    @warrenosborne60442 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if he was involved in the mathematical separation development in flux vector variable speed ac drives? To this day, they still make no sense whatsoever.

  • @Linandemma
    @Linandemma3 жыл бұрын

    It is a shame that these charts are basically drawn up because of the need of greedy people......

  • @smith951

    @smith951

    3 жыл бұрын

    How so?

  • @Linandemma

    @Linandemma

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@smith951 those after gems, oil and the like.

  • @canadiangemstones7636

    @canadiangemstones7636

    2 жыл бұрын

    So boycott maps.

  • @mikelouis9389

    @mikelouis9389

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Linandemma Better they spend the money on maps rather than super yachts and American politicians

  • @akazinsomniac3007
    @akazinsomniac30073 жыл бұрын

    Babylon is in North Eastern Canada... Look on google maps its a perfect circle and it's called Babel... 😆 Takes 3 days to walk around even. God destroyed the area with water and fire so explaines all the lakes.

  • @valoriel4464

    @valoriel4464

    3 жыл бұрын

    Found a couple vids abt Babylon in Canada. Thx for the heads up. Will ck it out. Fascinating.

  • @akazinsomniac3007

    @akazinsomniac3007

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@valoriel4464 yes did you see it on google maps amazing it's called Babel too. Everything is so obvious with them... 😆

  • @canadiangemstones7636

    @canadiangemstones7636

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bible thumpers are hilarious!

  • @mikelouis9389

    @mikelouis9389

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@canadiangemstones7636 Frightening af yet still pretty sadly amusing.

  • @guytitanic

    @guytitanic

    Жыл бұрын

    Meteor impacts creating flooding when hitting Glacial ice