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'Sea floor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics is now widely accepted by Earth scientists, but one fascinating problem remaining is to understand first why continental plates split when and... where they do, to form new ocean basins is lost. Perhaps by studying the youngest ocean basin, the Red Sea, we can learn what happened in the early history of other, older ocean basins. In this programme we examine the sediments around the Red Sea in order to understand the conditions in the region which led up to the splitting. The northern part of the Red Sea is examined in detail, and it is suggested that this northern section may have originated as a graben, before sea floor spreading began.'
'Sea floor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics is now widely accepted by Earth scientists, but one fascinating problem remaining is to understand first why continental plates split when and... where they do, to form new ocean basins is lost. Perhaps by studying the youngest ocean basin, the Red Sea, we can learn what happened in the early history of other, older ocean basins. In this programme we examine the sediments around the Red Sea in order to understand the conditions in the region which led up to the splitting. The northern part of the Red Sea is examined in detail, and it is suggested that this northern section may have originated as a graben, before sea floor spreading began.'
| Module code and title: | S339, Understanding the continents |
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| Item code: | S339; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 1990 |
| Published: | 1990 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:15 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video S339/6,11,1,9R |
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| Producer: | P. L Firstbrook |
| Contributors: | Peter Bush; Ian Gass |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Afar Triangle; Danakil Alps; Graben; Midian Peninsula; Nubian; Plate; Sandstone; Sea floor spreading; Tectonics |
| Subject terms: | Basins (geology); Sedimentary basins |
| Master spool number: | HOU6425 |
| Production number: | FOUS586B |
| Videofinder number: | 3163 |
| Available to public: | no |
