An Introduction to the Ouachitas

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This is a short video I made for the Ada Gem, Mineral & Fossil Club over the formation of the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Several of us made a trip to a quartz mine near Mt. Ida a couple of weeks ago, and this is a follow-up.

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@rjsoldani19 9 місяців тому

Just visited Boston mtns, and Ouachitas. Reminded me of Northern California, and I was blown away by the diverse landscapes. Great video, thank you!

@BrooksBarrow 4 місяці тому

Really enjoyed this presentation

@dianespears6057 5 місяців тому

Very helpful. Thank you.

@selcouthconcepts Рік тому

Wow! This video is just what I was looking for. This is a good, in-depth explanation of the geology of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. Now I have a better idea of where I want to go hike. Thank you sharing!

@claireaudient 2 місяці тому

I’m preparing to visit the area for the eclipse and your description is both richly informative and enjoyable. Mt Ida would be an exquisite place to experience the eclipse! Thank you for this wonderful explanation of geological history.

@David_Goza 2 місяці тому

I hope you enjoy the eclipse! I plan to get over that way to watch it; have my eye on Mt. Magazine as a likely vantage point .

@phillipthomas1379 4 місяці тому

Love it thank you morrilton arkansas here

@David_Goza 4 місяці тому

I hail from Clarksville, about 50 miles down the road.

@gotmorris 4 місяці тому

Interesting video. I'm from Dardanelle.

@David_Goza 4 місяці тому

Dardanelle Rock always used to catch my eye on my trips across-river. It's an erosional remnant of a synclinal fold in the Hartshorne sandstone. There's a lot of Hartshorne sandstone in Clarksville, where I'm from.

@hgbugalou 18 днів тому

Excellent video sir. Far few are good scientific videos on this region. I really consider Arkansas extremely unique frog a geology perspective and far too understudied. There is a lot going on in the state, all it lacks is active volcanism, and it has remnants of it still even.

@user-xg3ld1ud1t 4 місяці тому

Hi! thank you for this explanation! Question: why have the Ozarks avoided such compressional forces? Are they too far north of the orogenic belt?

@David_Goza 4 місяці тому

Excellent question - and I wish I had an answer. It seems to me that the relationship between the Ouachitas and the Ozarks is analogous to that of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, but on a much smaller scale. In both cases you have intense compressional forces at the suture zone in a larger context of general uplift. But please understand that this is the hunch of a musician not the informed insight of a geologist!

@user-xg3ld1ud1t 4 місяці тому

Interesting! Thank you for your thoughts regardless!@@David_Goza