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The world's greatest geological wonders : 36 spectacular sites /
- Title
- The world's greatest geological wonders : 36 spectacular sites / Professor Michael E. Wysession.
- Author
- Wysession, Michael,
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Co., 2013.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | QE26.3 .W973 2013 6 DVDs | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | QE26.3 .W973 2013 course guidebook | Off-site |
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- Teaching Company. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91045166
- Description
- 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in + 1 course guidebook (256 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
- Series Statement
- The Great courses Science & mathematics. Earth science
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Course No. 1712."
- 36 30-minute lectures on 6 discs.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- Disc 1: 1. Santorini: impact of volcanic eruptions -- 2. Mount Fuji: steeping power -- 3. Galapagos Rift: wonders of mid-ocean ridges -- 4. African Rift Valley: cracks into the Earth -- 5. Arta Ale: compact fury of lava lakes -- 6. Burgess Shale: rocks and the keys to life -- disc 2: 7. The Grand Canyon: Earth's layers -- 8. The Himalayas: mountains at Earth's roof -- 9. The Ganges delta: earth's fertile lands -- 10. The Amazon Basin: lungs of the planet -- 11. Iguazu Falls: thundering waterfalls -- 12. Mammoth Cave: worlds underground -- disc 3: 13. Cave of Crystals: exquisite caves -- 14. Great Blue Hole: coastal symmetry in sinkholes -- 15. Ha Long Bay: dramatic karst landscapers -- 16. Bryce Canyon: creative carvings of erosion -- 17. Uluru/Ayers Rock: sacred nature of rocks -- 18. Devils Tower: igneous enigmas -- disc 4: 19. Antarctica: a world of ice -- 20. Columbia Glacier: unusual glacier cycles -- 21. Fiordland National Park: majestic fjords -- 22. Rock of Gibraltar: catastrophic floods -- 23. Bay of Fundy: inexorable cycle of tides -- 24. Hawaii: volcanic island beauty -- disc 5: 25. Yellowstone: geysers and hot springs -- 26. Kawah Ijen: world's most acid lake -- 27. Iceland: where fire meets ice -- 28. The Maldives: geologic paradox -- 29. The Dead Sea: sinking and saintly -- 30. Salar de Uyuni: flattest place on Earth -- disc 6: 31. Namib/Kalahari Deserts: sand mountains -- 32. Siwa Oasis: paradise amidst desolation -- 33. Auroras: light shadows on the edge of space -- 34. Arizona Meteor Crater: visitors from outer space -- 35. A Montage pg geologic mini wonders -- 36. Planetary wonders: out of this world.
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library