| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
DVD 4 3/4 in. rda |
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DVD digital optical rda |
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DVD laser optical rda |
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DVD video file DVD video rda |
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Filmed lectures |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics (Earth science) |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| Note |
Course number 1712. |
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Program contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: approximately 30 min. |
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Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 1. Santorini: impact of volcanic eruptions ; 2. Mount Fuji: sleeping power ; 3. Galapagos Rift: wonders of mid-ocean ridges ; 4. African Rift Valley: cracks into the Earth ; 5. Erta 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 landscapes ; 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 of geologic mini-wonders ; 36. Planetary wonders: out of this world. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Summary |
"This course takes you to the world's most spectacular geological wonders, explains the forces that have formed them, and tells you the stories that have grown up around them."--page 1 of course guidebook. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English. |
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Geology -- Videodiscs.
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Earth sciences -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Instructional films.
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Educational films.
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DVD-video discs.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598039801 |
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1598039806 |
| Music No. |
1712 Teaching Company |
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ID1712A-01 Teaching Co. (DVD) |
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PB1712A Teaching Co. (Guidebook) |
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