Title:
The world's greatest geological wonders : 36 spectacular sites / Michael E. Wysession ; supervising producer Tony Kidenrick ; producer Charley Miller ; producer David C. White ; associate producers Jeff Katz, Maureen Tumbulty ; director Jonathan D. Leven.
ISBN:
9781598039801
Publication Information:
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2013]
©2013
Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (approximately 1,080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 course guidebook (vi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
General Note:
"Earth science"--Container.
Course no. 1712.
Program contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min.
Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook.
DVD format.
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. Grand Canyon: Earth's layers ; 8. Himalayas: mountains at Earth's roof ; 9. Ganges delta: Earth's fertile lands ; 10. 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. Maldives: geologic paradox ; 29. 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.
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.
Added Corporate Author:
Language Note:
In English.
Performer:
Lecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis.
Production Credits:
Editor, David C. White, Jeff Katz, Maureen Tumulty.
OCLC Number:
ocn855860322
Availability:
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