How the Earth works. Part 1 of 4 Michael E Wysession.
Título:
How the Earth works. Part 1 of 4 Michael E Wysession.
ISBN:
9781598034066
Autor personal:
Edición:
Library edition.
Información de publicación:
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2008]
©2008
Descripción física:
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
Nota general:
"Course No. 1750."
Lectures 1-12 of 48 30-minute lectures on 8 discs in 4 containers.
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
DVD format.
Contenido:
Part 1. lecture 1. Geology's impact on history -- lecture 2. Geologic history dating the earth -- lecture 3. Earth's structure--Journey to Earth's center -- lecture 4. Earth's heat--Conduction and convection -- lecture 5. The basics of plate tectonics -- lecture 6. Making matter--The big bang and big bangs -- lecture 7. Creating Earth-Recipe for a planet -- lecture 8. The rock cycle-Matter in motion -- lecture 9. Minerals-The building blocks of rocks -- lecture 10. Magma-The building mush of rocks -- lecture 11. Crystallization-The rock cycle starts -- lecture 12. Volcanoes-Lava and ash.
Síntesis:
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
Autor corporativo añadido:
DAK_511:
Taught by: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis.
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn244572067
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