The world's greatest geological wonders : 36 spectacular sites
DVD 2013
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.
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical videodisc laser optical video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Other Title:
Greatest geologic wonders
Notes:
Course No. 1712 ; 36 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture ; on 6 videodiscs in 1 container Special features: About the professor Supervising producer Tony Kidenrick ; producer Charley Miller ; producer David C. White ; associate producers Katz, Maureen Tumbulty ; Editor, David C. White, Jeff Katz, Maureen Tumulty Lecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis DVD; full screen presentation
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. 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 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 of geologic mini wonders ; 36. Planetary wonders: out of this world
