"Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic"--Container.
6 videodiscs (circa 1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) 4 3/4 in digital optical videodisc DVD video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Geology of North America
Notes:
Course No. 1707 The length of each lecture is: circa 30 minutes The entire program consists of 36 lectures Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-346) in course guidebook Lecturer: Ford Cochran, National Geographic DVD, all regions Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. In English
Contents:
Disc 1: Yellowstone: microcosm of the National Parks Yellowstone's cataclysmic origins and future Grand Teton and Jackson Hole Hawaii volcanoes: earth's largest mountains The Hawaiian islands and Maui's Haleakala Mount Saint Helens, Lassen volcanic, Rainier Disc 2: Crater Lake, Olympic, North Cascades Volcanoes of Alaska: Katmai and Lake Clark Alaska's Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords Yosemite: nature's cathedral Redwoods, sequoias, and the Sierra Nevada Pinnacles to Joshua Tree: the San Andreas Disc 3: Denali to Gates of the arctic Death Valley and Great Basin: the rift zone Shenandoah: the collision of old continents Great Smoky Mountains and Hot Springs National rivers: Gorges, Falls, and Meanders Great Dune fields of North America Disc 4: National seashores and lakeshores Reefs: Virgin Islands, Florida, Texas National marine sanctuaries and monuments Acadia's highlands and islands The Dakota badlands The Grand Canyon's 2 billion year staircase Disc 5: Carving the Grand Canyon Petrified Forest and other fossil parks Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches Zion, Gunnison's Black Canyon, Capitol Reef Mesa Verde and ancient settlements The Colorado Rocky Mountains Disc 6: Montana's Glacier and the Canadian Rockies Big Bend on the Rio Grande and Saguaro Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, Carlsbad Caverns The Everglades and the Congaree Bottomland Voyageurs, Isle Royale, the Canadian Shield Assembling North America, park by park
