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Title Comment Keywords
Coasts n.a. / n.a. coast, coastline, water, wind, wave, beach, estuary, longshore drift, coral reef
Surf's Up! n.a. / n.a. tsunami, wave, volcanic eruption, landslide, earthquake, impact, hazard
Coral Atolls 23:16 - 24:37 (01:21) / 1.0 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", Hawaii, seamount, guyot, "sea floor", island, erosion, wave, plate, "hot spot", "mid-oceanic ridge", "coral reef", "coral atoll"
Structure of the San Andreas Fault 17:35 - 18:25 (00:50) / 1.9 MB Parkfield, "Tom Daley", "San Andreas Fault", "fault structure", "Vibra-seis truck", wave, energy, velocity, "subsurface structure", earthquake
Slopes 03:25 - 04:13 (00:48) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", slope, construction, "glacial valley", riverbank, shore, wave, cliff, human
Point Fermin 07:45 - 09:24 (01:39) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", "Perry Ehlig", slump, "mass wasting", "Point Fermin", California, wave, erosion, "coastal bluff", slipping, over-steepening, speed, movement, block, landslide, "Coast Highway", "Paseo del Mar", beach
Lowering Water Table 14:04 - 15:04 (01:00) / 1.8 MB "Perry Ehlig", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", "water table", well, movement, wave, erosion, base, gabion, shore
Ripple Marks 16:08 - 16:36 (00:28) / 0.5 MB "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "ripple mark", sand, "shallow water", wave, current
Control Nature 24:06 - 25:06 (01:00) / 1.5 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flood, windstorm, wave
Waves, Beaches and Coasts 30 minutes / n.a. beach, wave, erosion, energy, sediment, sand, "geologic hazard", ocean, coastline, coast, current
Introduction to Waves, Beaches and Coasts 00:40 - 01:32 (00:52) / 1.1 MB introduction, wave, energy, wind, ocean, water, "coastal environment", environment
Coastal Environment 01:32 - 02:35 (01:03) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", "coastal environment", landform, beach, landmass, ocean, coastline, "geologic hazard", wave, "ocean wave", "coastal development"
Water Surface 03:59 - 04:47 (00:48) / 0.8 MB water, "circular orbit", wave, "wave base", depth, wavelength, crest, "wave height"
Surf 04:47 - 05:49 (01:02) / 1.1 MB water, wave, shore, "sea floor", seabed, "wave base", energy, "circular orbit", wavelength, "frictional drag", surf
Tsunami 05:49 - 06:54 (01:05) / 1.0 MB "James Sadd", ocean, wave, "seismic sea wave", tsunami, coast, "wave height", "geologic hazard", earthquake, "sea floor", wavelength, "circular orbit", "wave velocity", sediment
Hilo, Hawaii 06:54 - 07:23 (00:29) / 1.2 MB tsunami, Hilo, Hawaii, earthquake, wave, "Pacific Ocean", Alaska, "geologic hazard"
Wave Refraction 07:23 - 08:28 (01:05) / 1.5 MB wave, refraction, shoreline, "shallow water", "wave velocity", "deep water", bay, headland
Straightening Coastlines 08:28 - 09:09 (00:41) / 0.7 MB wave, refraction, headland, bay, energy, erosion, deposition, shoreline, sediment, sand
Source of Sand 09:09 - 10:43 (01:34) / 2.0 MB "Thomas Hartnett", erosion, headland, sand, beach, sediment, ocean, river, stream, wave, coastline, surf, "swash zone", gravity, "long-shore current"
Seasonal Changes 12:04 - 12:59 (00:55) / 1.1 MB "Thomas Hartnett", beach, sand, "long-shore current", season, wave, energy, transportation, "sand wave", storm, deposition, erosion
Severe Storms 14:34 - 15:30 (00:56) / 1.6 MB storm, wave, coastline, erosion, humans, "sea cliff", beach, seawall, energy, "geologic hazard"
Beach Erosion 16:26 - 17:12 (00:46) / 1.0 MB "Scott Jenkins", seawall, energy, wave, beach, erosion, sand, "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", breakwater, environment
Tides 21:35 - 22:41 (01:06) / 1.6 MB ocean, wave, tide, Moon, Sun, Earth, gravity
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