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Title Comment Keywords
Theory of Plate Tectonics 01:29 - 02:15 (00:46) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", "plate tectonics", crust, continent, mantle, collision, "ocean basin", orogeny, mountain, volcano, eruption, earthquake, landform
Ocean-Ocean Convergence Zone 05:33 - 06:10 (00:37) / 0.4 MB "Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", "convergent plate", crust, "ocean-ocean convergence zone", "Mariana Trench", "volcanic chain", "lava flow", basalt, "oceanic crust", "continental crust", subduction, volcano, eruption
Ocean-Continent Convergence Zone 06:10 - 06:37 (00:27) / 0.3 MB "Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", "oceanic crust", "continental crust", plate, subduction, Andes, "South America", "Pacific Plate", continent, andesite, rhyolite, "volcanic chain", volcano, "granitic rock", eruption
Island Arc System 07:45 - 08:41 (00:56) / 0.4 MB "plate tectonics", plate, subduction, trench, earthquake, mantle, crust, basalt, "oceanic crust", pressure, magma, andesite, eruption, "volcanic chain", island, "island arc"
Continental Margin Subduction 08:41 - 09:05 (00:24) / 0.3 MB "plate tectonics", subduction, "continental margin", continent, andesite, "volcanic chain", volcano, landscape, eruption, "divergent plate", magma, gas, basalt, viscosity
Sublimation 23:53 - 24:25 (00:32) / 0.6 MB mineral, precipitation, gas, sublimation, "sulfur dioxide", eruption, volcanism, crystal, sulfur, "volcanic vent", "Thomas Hartnett"
Volcanism 30 minutes / n.a. volcano, eruption, magma, lava, vent, "volcanic ash", temperature, gas, viscosity, "shield volcano", pumice, dome, "composite volcano", "plate tectonics"
Volcanoes and Magma 02:19 - 03:46 (01:27) / 1.9 MB "James Sadd", volcano, magma, "interior of the Earth", eruption, "volcanic gas", "volcanic ash", atmosphere, climate, Sun, "sea floor", "mid-oceanic ridge", crust
Hawaiian Hot Spot Hypothesis 03:46 - 05:20 (01:34) / 2.8 MB "Robert Tilling", volcano, plate, magma, "pillow lava", fissure, temperature, Hawaii, "divergent plate", "Pacific Plate", basalt, "lava flow", eruption, "oceanic hot spot"
Shield Volcanoes 05:20 - 06:05 (00:45) / 1.5 MB "Robert Tilling", volcano, "divergent plate", "oceanic hot spot", eruption, "lava flow", basalt, flow, "shield volcano"
Eruptions From Rift Zones 06:05 - 06:45 (00:40) / 1.0 MB volcano, eruption, crater, "shield volcano", Hawaii, fissure, "rift zone", gravity, stress, pressure, magma, "lava flow", "summit vent", Kilauea
Composite Volcanoes 06:45 - 07:19 (00:34) / 0.6 MB volcano, "composite volcano", eruption, "lava flow", "convergent plate", "Pacific Ocean", "oceanic hot spot", "divergent plate", flow
Volcanic Gas 07:19 - 08:18 (00:59) / 2.0 MB "James Sadd", volcano, eruption, "volcanic gas", atmosphere, water, "carbon dioxide", sulfur, nitrogen, ocean, "lava flow", basalt, "shield volcano", pressure
Explosiveness of An Eruption 08:18 - 08:40 (00:22) / 0.7 MB volcano, "volcanic gas", eruption, temperature, composition, magma, silica, viscosity
Andesitic Lavas Cause Explosive Eruptions 08:40 - 09:34 (00:54) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", eruption, "composite volcano", "lava flow", basalt, andesite, silica, temperature, viscosity, magma, gas, pressure, "volcanic ash", pumice
Pumice 09:34 - 09:51 (00:17) / 0.4 MB pumice, eruption, viscosity, gas, magma, volcano
Two Types of Lava 09:51 - 11:10 (01:19) / 3.4 MB viscosity, "lava flow", eruption, Hawaii, gas, pahoehoe, aa, "lava tube", temperature, "shield volcano", "composite volcano", vent
Cinder Cones 11:10 - 11:51 (00:41) / 0.9 MB "James Sadd", volcano, "cinder cone", cinder, "composite volcano", "shield volcano", "volcanic ash", "lava flow", eruption
Volcanoes Far From Plate Margins 11:51 - 13:20 (01:29) / 2.7 MB "Richard Hazlett", "Robert Tilling", volcano, "convergent plate margin", "divergent plate margin", "oceanic hot spot", desert, California, subduction, "cinder cone", crust, tension, fracture, "plate tectonics", pressure, magma, eruption
Volcanoes Die With Changes In Plate Boundaries 13:20 - 14:07 (00:47) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", volcano, "convergent plate margin", "Panam Crater", gas, eruption, crater, pumice, magma, vent, plug, dome, obsidian, viscosity, silica
Volcanic Domes 14:07 - 14:44 (00:37) / 1.3 MB "volcanic dome", "composite volcano", "Mount Saint Helens", eruption, crater, dome, "volcanic ash"
Mt. Katmai Eruption 16:39 - 17:50 (01:11) / 2.0 MB eruption, "Mount Katmai", Alaska, "volcanic ash", pumice, gas, volcano, "National Geographic Expedition", "Robert Fiske Griggs", vent, fumerole, swamp, woodland, "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes"
Noverupta 17:50 - 18:26 (00:36) / 0.8 MB eruption, "Mount Katmai", Alaska, volcano, "National Geographic Expedition", Noverupta, "lava flow", dome, crater, caldera, magma, vent
A Unique Eruption 19:55 - 20:24 (00:29) / 0.5 MB "Mount Katmai", volcano, eruption, vent, caldera, geologist
Indirect Techniques Needed to Uncover Evidence 20:24 - 21:05 (00:41) / 1.2 MB volcano, geologist, vent, eruption
Ore Deposits and Volcanoes 23:44 - 24:24 (00:40) / 1.4 MB geologist, "Mount Katmai", "ore deposit", volcano, fumerole, gas, "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes", eruption, stream, "volcanic ash", sublimation
Katmai Research Project 24:24 - 25:42 (01:18) / 2.3 MB "John Eichelberger", volcano, "Mount Katmai", eruption, prediction, "ore deposit", magma, temperature, "igneous rock", "hydrothermal system", geothermal, energy
Volcanic Eruptions 00:40 - 02:04 (01:24) / 1.6 MB volcano, eruption, "lava flow", magma, crust, mantle, crystallization, intrusion, "igneous rock", "Mount Saint Helens", Kilauea, "James Sadd"
Igneous Rocks 02:04 - 03:09 (01:05) / 1.1 MB volcano, "James Hutton", "Abraham Vernor", granite, Scotland, "igneous rock", eruption, volcano, magma
Introduction to Mass Wasting 00:40 - 02:02 (01:22) / 2.1 MB introduction, "Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano", Colombia, "South America", eruption, heat, melting, glacier, volcano, water, flood, mountain, soil, tree, boulder, Armero, mud, "geologic hazard"
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