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North Cascades National Park Geology
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n.a. / n.a.
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North Cascades, plate tectonics, rock, mineral, geologic time, geologic map, climate, rain, snow
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Scientific Curiosity Converges with Human Needs
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25:47 - 26:30 (00:43) / 0.5 MB
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origin, resource, climate, environment, "Greenhouse Effect", "sea level", "James Sadd"
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Correlating Geology Across Continents
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03:44 - 04:35 (00:51) / 0.5 MB
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"Jason Saleeby", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", map, fossil, "mineral deposit", continent, "ocean basin", Gondwana, Antarctica, Australia, Africa, "South America", plant, climate, glaciation, coal
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Evolution Through Time
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30 minutes / n.a.
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fossil, evolution, life, environment, extinction, animal, plant, Mesozoic, mammal, dinosaur, stromatolite, "sedimentary rock", Paleozoic, ecosystem, climate, Cenozoic, atmosphere, "rock formation"
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Largest Mass Extinction in Earth's History
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12:11 - 13:02 (00:51) / 0.8 MB
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"James Sadd", Paleozoic, continent, supercontinent, Pangea, ocean, climate, collision, "continental margin", mountain, Alps, "Himalaya Mountains", ecosystem, extinction, life
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Extinction of Dinosaurs
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15:13 - 16:47 (01:34) / 1.4 MB
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dinosaur, fossil, track, climate, Mesozoic, predation, environment, extinction, volcano, atmosphere, asteroid
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Rancho La Brea Tar Pits
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17:31 - 18:36 (01:05) / 1.5 MB
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"George Jefferson", Cenozoic, "Rancho La Brea", "Los Angeles", tar, animal, fossil, life, Cenozoic, "Ice Age", climate, vertebrate
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Reconstructing an Environment
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20:01 - 21:07 (01:06) / 1.2 MB
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"Shelley M. Cox", fossil, soil, plant, shell, insect, microfossil, climate, mouse, gopher, environment
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Volcanoes and Magma
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02:19 - 03:46 (01:27) / 1.9 MB
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"James Sadd", volcano, magma, "interior of the Earth", eruption, "volcanic gas", "volcanic ash", atmosphere, climate, Sun, "sea floor", "mid-oceanic ridge", crust
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Challenge of Field Work at Katmai
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18:26 - 19:55 (01:29) / 2.2 MB
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"John Eichelberger", volcano, dome, fumerole, "Mount Katmai", park, wilderness, climate, geologist
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Weathering and Soils
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30 minutes / n.a.
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weathering, soil, "chemical weathering", water, rock, plant, erosion, "mechanical weathering", granite, agriculture, climate, "acid rain"
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Rates of Weathering
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08:06 - 09:07 (01:01) / 1.9 MB
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"Thomas Hartnett", water, "chemical weathering", weathering, "weathering rate", climate, "mechanical weathering", soil, temperature, "chemical reaction", desert, mineral, "Earth's surface"
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Climate and Time
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17:04 - 17:49 (00:45) / 1.3 MB
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weathering, soil, climate, "geologic time", rock, "Midwestern United States", "fertile soil", tropic
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Grand Canyon
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01:22 - 02:31 (01:09) / 1.1 MB
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"James Sadd", "Grand Canyon", "John Wesley Powell", geology, "sedimentary rock", "Colorado River", landscape, "geologic time", "geologic history", "mineral composition", "grain size", "grain shape", structure, "rock color", climate, "vegetation pattern", shoreline, topography, "Earth's surface", sediment
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Mud Cracks
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16:36 - 17:49 (01:13) / 1.4 MB
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"Walter E. Reed", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "mud crack", fissure, deposition, "depositional environment", "river bed", "tidal flat", desiccation, preservation, sand, river, "natural levee", floodplain, meander, "braided stream", delta, climate
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Conclusion
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26:12 - 26:57 (00:45) / 1.4 MB
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"James Sadd", river, "geologic time", climate, slope, "tectonic activity", vegetation, bedrock, crust, sediment, sea, transportation, "Earth's surface", landscape
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Rock Type, Rock Structure, and Climate
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05:47 - 06:58 (01:11) / 1.5 MB
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"William Morris Davis", geologist, uplift, erosion, landscape, modeling, "tectonic activity", "rock type", structure, climate, fold, fault, sand, clay, "Earth's surface", slope, "Grand Canyon", "sedimentary rock", weathering, arid, vegetation, canyon, time
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Terraces
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09:07 - 09:31 (00:24) / 0.4 MB
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"stream terrace", climate, river, stream, "sedimentary rock", transportation, erosion, slope
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Wind, Dust and Deserts
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30 minutes / n.a.
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desert, wind, rainfall, plant, soil, sand, evaporation, air, vegetation, precipitation, dune, desertification, climate
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Introduction to Wind, Dust and Desert
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00:40 - 01:54 (01:14) / 1.1 MB
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introduction, "James Sadd", "Death Valley", lake, valley, shoreline, grassland, slope, "pine tree", humid, animal, bison, antelope, horse, pelican, flamingo, climate, glacier, "Ice Age", salt, lakebed, desert, plant, evaporation
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Desertification
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18:16 - 19:00 (00:44) / 1.6 MB
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"James Sadd", desert, climate, topography, "plate tectonics", forest, prairie, grassland, humans, desertification, environment
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Development and Overgrazing
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19:48 - 20:49 (01:01) / 1.9 MB
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vegetation, humans, atmosphere, plant, tree, air, climate, rainfall, semi-arid, desert, desertification, agriculture, grazing
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Global Climate Changes
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24:47 - 25:45 (00:58) / 1.4 MB
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desert, humans, arid, "global climate change", climate, Africa, environment
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Conclusion
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25:45 - 26:48 (01:03) / 1.3 MB
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"James Sadd", desert, humans, life, dune, playa, salt, sand, "desert varnish", environment, landform, climate, lake, grassland, forest
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Glaciers
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30 minutes / n.a.
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glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", "Ice Age", "glacial retreat", "glacial flow", continent, climate
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Glaciers
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02:33 - 03:27 (00:54) / 1.1 MB
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"James Zumberge", glacier, snow, ice, temperature, polar, Equator, mountain, "high elevation", precipitation, season, climate
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Moraine Deposition
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11:39 - 12:48 (01:09) / 1.2 MB
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"James Sadd", moraine, deposition, glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", "glacial flow", "glacial advance", "glacial retreat", geologist, "Ice Age", "geologic time", climate, "sea level", evolution, life, "glacial cycle", "overlapping moraine"
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Indicators of Past Ice Ages
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14:04 - 15:37 (01:33) / 1.9 MB
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"Brian Edwards", data, "Ice Age", "Earth's orbit", "drill core", "deep-sea sediment", fossil, microfossil, plant, temperature, ocean, "geologic time", Sun, continent, "plate tectonics", "ocean current", climate, polar, landmass, "ice sheet"
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Depositional Environment
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18:26 - 19:30 (01:04) / 1.4 MB
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"Chester C. Langway Jr.", "Ice Age", landscape, glacier, "glacial ice", snowfall, deposition, "glacial environment", "ice sheet", "atmospheric process", atmosphere, pollen, "volcanic ash", meteorite, "ancient air bubble", climate
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Ice Core Sampling
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19:30 - 20:38 (01:08) / 1.5 MB
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"Chester C. Langway Jr.", Greenland, "Greenland Ice Core Program", "continental glacier", "ice sheet", drilling, glacier, "glacial ice", climate, weather, "ice core"
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Seasonal Layers
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22:12 - 23:50 (01:38) / 2.5 MB
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"Chester C. Langway Jr.", climate, "stable oxygen isotope", oxygen, snow, glacier, "glacial ice", "ice core", "Ice Age", precipitation, season, temperature, Antarctica, Greenland, Equator, climatologist, meteorologist, wind
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Glacial Ice Volume
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25:47 - 26:24 (00:37) / 0.6 MB
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"James Sadd", glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", "glacial ice volume", "sea level", "global warming", climate, "glacial retreat", flood, "geologic hazard"
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Geology School Keywords
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