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Ridge Basin 18:37 - 20:06 (01:29) / 2.1 MB "Cathy Busby-Spera", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "Ridge Basin", sedimentologist, lake, "fine grained sediment", "thin bed", water, "depositional environment", "river channel", continuity, limestone, microfossil, "fresh water", "mud crack", "ripple mark"
Holding Its Course 13:01 - 14:27 (01:26) / 1.6 MB "Nancy Powell", "Mississippi River", river, "stream course", "river channel", "river bed", bank, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", flood, levee, commerce, "Baton Rouge", "New Orleans", "fresh water", erosion
Groundwater 30 minutes / n.a. groundwater, pollution, well, river, aquifer, "fresh water", "surface water", "saturated zone"
Introduction to Groundwater 00:40 - 01:39 (00:59) / 2.1 MB introduction, "James Sadd", water, groundwater, civilization, "fresh water", river, lake, "Earth's surface", dowser
Origin of Groundwater 02:47 - 04:14 (01:27) / 2.7 MB groundwater, water, "fresh water", humans, "Earth's surface", lake, river, rainfall, bedrock, stream, fissure, basalt, granite
Aquifers 11:46 - 13:11 (01:25) / 2.9 MB "Jim Goodrich", aquifer, "United States", "Los Angeles", "Orange County", "fresh water", California, rainfall, desert, "coastal plain", groundwater, "perennial stream", snow, mountain, river, "surface water"
Seawater 16:42 - 17:19 (00:37) / 0.8 MB groundwater, "fresh water", "sea water", salt, coast, well, irrigation
Pollution 17:19 - 17:47 (00:28) / 1.5 MB groundwater, pollution, "fresh water"
Water Quality 20:39 - 21:47 (01:08) / 1.7 MB "Jim Goodrich", "Orange County", geologist, "coastal basin", ocean, "sea water", "fresh water", salt, pollution, well, "Water Factory 21", groundwater, "injection barrier", "salt water intrusion"
Dams 13:34 - 14:34 (01:00) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", dam, lake, flood, water, irrigation, sediment, transportation, river, beach, reservoir, humans, "fresh water"
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