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Title Comment Keywords
Earth is Different 02:03 - 02:28 (00:25) / 0.6 MB Earth, planet
Earth Condensed From a Nebula 03:12 - 03:47 (00:35) / 0.4 MB Earth, "Solar System", "Pierre-Simon LaPlace", "Immanuel Kant", nebula, origin
Why We Find Few Craters on Earth 07:56 - 08:17 (00:21) / 0.9 MB "impact crater", crater, Earth, erosion
Earth is Still Geologically Active 19:54 - 20:24 (00:30) / 0.7 MB Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, "radioactive decay"
Our Curiosity of Nature 25:01 - 25:47 (00:46) / 0.6 MB nature, geology, origin, Earth, "James Sadd"
Conclusion 26:30 - 26:52 (00:22) / 0.2 MB "sea floor", Earth, "James Sadd"
Introduction to Plate Tectonics 00:40 - 01:29 (00:49) / 0.6 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "Solar System", Earth, planet, earthquake, ocean, volcano, glaciation, "plate tectonics", landform
No Evidence For An Expanding Earth 12:56 - 13:54 (00:58) / 0.7 MB "Harry H. Hess", "sea floor spreading", "mid-oceanic ridge", Earth, crust, trench, subduction, "Alfred Wegener", data, geopoetry, paleomagnetism
Plate Tectonics 20:30 - 20:57 (00:27) / 0.2 MB "plate tectonics", "mid-oceanic ridge", subduction, fault, plate, "Donald MacKenzie", "Robert Palmer", Earth
Mechanisms of Plate Tectonics 23:42 - 25:06 (01:24) / 0.8 MB "Jason Saleeby", "plate tectonics", mechanism, "Alfred Wegener", convection, Earth, crust, plate, mantle, process, mountain, basin
Plate Tectonics Revolution 25:06 - 25:47 (00:41) / 0.5 MB "Robert Douglas", "plate tectonics", Earth, geology, theory, "environmental system"
Conclusion 25:47 - 26:59 (01:12) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "sea floor spreading", "plate tectonics", "global model", "crustal dynamics", "Theory of Plate Tectonics", theory, geology, earthquake, volcanism, mountain, "ocean basin", plate, Earth, mechanism, mantle, geologist
Mapping Convection Patterns 20:30 - 21:20 (00:50) / 0.7 MB "Don L. Anderson", convection, shape, Earth, satellite, "radar technique", mountain, continent, "sea floor"
Volcanism in the Solar System 01:22 - 02:19 (00:57) / 1.3 MB volcano, "Voyager Space Probe", Earth, Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, "Olympus Mons", Io, "Mount Everest", "volcanic gas", atmosphere, water, ocean, stream
Tides 21:35 - 22:41 (01:06) / 1.6 MB ocean, wave, tide, Moon, Sun, Earth, gravity
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