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Title Comment Keywords
Coasts n.a. / n.a. coast, coastline, water, wind, wave, beach, estuary, longshore drift, coral reef
Coastal Deserts 08:54 - 09:50 (00:56) / 1.4 MB "Richard Hazlett", desert, air, water, coastline, Chile, Africa, ocean, evaporation, temperature, "cold marine current", "coastal desert"
Sea Level Drop 15:37 - 16:41 (01:04) / 1.1 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", "Ice Age", glacier, landscape, coastline, ocean, "sea level", continent, stream, erosion, river, "glacial melt", discharge, flood, valley, inlet, harbor, estuary, sediment
Land Bridges 17:58 - 18:26 (00:28) / 0.6 MB "Ice Age", "land bridge", "sea level", coastline, landmass, Asia, "North American Continent", animal, humans, continent, migration
Waves, Beaches and Coasts 30 minutes / n.a. beach, wave, erosion, energy, sediment, sand, "geologic hazard", ocean, coastline, coast, current
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"
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"
Spits and Bars 10:43 - 12:04 (01:21) / 2.1 MB "Thomas Hartnett", sand-spit, bar, sand, bay, "long-shore current", coastline, beach, sand-spit, breakwater, dredge, transportation, deposition
Severe Storms 14:34 - 15:30 (00:56) / 1.6 MB storm, wave, coastline, erosion, humans, "sea cliff", beach, seawall, energy, "geologic hazard"
Seawalls 15:30 - 16:26 (00:56) / 1.0 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", seawall, beach, erosion, coastline, "geologic hazard", sand, sediment, cliff
Conclusion 26:06 - 26:57 (00:51) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", coastline, landscape, humans, beach, geologist, "geologic hazard"
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