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Continental Slope and Rise 05:04 - 06:11 (01:07) / 0.7 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", "continental shelf", "continental slope", "continental rise"
Submarine Canyons 06:11 - 06:56 (00:45) / 0.5 MB "submarine canyon", "Atlantic Ocean", "Pacific Ocean", fan, "Tanya L. Atwater"
Pelagic Sediments 07:26 - 07:58 (00:32) / 0.3 MB pelagic, sediment, plankton, clay, "Tanya L. Atwater"
Challenges of Directly Observing the Sea Floor 21:39 - 22:40 (01:01) / 0.5 MB dredge, camera, sample, submersible, "Tanya L. Atwater"
Strange Animals in an Alien Environment 23:28 - 25:01 (01:33) / 1.0 MB "mid-oceanic ridge", "hot vent", submersible, Alvin, temperature, pressure, "tube worm", crab, "giant clam", bacteria, "hydrogen sulfide", "Tanya L. Atwater"
Scientific Controversy Divided By Hemispheres 05:23 - 06:33 (01:10) / 0.7 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", geologist, evolution, "South Africa", "South America", India, Antarctica, Europe, "North American Continent", continent
New Ideas Must Be Supported By Data 08:04 - 09:04 (01:00) / 0.8 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", "Alfred Wegener", "continental drift", continent, data
Understanding Oceans 09:04 - 09:59 (00:55) / 0.5 MB "Alfred Wegener", "Tanya L. Atwater", Greenland, "continental drift", ocean, oceanography, technology
Scripp's Oceanographic Institution 17:31 - 18:24 (00:53) / 0.6 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", "Frederick Vine", "Drummand Matthews", "sea floor", "magnetic field", "mid-oceanic ridge", "Scripps Institution of Oceanography"
Seamounts 22:09 - 23:16 (01:07) / 0.8 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", topography, "sea floor", seamount, "volcanic cone", "hot spot", volcano, "lava flow", plate, Hawaii, island, Aleutians, "Pacific Plate"
Coral Atolls 23:16 - 24:37 (01:21) / 1.0 MB "Tanya L. Atwater", Hawaii, seamount, guyot, "sea floor", island, erosion, wave, plate, "hot spot", "mid-oceanic ridge", "coral reef", "coral atoll"
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