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Title Comment Keywords
Causes of Earthquakes 02:10 - 03:26 (01:16) / 1.7 MB "radioactive decay", heat, energy, plate, friction, lithosphere, earthquake, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, river, water, flora, fauna
Uniformitarianism 07:33 - 08:39 (01:06) / 2.0 MB "James Hutton", Bible, "Theory of Uniformity", Uniformitarianism, uniformity, river, sediment, "sea floor", "sedimentary rock", Scotland, flood, landscape
Sedimentary Rocks: The Key to Past Environments 30 minutes / n.a. "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", sand, water, deposition, erosion, "depositional environment", time, river, lake
Sorting of Sediments 05:15 - 06:03 (00:48) / 1.3 MB "Dee Trent", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", deposition, water, river, mountain, canyon, valley, "coarse grained sediment", "fine grained sediment", sandstone, siltstone, ocean, sand, shoreline, mud, clay
Depositional Environments of Cross-Bedding 14:47 - 15:20 (00:33) / 0.6 MB "Walter E. Reed", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "depositional environment", deposition, cross-bedding, river, interruption, progradation
Cross-Beds Determines Direction 15:20 - 16:08 (00:48) / 1.0 MB "Walter E. Reed", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", cross-bedding, transportation, river, dune, "water current", downstream, meander, sorting, "grain size"
Mud Cracks 16:36 - 17:49 (01:13) / 1.4 MB "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
Evidence of Rivers 20:06 - 21:02 (00:56) / 1.4 MB "Cathy Busby-Spera", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "Ridge Basin", lake, river, "depositional environment", "fine grained sediment", mud, delta, thickening, "coarsening upward sequence", bed, "thin bedded sandstone", "medium bedded sandstone", sand, "coarse grained sediment"
Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition 30 minutes / n.a. river, sediment, discharge, stream, river channel, erosion, transportation, "flow velocity", deposition, energy, flood, slope
Introduction to Running Water 00:40 - 02:05 (01:25) / 2.0 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "Herodotus", "Pierre Perrault", river, water, Nile, rainfall, discharge, "River Seine", France, "drainage basin", civilization
Rainfall 02:05 - 02:43 (00:38) / 0.9 MB "James Sadd", river, rainfall, water, precipitation, groundwater, "glacial ice", "soil moisture", atmosphere, evaporation, plant, landform
Rivers On Landscape 02:43 - 03:15 (00:32) / 0.6 MB river, landscape, canyon, valley, meadow, delta, erosion, transportation, deposition, sediment
Velocity of Water 03:15 - 04:00 (00:45) / 1.3 MB "Dee Trent", river, stream, "water velocity", erosion, transportation, discharge, sediment, slope, gradient, "river channel", friction, energy
Texture of Stream Beds 04:00 - 04:26 (00:26) / 0.8 MB "Dee Trent", river, stream, "water velocity", texture, gravel, boulder, mud, clay, "flow resistance", "Mississippi River"
Discharge 04:26 - 05:09 (00:43) / 1.1 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, stream, "river channel", "water velocity", discharge, "drainage basin", "United States"
Flow Velocity 05:09 - 05:46 (00:37) / 1.7 MB "James Sadd", river, transportation, erosion, sediment, ocean, "flow velocity", energy, slope, gradient
Hydraulic Action 05:46 - 06:18 (00:32) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", river, stream, turbulence, discharge, sediment, "hydraulic action", "river channel", bedrock, "flow velocity"
Abrasion 06:18 - 06:45 (00:27) / 1.0 MB "James Sadd", river, stream, abrasion, "rapid current", sediment, scouring, bedrock, energy, "river channel", cobble, erosion, "flow velocity"
Dissolution 06:45 - 07:10 (00:25) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", river, stream, dissolution, erosion, "mineral composition", bedrock, limestone, granite, temperature, acid, "flow velocity"
Bed Load 07:10 - 08:20 (01:10) / 1.9 MB "James Sadd", "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, stream, erosion, sediment, bedrock, "bed load", crust, transportation, discharge, "flow velocity", "grain shape", "grain size", "grain composition", gravel, cobble, boulder, "traction load"
Saltation 08:20 - 08:47 (00:27) / 0.6 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, stream, "bed load", transportation, discharge, saltation
Suspended and Dissolved Loads 08:47 - 09:17 (00:30) / 0.8 MB river, stream, "bed load", "suspended load", "dissolved load", transportation, sediment, silt, clay, "chemical weathering", discharge
River Bars 09:17 - 10:02 (00:45) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", river, stream, discharge, "flow velocity", turbulence, energy, erosion, transportation, sediment, deposition, "river channel", bar, sand, gravel, ripple
Point Bars and Cut Banks 10:02 - 10:58 (00:56) / 0.8 MB river, bar, "braided stream", sediment, erosion, deposition, meander, valley, lowland, bank, "flow velocity", "point bar", "cut bank", slope, gradient
Meandering Streams 10:58 - 11:37 (00:39) / 0.7 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", meander, river, stream, energy, valley, discharge, "Mississippi River", "New Orleans", Memphis, equilibrium
Flooding 11:37 - 12:12 (00:35) / 0.7 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", meander, river, flood, "geologic hazard", "over-bank discharge", geologist, stream, bank
Flood Plains 12:12 - 13:14 (01:02) / 1.0 MB "James Sadd", meander, flood, floodplain, flatland, river, "river channel", riverbank, bank, landscape, humans, Tigris, Eurphrates, Mesopotamia, Yangtze, "Huang Ho", China, Nile, Egypt, crop, "muddy sediment", nutrient, deposition, irrigation, "geologic hazard", agriculture
Levees 13:14 - 14:42 (01:28) / 1.6 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, floodplain, sediment, deposition, flood, "river channel", stream, discharge, "river bed", levee
Dams 14:42 - 15:41 (00:59) / 1.3 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, flood, dam, discharge, valley, stream, deposition, erosion, lake, sediment, reservoir, "river channel"
Equilibrium 15:41 - 16:28 (00:47) / 1.0 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, erosion, transportation, deposition, mountain, equilibrium, stream, "bed load", discharge, energy, "flow velocity", bank, bed
Mississippi River 16:28 - 17:56 (01:28) / 1.5 MB river, humans, equilibrium, "Mississippi River", "United States", erosion, deposition, sediment, Minnesota, "Gulf of Mexico", bar, commerce, "New Orleans", "Baton Rouge", "North American Continent", "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel"
Red Eye Crossing 17:56 - 18:56 (01:00) / 1.9 MB "Tom J. Pokrefke", river, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", "Waterways Experiment Station", WES, "Vicksburg Mississippi", sediment, deposition, energy, dredge
River Model 18:56 - 20:29 (01:33) / 2.6 MB river, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", dredge, modeling, discharge, "bed load", "flow pattern", "point bar", mapping, sedimentation
Computer Model 20:29 - 21:13 (00:44) / 0.6 MB river, "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "navigational lock", flow-rate, "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", modeling, WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", discharge, "flow velocity", sediment, deposition
Computer Model 20:29 - 21:13 (00:44) / 0.6 MB river, "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "navigational lock", flow-rate, "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", modeling, WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", discharge, "flow velocity", sediment, deposition
Dikes 21:13 - 22:32 (01:19) / 1.3 MB "Tom J. Pokrefke", river, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", modeling, dike, "point bar", sediment, transportation, bank, scouring, "flow velocity"
Pilots of the Mississippi 22:32 - 23:40 (01:08) / 1.4 MB river, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", dike, dredge, "dynamic system"
Simulating Navigation 23:40 - 24:59 (01:19) / 1.1 MB river, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Red Eye Crossing", "river channel", WES, "Waterways Experiment Station", dredge, "ship-tow simulator", modeling, simulation, discharge
Flooding Hazards 24:59 - 26:12 (01:13) / 2.5 MB "James Sadd", "Mississippi River", river, flood, landscape, discharge, water, humans, civilization, "geologic hazard", "United States"
Conclusion 26:12 - 26:57 (00:45) / 1.4 MB "James Sadd", river, "geologic time", climate, slope, "tectonic activity", vegetation, bedrock, crust, sediment, sea, transportation, "Earth's surface", landscape
Running Water II: Landscape Evolution 30 minutes / n.a. river, "Mississippi River", sediment, valley, stream, landscape, erosion, dam, flow-rate, flood, deposition
Introduction to Landscape Evolution 00:40 - 01:58 (01:18) / 1.4 MB introduction, "James Sadd", landscape, river, stream, "Grand Canyon", rock, landform, "Colorado River", valley, transportation, sediment
Influence of Running Water 01:58 - 02:48 (00:50) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", "Colorado River", continent, energy, river, "river channel", erosion, sediment, valley, "mass wasting", landform, slope
Rivers and Valleys 02:48 - 03:46 (00:58) / 1.2 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, valley, geologist, "mass wasting", sediment, stream, erosion, slope, "base level", degradation, "flow velocity", sea, "sea level"
Landscape Evolution 03:46 - 04:30 (00:44) / 1.5 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", landscape, "William Morris Davis", river, stream, slope, plain, youthful, mature, "old age", "Appalachian Mountains", uplift, "potential energy", valley
River Drainage Patterns 06:58 - 08:02 (01:04) / 2.2 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", "rock type", structure, river, "drainage pattern", stream, geologist, "sedimentary rock", "dendritic pattern", fracture, fault, "intersecting pattern", "trellis pattern", erosion, slope, valley
Rejuvenation 08:02 - 09:07 (01:05) / 1.2 MB "Dee Trent", stream, river, landscape, erosion, uplift, "base level", geologist, rejuvenation, landform, "stream terrace", valley, meander, floodplain
Terraces 09:07 - 09:31 (00:24) / 0.4 MB "stream terrace", climate, river, stream, "sedimentary rock", transportation, erosion, slope
Incised Meander 09:31 - 10:05 (00:34) / 0.8 MB landform, rejuvenation, uplift, "incised meander", river, floodplain, thalweg, "river channel", degradation, valley
Deltas 10:05 - 11:08 (01:03) / 1.4 MB "Dee Trent", valley, river, landscape, landform, stream, ocean, lake, "flow velocity", deposition, delta, slope, gradient, sediment, deposition, distributary, "river channel"
Distributaries 11:08 - 11:45 (00:37) / 0.6 MB distributary, delta, river, sediment, deposition, "Mississippi River", Louisiana, silt, sand, clay
Mississippi River 11:45 - 13:01 (01:16) / 1.2 MB "Mississippi River", river, "river channel", sea, sediment, discharge, bank, flood, "Gulf of Mexico", levee, commerce, "stream course"
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
Atchafalaya 14:27 - 15:11 (00:44) / 1.0 MB "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", river, "stream course", sea, "New Orleans", "Old River", "Gulf of Mexico", "stream capture"
Stream Capture 15:11 - 16:11 (01:00) / 0.9 MB "Nancy Powell", "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Atchafalaya River", "Mississippi River", "stream capture", river, Fiske, delta, sediment
Old River Control Project 16:11 - 16:52 (00:41) / 0.7 MB "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "U.S. Congress", "Old River Control Project", river, "Old River", sediment, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", discharge, "Red River", flow-rate
Old River Channel 16:52 - 17:32 (00:40) / 0.9 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "navigational lock", flow-rate
Low Sill Structure 17:32 - 18:25 (00:53) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, floodplain, flood
1973 Flood 18:25 - 19:44 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", tributary, "New Orleans", thalweg, scouring
Auxiliary Structure 19:44 - 20:54 (01:10) / 1.4 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, flood
Monitoring the Flow-Rate 20:54 - 21:47 (00:53) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flow-rate, flood, "New Orleans District Office"
Discharge 21:47 - 22:44 (00:57) / 1.1 MB "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "flow velocity", flow-rate, discharge, sediment, scouring, equilibrium, gradient
Bed Load 22:44 - 24:06 (01:22) / 1.2 MB "Nancy Powell", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", "bed load", flow-rate, "flow velocity", sediment, scouring, transportation
Control Nature 24:06 - 25:06 (01:00) / 1.5 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", "Old River", dam, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "Old River Control Project", river, "Mississippi River", "Atchafalaya River", flood, windstorm, wave
Riverside Life 25:06 - 25:54 (00:48) / 1.1 MB civilization, river, riverside, bank, landscape, landform, "geologic hazard"
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
Uses of Groundwater 01:39 - 02:47 (01:08) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", groundwater, water, irrigation, agriculture, industry, lake, river, "Earth's surface", pollution, geologist, soil, "surface water", replenishment, infiltration
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
Flow of Groundwater 07:15 - 07:36 (00:21) / 0.6 MB groundwater, cave, geologist, "water flow", spring, river, "Earth's surface", flood
Effluence 08:30 - 09:10 (00:40) / 1.6 MB "Earth's surface", valley, "saturated zone", groundwater, river, lake, season, rainfall, effluence
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"
Wastewater 13:11 - 13:53 (00:42) / 1.2 MB "Jim Goodrich", river, wastewater, groundwater, soil
Recharge Area 13:53 - 14:56 (01:03) / 2.1 MB "Kirby Brill", "Orange County Water District", "recharge area", aquifer, groundwater, "groundwater withdrawal", well, "gravel pit", river, basin, permeability, sediment
Drainage 11:06 - 12:25 (01:19) / 1.5 MB "Art Montana", desert, drainage, "drainage pattern", river, Nile, Africa, Niger, "Colorado River", "United States", stream, soil, pond, lake, evaporation, sand, "Mojave Desert", California, "Mojave River", "San Bernardino Mountains", "Soda Lake"
Introduction to Glaciers 00:40 - 01:38 (00:58) / 1.5 MB introduction, "James Sadd", landscape, glacier, mountain, Alps, "Himalaya Mountains", Rockies, "Yosemite Valley", "Sierra Nevada", river, valley, lake, "North American Continent", "Great Lakes", loch, Scotland, agriculture, soil, China, "Soviet Union", Canada, "glacial ice", rock, silt, transportation, wind, "fertile soil", erosion
Movement of Glaciers 04:29 - 05:25 (00:56) / 1.3 MB "Louis Agassi", stress, ice, gravity, "geologic time", "plastic deformation", glacier, "glacial flow", friction, river, stream
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
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"
Mountains and Rivers 12:59 - 13:34 (00:35) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", beach, sediment, deposition, erosion, transportation, shoreline, mountain, river, weathering, rock, "long-shore current", breakwater, human
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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