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Title Comment Keywords
Mass Wasting 30 minutes / n.a. "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landslide, construction, slope, slump, creep, movement, mitigation, mudflow, mountain, water, soil
Mass Wasting 02:02 - 03:25 (01:23) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic hazard", "mass wasting", Armero, gravity, mountain, slope, landslide, boulder, road, landform, "Earth's surface", "sea floor", "plate tectonics", orogeny, landscape
Slopes 03:25 - 04:13 (00:48) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", slope, construction, "glacial valley", riverbank, shore, wave, cliff, human
Causes of Mass Wasting 04:13 - 05:01 (00:48) / 0.9 MB construction, road, building, slope, water, soil, rock, pore space, "surface tension", "mass wasting", stability, over-steepening
Creep 05:33 - 06:57 (01:24) / 1.2 MB "mass wasting", creep, slope, soil, bedrock, gravity, water, season, Alaska, freeze, thaw, "geologic hazard"
Palos Verdes Peninsula 09:55 - 10:27 (00:32) / 0.8 MB "mass wasting", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", California, "Portuguese Bend", landslide, creep, slump, earthflow, slope, "geologic hazard"
Ancient Landslide 10:27 - 11:12 (00:45) / 0.6 MB "Perry Ehlig", "mass wasting", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", road, construction, fill, slope, base, movement, "geologic hazard"
Rockslides 18:29 - 19:18 (00:49) / 1.4 MB "mass wasting", "rockslide", mudflow, "debris slide", mountain, slope, road, base, topography, valley, movement, "rock avalanche"
Possible Landslide 21:38 - 22:57 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, creep, slump, mitigation, building, construction, drilling, geologist, structure, soil, sampling, "grain size", moisture, color, slope, fill, engineering
Final Report 22:57 - 24:28 (01:31) / 1.8 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, mitigation, construction, "core sample", data, drilling, map, "cross section", engineering, stability, slope, drainage, vegetation
Conclusion 26:22 - 26:59 (00:37) / 1.4 MB "James Sadd", "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landscape, evolution, humans, slope, stability, water
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
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
Flow Velocity 05:09 - 05:46 (00:37) / 1.7 MB "James Sadd", river, transportation, erosion, sediment, ocean, "flow velocity", energy, slope, gradient
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
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
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
Landscape Maturity 04:30 - 05:47 (01:17) / 1.8 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", landscape, mature, uplift, stream, valley, slope, youthful, energy, erosion, "base level", degradation, floodplain, peneplain, "old age"
Rock Type, Rock Structure, and Climate 05:47 - 06:58 (01:11) / 1.5 MB "William Morris Davis", geologist, uplift, erosion, landscape, modeling, "tectonic activity", "rock type", structure, climate, fold, fault, sand, clay, "Earth's surface", slope, "Grand Canyon", "sedimentary rock", weathering, arid, vegetation, canyon, time
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
Terraces 09:07 - 09:31 (00:24) / 0.4 MB "stream terrace", climate, river, stream, "sedimentary rock", transportation, erosion, slope
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"
Conclusion 25:54 - 26:57 (01:03) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", landscape, humans, landform, desert, rainstorm, flood, wind, slope, "tectonic activity", "Grand Canyon", "Colorado River", stream, water, "Earth's surface"
Introduction to Wind, Dust and Desert 00:40 - 01:54 (01:14) / 1.1 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "Death Valley", lake, valley, shoreline, grassland, slope, "pine tree", humid, animal, bison, antelope, horse, pelican, flamingo, climate, glacier, "Ice Age", salt, lakebed, desert, plant, evaporation
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