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Introduction to Geology 00:40 - 00:58 (00:18) / 0.3 MB introduction
Introduction to Geophysics 00:40 - 02:00 (01:20) / 1.5 MB introduction, "oil well", "James Sadd", "Soviet Union", drilling, oil, well, "Earth's interior"
Introduction to the Sea Floor 00:40 - 01:14 (00:34) / 0.4 MB introduction
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
Introduction to Plate Dynamics 00:40 - 01:04 (00:24) / 0.5 MB introduction, "lava flow", Hawaii, crust, deformation, volcano
Introduction 00:40 - 01:49 (01:09) / 1.3 MB introduction, mountain, orogeny, crust, uplift, erosion, fault, volcano, plate, "James Sadd"
Introduction 00:40 - 01:35 (00:55) / 1.3 MB introduction, Mexico, "Will Durand", earthquake
Living With the Earth: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 00:40 - 02:08 (01:28) / 1.5 MB introduction, "San Francisco", "North American Plate", "Pacific Plate", "Loma Prieta Earthquake"
Introduction to Geologic Time 00:40 - 01:42 (01:02) / 0.9 MB introduction, "Archbishop Usher", "geologic age", "growth ring", "radiometric age dating", Bible, geologist
Introduction to Fossils 00:40 - 01:13 (00:33) / 1.1 MB introduction
Introduction to Minerals 00:40 - 01:43 (01:03) / 1.3 MB introduction, "James Sadd", mineral, geologist
Introduction to Volcanism 00:40 - 01:22 (00:42) / 1.3 MB introduction, Greeks, volcano, Roman, "Middle Ages"
Introduction to Weathering and Soils 00:40 - 01:55 (01:15) / 1.7 MB introduction, "Cleopatra's Needle", mud, Egypt, "United States", atmosphere, humid, "New York City", salt, weathering, "granitic rock", rock, "Earth's surface"
Introduction to Mass Wasting 00:40 - 02:02 (01:22) / 2.1 MB introduction, "Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano", Colombia, "South America", eruption, heat, melting, glacier, volcano, water, flood, mountain, soil, tree, boulder, Armero, mud, "geologic hazard"
Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks 00:40 - 01:22 (00:42) / 0.7 MB introduction, "Grand Canyon", "Colorado River", canyon, gorge, ravine, "geologic history"
Introduction to Metamorphic Rocks 00:40 - 01:17 (00:37) / 0.7 MB introduction, "James Sadd", mountain, humans, resource, geology
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
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
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
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
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
Introduction to Waves, Beaches and Coasts 00:40 - 01:32 (00:52) / 1.1 MB introduction, wave, energy, wind, ocean, water, "coastal environment", environment
Introduction to Preserving the Legacy 00:40 - 02:20 (01:40) / 1.2 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "H. G. Wells", humans, civilization, mining, agriculture, Roman, "Industrial Revolution", England, gravity, heat, "human power", technology, animal
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