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Continental Margin Subduction 08:41 - 09:05 (00:24) / 0.3 MB "plate tectonics", subduction, "continental margin", continent, andesite, "volcanic chain", volcano, landscape, eruption, "divergent plate", magma, gas, basalt, viscosity
Gravity Drives Convection 12:44 - 13:14 (00:30) / 0.4 MB convection, gravity, "plate tectonics", viscosity, mantle
Upper and Lower Mantle 18:18 - 19:53 (01:35) / 1.0 MB "Don L. Anderson", mantle, plate, subduction, "Pacific Ocean", earthquake, depth, seismic, convection, viscosity, "mid-oceanic ridge", basalt, lithosphere, "plate tectonics"
Convection in the Core 19:53 - 20:30 (00:37) / 0.3 MB "Don L. Anderson", convection, mantle, core, "Kormel Boundary", viscosity, "magnetic field"
Volcanism 30 minutes / n.a. volcano, eruption, magma, lava, vent, "volcanic ash", temperature, gas, viscosity, "shield volcano", pumice, dome, "composite volcano", "plate tectonics"
Explosiveness of An Eruption 08:18 - 08:40 (00:22) / 0.7 MB volcano, "volcanic gas", eruption, temperature, composition, magma, silica, viscosity
Andesitic Lavas Cause Explosive Eruptions 08:40 - 09:34 (00:54) / 1.2 MB "James Sadd", eruption, "composite volcano", "lava flow", basalt, andesite, silica, temperature, viscosity, magma, gas, pressure, "volcanic ash", pumice
Pumice 09:34 - 09:51 (00:17) / 0.4 MB pumice, eruption, viscosity, gas, magma, volcano
Two Types of Lava 09:51 - 11:10 (01:19) / 3.4 MB viscosity, "lava flow", eruption, Hawaii, gas, pahoehoe, aa, "lava tube", temperature, "shield volcano", "composite volcano", vent
Volcanoes Die With Changes In Plate Boundaries 13:20 - 14:07 (00:47) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", volcano, "convergent plate margin", "Panam Crater", gas, eruption, crater, pumice, magma, vent, plug, dome, obsidian, viscosity, silica
Other Plutonic Igneous Rocks 16:24 - 17:40 (01:16) / 1.5 MB continent, crust, mantle, subduction, andesite, diorite, "convergent plate", melting, upwelling, basalt, "lava flow", crust, felsic, viscosity, volcano, pluton, "David Sigurdson"
Mudflows and Debris Flows 15:50 - 16:48 (00:58) / 2.5 MB "mass wasting", "mudflow", "debris flow", creep, slump, landslide, water, movement, viscosity, density, sand, silt, boulder, rainfall, snow, gravity, "geologic hazard"
Destructive Flows 25:37 - 26:22 (00:45) / 1.8 MB "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", speed, creep, slump, landslide, rainfall, mountain, canyon, viscosity, density, mudflow, debris flow, rockslide, "rock avalanche", valley
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