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Geologic Glossary
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n.a. / n.a.
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geologic term, glossary, ablation, absolute age, alluvial fan, amphibole, annual snowline, Archaean Eon, ash, asthenosphere, basalt, Basin and Range province, boulder, breccia, calcite, cave, cave system, Cenozoic Era, chemical weathering, cinder, cinder cone, clast, clay, cobble, conglomerate, continental collision, continental drift, convergent plate boundary, core, craton, crust, daughter product, desert pavement, dike, divergent plate boundary, dune, earthquake,
Powering the Hydrologic Cycle
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03:38 - 04:37 (00:59) / 2.3 MB
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"hydrologic cycle", "water cycle", weathering, erosion, "external heat engine"
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Relationship Between the Earth's Heat Engines
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04:37 - 05:15 (00:38) / 0.8 MB
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"heat engine", mountain, erosion
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Why We Find Few Craters on Earth
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07:56 - 08:17 (00:21) / 0.9 MB
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"impact crater", crater, Earth, erosion
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Origins of Oceans
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03:08 - 03:54 (00:46) / 0.5 MB
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ocean, "volcanic eruption", erosion, salt, "carbon dioxide", chlorine, "sulfur dioxide", sodium, magnesium
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Coral Atolls
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23:16 - 24:37 (01:21) / 1.0 MB
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"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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Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents
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30 minutes / n.a.
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orogeny, mountain, continent, erosion, crust, mantle, uplift, subduction, sediment, "metamorphic rock", craton, collision, "sedimentary rock", "ocean basin", lithosphere, "igneous rock", accretion
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Introduction
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00:40 - 01:49 (01:09) / 1.3 MB
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introduction, mountain, orogeny, crust, uplift, erosion, fault, volcano, plate, "James Sadd"
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Center of Continents
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02:12 - 02:44 (00:32) / 0.5 MB
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continent, craton, shield, "Canadian Shield", erosion, "North American Continent", "ice sheet", flatland, soil, "sedimentary rock", crust
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Ancient Heart of North America
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02:44 - 03:48 (01:04) / 1.9 MB
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"Canadian Shield", "Superior Province", craton, granulite, greenstone, "metamorphic rock", erosion, "volcanic rock", "sedimentary rock", "island arc"
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Nature Recycles Materials
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08:41 - 09:29 (00:48) / 0.8 MB
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"James Hutton", sediment, mountain, "sea floor", uplift, erosion, "plate tectonics", orogeny
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The Rock Cycle
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11:12 - 11:57 (00:45) / 1.1 MB
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sediment, continent, magma, mantle, subduction, "sea floor", volcanism, "sedimentary rock", "metamorphic rock", "igneous rock", "rock cycle", crust, erosion, orogeny
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When Mountain Building Ends
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18:25 - 19:36 (01:11) / 0.9 MB
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mountain, orogeny, "convergent plate margin", subduction, craton, fault, volcanism, erosion, uplift, "Gary Ernst"
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Mountains Have Thick Crustal Roots
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19:36 - 21:07 (01:31) / 1.7 MB
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"Eastern North America", "Appalachian Mountains", collision, erosion, mountain, orogeny, uplift, gravity, "Himalaya Mountains", crust, mantle, "convergent plate", compression, isostasy, "G. B. Airy"
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The Rising Crust
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21:07 - 22:10 (01:03) / 1.0 MB
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mountain, orogeny, erosion, uplift, mantle, crust, topography, isostasy
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Isostatic Equilibrium
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22:10 - 23:35 (01:25) / 1.3 MB
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isostasy, crust, gravity, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, mantle, craton, "Jason Saleeby"
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Mountains Mark the Growth of Continents
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24:36 - 25:14 (00:38) / 0.9 MB
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mountain, continent, mantle, erosion, orogeny, isostasy, "plate tectonics", gravity
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Dance of the Continents
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25:14 - 26:48 (01:34) / 1.2 MB
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mountain, orogeny, continent, "oceanic crust", collision, subduction, "convergent plate margin", orogeny, erosion, "convergent plate", supercontinent, Alaska, "sea floor spreading", "strike-slip fault", "North American Continent", "Mediterranean Sea", "ocean basin", Africa, Europe, volcano, earthquake, "James Sadd"
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Earth's Structures
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30 minutes / n.a.
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deformation, structure, fold, unconformity, "tectonic activty", "geologic structure", fault, erosion, contact, earthquake, strata, "sedimentary rock", "sea level change", thrust, stress
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Unconformities
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16:25 - 17:32 (01:07) / 1.3 MB
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"James Sadd", "James Hutton", "geologic structure", unconformity, erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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The Great Unconformity
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17:32 - 18:26 (00:54) / 0.9 MB
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"James Sadd", "Grand Canyon", "geologic structure", unconformity, uplift, deformation, "tectonic activity", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Angular Unconformity
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18:26 - 19:30 (01:04) / 1.2 MB
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"Dee Trent", "angular unconformity", "geologic structure", unconformity, erosion, uplift, "tilted bed", "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "Principle of Original Horizontality", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Angular Unconformity
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18:26 - 19:30 (01:04) / 1.2 MB
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"Dee Trent", "angular unconformity", "geologic structure", unconformity, erosion, uplift, "tilted bed", "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "Principle of Original Horizontality", sandstone, "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Nonconformity
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19:30 - 20:30 (01:00) / 1.4 MB
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"Dee Trent", nonconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "metamorphic rock", "igneous rock", "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Nonconformity
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19:30 - 20:30 (01:00) / 1.4 MB
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"Dee Trent", nonconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "sea level change", "tectonic activity", deposition, "metamorphic rock", "igneous rock", "sea level change", erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Disconformity
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20:30 - 21:02 (00:32) / 0.6 MB
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"Dee Trent", disconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "tectonic activity", deposition, erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Disconformity
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20:30 - 21:02 (00:32) / 0.6 MB
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"Dee Trent", disconformity, unconformity, "geologic structure", erosion, "tectonic activity", deposition, erosion, "sedimentary rock", contact
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Causes of Earthquakes
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02:10 - 03:26 (01:16) / 1.7 MB
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"radioactive decay", heat, energy, plate, friction, lithosphere, earthquake, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, river, water, flora, fauna
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Force Building Land
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05:12 - 06:06 (00:54) / 1.2 MB
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"James Hutton", land, erosion, life, stream, sand, gravel, sediment, "sedimentary rock", uplift, water
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Unconformity
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06:06 - 06:46 (00:40) / 0.9 MB
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"James Hutton", unconformity, uplift, erosion, land, Bible
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Oceans Preserve Fossils
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03:02 - 03:55 (00:53) / 1.4 MB
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"Dee Trent", fossil, erosion, "plate tectonics", "sedimentary rock", "terrestrial life", vertebrate, weathering, predation, scavenging
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How Geologists Use Minerals
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03:48 - 05:04 (01:16) / 1.4 MB
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"J. Lawford Anderson", mineral, geologist, geochronologist, "geologic age", rock, "radioactive element", "sedimentary petrologist", stratigrapher, sediment, "sedimentary rock", mountain, erosion, deformation, "igneous petrologist", "metamorphic petrologist", pressure, temperature, crystallization, magma, metamorphism, "plate tectonics", "structural geologist", magnetism, plate, "plate motion"
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Tectonic Clues
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20:52 - 22:15 (01:23) / 1.4 MB
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erosion, "tectonic activity", batholith, plutonic, weathering, "Sierra Nevada", California, pluton, intrusion, mountain, andesite, "volcanic arc", ocean, crust, Andes, subduction, "James Sadd"
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Weathering and Soils
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30 minutes / n.a.
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weathering, soil, "chemical weathering", water, rock, plant, erosion, "mechanical weathering", granite, agriculture, climate, "acid rain"
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Mechanical Weathering
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03:00 - 04:38 (01:38) / 2.3 MB
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"mechanical weathering", weathering, rock, "Earth's surface", "tectonic activity", joint, "pressure release", "granitic dome", Yosemite, crust, uplift, erosion, exfoliation
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Tropical Soil
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18:18 - 19:20 (01:02) / 2.1 MB
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weathering, soil, tropic, jungle, "fertile soil", agriculture, "rain forest", vegetation, humus, nutrient, tree, plant, leaching, forest, erosion, wasteland
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Soil Management and Conservation
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21:21 - 22:50 (01:29) / 2.7 MB
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"Wayne Soppeland", "Rick Aguayo", "Mojave Desert", soil, weathering, crop, erosion, water, "soil management", agriculture, "U.S. Soil Conservation Service", irrigation, "soil survey", farming
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Wind Erosion
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22:50 - 23:18 (00:28) / 0.7 MB
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"Wayne Soppeland", "Rick Aguayo", weathering, soil, erosion, wind, "soil management"
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Windbreaks
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23:18 - 24:00 (00:42) / 1.3 MB
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"Wayne Soppeland", weathering, soil, wind, erosion, windbreak, tree, farming, sand
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Conservation Tillage
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24:00 - 24:59 (00:59) / 1.9 MB
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"Wayne Soppeland", weathering, soil, wind, windbreak, erosion, "conservation tillage", tilling, percolation, water, crop, irrigation
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Irrigation Management
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24:59 - 26:24 (01:25) / 2.4 MB
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"Wayne Soppeland", "Rick Aguayo", weathering, soil, irrigation, water, farming, crop, "saline residue", erosion, tilling, "crop rotation", windbreak
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Point Fermin
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07:45 - 09:24 (01:39) / 2.3 MB
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"James Sadd", "Perry Ehlig", slump, "mass wasting", "Point Fermin", California, wave, erosion, "coastal bluff", slipping, over-steepening, speed, movement, block, landslide, "Coast Highway", "Paseo del Mar", beach
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Lowering Water Table
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14:04 - 15:04 (01:00) / 1.8 MB
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"Perry Ehlig", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", "water table", well, movement, wave, erosion, base, gabion, shore
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Sedimentary Rocks: The Key to Past Environments
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30 minutes / n.a.
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"sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", sand, water, deposition, erosion, "depositional environment", time, river, lake
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Sediment
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02:31 - 03:22 (00:51) / 1.0 MB
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sediment, "mechanical weathering", "chemical weathering", erosion, wind, water, ice, "biological activity", sand, dune, beach, pebble, stream, shell, "sea floor", compaction, cementation, "sedimentary rock"
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Weathering and Erosion
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03:22 - 03:58 (00:36) / 0.6 MB
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"Dee Trent", crust, "igneous rock", "metamorphic rock", "sedimentary rock", "Earth's surface", weathering, erosion, "rock composition", "mechanical weathering", "chemical weathering", mineral
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Sizes of Clastic Sediment
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03:58 - 04:39 (00:41) / 1.0 MB
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"sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", erosion, boulder, cobble, pebble, sand, silt, clay, "grain size"
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Sedimentary Structures
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11:49 - 12:27 (00:38) / 0.7 MB
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"Walter E. Reed", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", deposition, "depositional environment", erosion, transportation
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Cross-Bedding
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13:28 - 14:47 (01:19) / 1.4 MB
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"sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "Principle of Original Horizontality", "sedimentary structure", bedding, cross-bedding, lakebed, "sea floor", wind, sand, dune, "mineral color", "mineral composition", "sand bar", "stream delta", geologist, stream, deposition, erosion, velocity, water
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Scour and Fill
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21:02 - 22:08 (01:06) / 0.9 MB
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"Cathy Busby-Spera", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "sedimentary structure", "Ridge Basin", "scour and fill", "water velocity", sandstone, sand, erosion, "depositional environment", "pebbly sand", "rip up fragment", "fluctuating current", "river channel"
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Conclusion
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25:34 - 26:56 (01:22) / 1.2 MB
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"James Sadd", "sedimentary rock", "clastic sediment", "Grand Canyon", "Colorado River", sand, mud, "volcanic ash", "lava flow", "ocean basin", deformation, mountain, orogeny, "Mazatzal Mountains", erosion, uplift, limestone, shale, "sea level rise", flood, volcanism, deposition, unconformity, ocean, preservation
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Conclusion
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25:25 - 26:50 (01:25) / 1.5 MB
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"James Sadd", metamorphism, crust, "Earth's surface", "metamorphic rock", "oceanic crust", "metamorphic grade", fossil, life, "geologic time", "plate tectonics", mountain, erosion, ocean, continent, temperature, pressure, collision, "convergent plate margin", subduction, melting, magma
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Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition
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30 minutes / n.a.
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river, sediment, discharge, stream, river channel, erosion, transportation, "flow velocity", deposition, energy, flood, slope
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Rivers On Landscape
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02:43 - 03:15 (00:32) / 0.6 MB
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river, landscape, canyon, valley, meadow, delta, erosion, transportation, deposition, sediment
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Velocity of Water
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03:15 - 04:00 (00:45) / 1.3 MB
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"Dee Trent", river, stream, "water velocity", erosion, transportation, discharge, sediment, slope, gradient, "river channel", friction, energy
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Flow Velocity
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05:09 - 05:46 (00:37) / 1.7 MB
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"James Sadd", river, transportation, erosion, sediment, ocean, "flow velocity", energy, slope, gradient
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Abrasion
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06:18 - 06:45 (00:27) / 1.0 MB
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"James Sadd", river, stream, abrasion, "rapid current", sediment, scouring, bedrock, energy, "river channel", cobble, erosion, "flow velocity"
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Dissolution
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06:45 - 07:10 (00:25) / 1.5 MB
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"James Sadd", river, stream, dissolution, erosion, "mineral composition", bedrock, limestone, granite, temperature, acid, "flow velocity"
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Bed Load
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07:10 - 08:20 (01:10) / 1.9 MB
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"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"
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River Bars
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09:17 - 10:02 (00:45) / 0.8 MB
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"James Sadd", river, stream, discharge, "flow velocity", turbulence, energy, erosion, transportation, sediment, deposition, "river channel", bar, sand, gravel, ripple
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Point Bars and Cut Banks
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10:02 - 10:58 (00:56) / 0.8 MB
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river, bar, "braided stream", sediment, erosion, deposition, meander, valley, lowland, bank, "flow velocity", "point bar", "cut bank", slope, gradient
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Dams
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14:42 - 15:41 (00:59) / 1.3 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", river, flood, dam, discharge, valley, stream, deposition, erosion, lake, sediment, reservoir, "river channel"
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Equilibrium
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15:41 - 16:28 (00:47) / 1.0 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", river, erosion, transportation, deposition, mountain, equilibrium, stream, "bed load", discharge, energy, "flow velocity", bank, bed
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Mississippi River
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16:28 - 17:56 (01:28) / 1.5 MB
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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"
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Running Water II: Landscape Evolution
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30 minutes / n.a.
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river, "Mississippi River", sediment, valley, stream, landscape, erosion, dam, flow-rate, flood, deposition
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Influence of Running Water
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01:58 - 02:48 (00:50) / 0.7 MB
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"James Sadd", "Colorado River", continent, energy, river, "river channel", erosion, sediment, valley, "mass wasting", landform, slope
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Rivers and Valleys
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02:48 - 03:46 (00:58) / 1.2 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", river, valley, geologist, "mass wasting", sediment, stream, erosion, slope, "base level", degradation, "flow velocity", sea, "sea level"
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Landscape Maturity
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04:30 - 05:47 (01:17) / 1.8 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", landscape, mature, uplift, stream, valley, slope, youthful, energy, erosion, "base level", degradation, floodplain, peneplain, "old age"
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Rock Type, Rock Structure, and Climate
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05:47 - 06:58 (01:11) / 1.5 MB
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"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
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River Drainage Patterns
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06:58 - 08:02 (01:04) / 2.2 MB
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"Douglas D. Rhodes", "rock type", structure, river, "drainage pattern", stream, geologist, "sedimentary rock", "dendritic pattern", fracture, fault, "intersecting pattern", "trellis pattern", erosion, slope, valley
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Rejuvenation
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08:02 - 09:07 (01:05) / 1.2 MB
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"Dee Trent", stream, river, landscape, erosion, uplift, "base level", geologist, rejuvenation, landform, "stream terrace", valley, meander, floodplain
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Terraces
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09:07 - 09:31 (00:24) / 0.4 MB
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"stream terrace", climate, river, stream, "sedimentary rock", transportation, erosion, slope
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Holding Its Course
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13:01 - 14:27 (01:26) / 1.6 MB
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"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
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Flashflooding
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10:22 - 11:06 (00:44) / 1.0 MB
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desert, landform, rainfall, precipitation, flashflooding, erosion, transportation, sediment, canyon, deposition, mountain, "alluvial fan", environment
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Desert Pavement
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16:09 - 16:42 (00:33) / 1.5 MB
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desert, "desert pavement", wind, silt, dust, rock, gravel, erosion
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Introduction to Glaciers
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00:40 - 01:38 (00:58) / 1.5 MB
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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
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Transportation Agent
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08:59 - 10:05 (01:06) / 2.3 MB
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"J. Lawford Anderson", "glacial advance", "glacial retreat", glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", "glacial flow", rock, silt, "mechanical weathering", bedrock, erosion, "glacial polish", topography, stream, snout
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Erosive Power of Glaciers
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10:05 - 10:56 (00:51) / 1.5 MB
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glacier, erosion, "glacial ice", "glacial polish", "glacial flow", bedrock, "glacial melt", grit, striation, valley, "valley profile", stream
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Till
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10:56 - 11:39 (00:43) / 1.2 MB
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glacier, "glacial ice", "glacial melt", till, erosion, deposition, "end moraine", "lateral moraine", "medial moraine", snout
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Sea Level Drop
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15:37 - 16:41 (01:04) / 1.1 MB
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"J. Lawford Anderson", "Ice Age", glacier, landscape, coastline, ocean, "sea level", continent, stream, erosion, river, "glacial melt", discharge, flood, valley, inlet, harbor, estuary, sediment
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Waves, Beaches and Coasts
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30 minutes / n.a.
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beach, wave, erosion, energy, sediment, sand, "geologic hazard", ocean, coastline, coast, current
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Straightening Coastlines
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08:28 - 09:09 (00:41) / 0.7 MB
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wave, refraction, headland, bay, energy, erosion, deposition, shoreline, sediment, sand
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Source of Sand
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09:09 - 10:43 (01:34) / 2.0 MB
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"Thomas Hartnett", erosion, headland, sand, beach, sediment, ocean, river, stream, wave, coastline, surf, "swash zone", gravity, "long-shore current"
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Seasonal Changes
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12:04 - 12:59 (00:55) / 1.1 MB
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"Thomas Hartnett", beach, sand, "long-shore current", season, wave, energy, transportation, "sand wave", storm, deposition, erosion
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Mountains and Rivers
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12:59 - 13:34 (00:35) / 0.7 MB
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"James Sadd", beach, sediment, deposition, erosion, transportation, shoreline, mountain, river, weathering, rock, "long-shore current", breakwater, human
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Severe Storms
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14:34 - 15:30 (00:56) / 1.6 MB
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storm, wave, coastline, erosion, humans, "sea cliff", beach, seawall, energy, "geologic hazard"
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Seawalls
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15:30 - 16:26 (00:56) / 1.0 MB
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"J. Lawford Anderson", seawall, beach, erosion, coastline, "geologic hazard", sand, sediment, cliff
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Beach Erosion
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16:26 - 17:12 (00:46) / 1.0 MB
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"Scott Jenkins", seawall, energy, wave, beach, erosion, sand, "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", breakwater, environment
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Models Test Design
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17:12 - 18:16 (01:04) / 1.8 MB
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"Scott Jenkins", "wave tank", modeling, breakwater, "wave height", energy, data, "sea cliff", "coral reef", erosion, beach, "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies"
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Natural Processes
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18:16 - 19:38 (01:22) / 1.7 MB
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"Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", seawall, environment, shoreline, preservation, erosion, sediment, dam, equilibrium, energy, human
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Transporting Sediment Around Dams
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19:38 - 20:32 (00:54) / 1.2 MB
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"Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", transportation, sediment, dam, beach, erosion, technology, season, "Southern California", lake, sand, foreshore, delta, "lake level", stream
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Sand as a Public Resource
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20:32 - 21:35 (01:03) / 1.2 MB
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"Scott Jenkins", "Scripps Institution of Oceanography", "Scripps Center for Coastal Studies", technology, engineering, transportation, sand, dam, erosion, mining, resource, beach
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Geology School Keywords
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