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Radioactive Decay and Differentiation 12:05 - 12:52 (00:47) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "radioactive decay", differentiation, "crustal formation"
Earth is Still Geologically Active 19:54 - 20:24 (00:30) / 0.7 MB Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, "radioactive decay"
Earth is Alive 20:24 - 20:47 (00:23) / 0.7 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", "radioactive decay", earthquake, volcano, life, ocean, atmosphere, water
Heat Within the Earth 14:50 - 15:32 (00:42) / 0.4 MB "Jason Saleeby", rock, flow, convection, mantle, heat, "radioactive decay", "plate tectonics", element, uranium, thorium, potassium
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
Isotopes 18:55 - 19:37 (00:42) / 0.5 MB "radioactive decay", "radiometric age dating", "radiocarbon dating", isotope, element, "absolute age dating"
Half Life of Carbon 20:27 - 21:37 (01:10) / 1.8 MB "half-life", "radioactive decay", carbon-14, radioisotope, "absolute age dating"
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