TY  - ADVS
AU  - Wysession,Michael
ED  - Teaching Company.
TI  - The world's greatest geological wonders: 36 spectacular sites 
T2  - The great courses. Science & mathematics. Earth science
SN  - 1598039806
U1  - 550 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Chantilly, Va.
PB  - Teaching Company
KW  - Geology
KW  - Earth sciences
N1  - Course no. 1712; Program contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min; Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook; Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) in course guidebook; Disc 1. 1; Santorini: impact of volcanic eruptions; 2; Mount Fuji: steeping power; 3; Galapagos Rift: wonders of mid-ocean ridges; 4; African Rift Valley: cracks into the Earth; 5; Arta Ale: compact fury of lava lakes; 6; Burgess Shale: rocks and the keys to life --; Disc 2. 7; The Grand Canyon: Earth's layers; 8; The Himalayas: mountains at Earth's roof; 9; The Ganges delta: Earth's fertile lands; 10; The Amazon Basin: lungs of the planet; 11; Iguazu Falls: thundering waterfalls; 12; Mammoth Cave: worlds underground --; Disc 3. 13; Cave of Crystals: exquisite caves; 14; Great Blue Hole: coastal symmetry in sinkholes; 15; Ha Long Bay: dramatic karst landscapers; 16; Bryce Canyon: creative carvings of erosion; 17; Uluru/Ayers Rock: sacred nature of rocks; 18; Devils Tower: igneous enigmas --; Disc 4. 19; Antarctica: a world of ice; 20; Columbia Glacier: unusual glacier cycles; 21; Fiordland National Park: majestic fjords; 22; Rock of Gibraltar: catastrophic floods; 23; Bay of Fundy: inexorable cycle of tides; 24; Hawaii: volcanic island beauty --; Disc 5. 25; Yellowstone: geysers and hot springs; 26; Kawah Ijen: world's most acid lake; 27; Iceland: where fire meets ice; 28; The Maldives: geologic paradox; 29; The Dead Sea: sinking and saintly; 30; Salar de Uyuni: flattest place on Earth --; Disc 6: 31; Namib/Kalahari Deserts: sand mountains; 32; Siwa Oasis: paradise amidst desolation; 33; Auroras: light shadows on the edge of space; 34; Arizona Meteor Crater: visitors from outer space; 35; A Montage pg geologic mini wonders; 36; Planetary wonders: out of this world; Lecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis
N2  - "This course takes you to the world's most spectacular geological wonders, explains the forces that have formed them, and tells you the stories that have grown up around them."--page 1 of course guidebook
ER  -