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245 0 4 _aThe world's greatest geological wonders/ Course Guide book/
_b36 spectacular sites /
_cMichael E. Wysession ; supervising producer Tony Kidenrick ; producer Charley Miller ; producer David C. White ; associate producers Jeff Katz, Maureen Tumbulty ; director Jonathan D. Leven.
264 1 _aChantilly, Va. :
_bTeaching Company,
_c[2013]
300 _a6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 minutes) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in. +
_e1 course guidebook (vi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
336 _atwo-dimensional moving image
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336 _atext
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490 1 _aThe great courses. Science & mathematics. Earth science
500 _aCourse no. 1712.
500 _aProgram contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min.
500 _aLecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) in course guidebook.
505 0 0 _gDisc 1. 1.
_tSantorini: impact of volcanic eruptions ;
_g2.
_tMount Fuji: steeping power ;
_g3.
_tGalapagos Rift: wonders of mid-ocean ridges ;
_g4.
_tAfrican Rift Valley: cracks into the Earth ;
_g5.
_tArta Ale: compact fury of lava lakes ;
_g6.
_tBurgess Shale: rocks and the keys to life --
_gDisc 2. 7.
_tThe Grand Canyon: Earth's layers ;
_g8.
_tThe Himalayas: mountains at Earth's roof ;
_g9.
_tThe Ganges delta: Earth's fertile lands ;
_g10.
_tThe Amazon Basin: lungs of the planet ;
_g11.
_tIguazu Falls: thundering waterfalls ;
_g12.
_tMammoth Cave: worlds underground --
_gDisc 3. 13.
_tCave of Crystals: exquisite caves ;
_g14.
_tGreat Blue Hole: coastal symmetry in sinkholes ;
_g15.
_tHa Long Bay: dramatic karst landscapers ;
_g16.
_tBryce Canyon: creative carvings of erosion ;
_g17.
_tUluru/Ayers Rock: sacred nature of rocks ;
_g18.
_tDevils Tower: igneous enigmas --
_gDisc 4. 19.
_tAntarctica: a world of ice ;
_g20.
_tColumbia Glacier: unusual glacier cycles ;
_g21.
_tFiordland National Park: majestic fjords ;
_g22.
_tRock of Gibraltar: catastrophic floods ;
_g23.
_tBay of Fundy: inexorable cycle of tides ;
_g24.
_tHawaii: volcanic island beauty --
_gDisc 5. 25.
_tYellowstone: geysers and hot springs ;
_g26.
_tKawah Ijen: world's most acid lake ;
_g27.
_tIceland: where fire meets ice ;
_g28.
_tThe Maldives: geologic paradox ;
_g29.
_tThe Dead Sea: sinking and saintly ;
_g30.
_tSalar de Uyuni: flattest place on Earth --
_gDisc 6: 31.
_tNamib/Kalahari Deserts: sand mountains ;
_g32.
_tSiwa Oasis: paradise amidst desolation ;
_g33.
_tAuroras: light shadows on the edge of space ;
_g34.
_tArizona Meteor Crater: visitors from outer space ;
_g35.
_tA Montage pg geologic mini wonders ;
_g36.
_tPlanetary wonders: out of this world.
511 0 _aLecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aGeology.
650 0 _aEarth sciences.
700 1 _aWysession, Michael.
710 2 _aTeaching Company.
830 0 _aGreat courses (DVD)
902 _aDVD
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