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The nature of earth [videorecording (DVD)] : an introduction to geology / John J. Renton.

by Renton, John J.

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The Teaching Company, 2006.

Earth sciences.

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Earth science.

Great courses (DVD)

Alternate title:

Great Courses. The nature of earth [videorecording (DVD)] : an introduction to geology

Introduction to geology [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] :

6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 185 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.)

Accompanying guidebook (The nature of earth: introduction to geology, parts 1-3) includes professor biography, course scope, lecture guides, timeline, glossary, biographical notes and bibliography.

Course No. 1700.

"36 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.

Disc 1. Origin of the universe -- Origin of the solar system -- Continental drift -- Plate tectonics -- The formation of minerals -- Classification of minerals -- Disc 2. The identification of minerals -- Kinds of rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Volcanic activity -- Phases of volcanic activity -- Disc 3. Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park -- Mass wasting: gravity at work -- Mass wasting processes -- Weathering -- Soils and the clay minerals -- Climate and the type of soils -- Disc 4. Streams: the major agent of erosion -- Sculpting of the landscape -- Stream erosion in arid regions -- Ice sculpts the final scene -- Groundwater -- The production of groundwater -- Disc 5. Karst topography -- Groundwater contamination -- Rock deformation -- The geologic structures -- Faults and joints -- Earthquakes -- Disc 6. Damage from earthquakes -- Seismology -- The formation of mountains -- Orogenic styles -- Economic geology of coal -- Economic geology of petroleum.

Lecturer: Professor John J. Renton, West Virginia University.

Geology is everywhere. These 36 half-hour lectures introduce viewers to the study of minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time. A science that is surprisingly intuitive, accessible, and concrete, geology has the excitement of a never-ending detective story, replete with clues to the complex past, and future, of the planet.

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