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How the Earth Was Made
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From the eVideo
Krakatoa: First hints of Volcanic Trouble (6:29)
Why Krakatoa Was Dangerous (3:39)
Krakatoa Erupts (2:39)
Geologic Evidence of Krakatoa's Eruption (6:07)
Krakatoa's Tsunami (5:26)
Revelations in Antarctica's Ice (5:06)
Source of Krakatoa's Power (6:22)
Krakatoa's Deadly Heritage (6:37)
Credits: Krakatoa (0:30)
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Loch Ness Sandstone (2:50)
Formation Loch Ness Bedrock (6:48)
Geological Explanation: Thrust Faults (8:57)
Scotland's Journey Around the Earth (6:02)
Separation of Scotland and North America (7:39)
Scotland's Recent Past: Ice Age (9:26)
Loch Ness: Source of Fresh Water (3:09)
Credits: Loch Ness (0:30)
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New York's Bedrock (9:23)
How the East Coast Was Formed (9:41)
Ice Sheet Over New York (7:44)
New York's Harbor (7:19)
Seeds of New York's Destruction (7:00)
Credits: New York (2:23)
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Introducing the Atacama Desert (1:12)
Just How Dry Is It? (3:04)
Tropic of Capricorn (2:46)
Atacama's Gypsum (3:40)
Summary: How the Atacama Formed (0:51)
Melting Zone: Subduction in the Pacific Ocean (2:47)
Chile: Chuquicamata (3:00)
Summary: Desert Rising from the Sea (0:51)
Penguins & the Atacama: Humboldt Current (2:42)
Quebrada: Dating the Dryness of the Desert (4:19)
Humboldt Current & Rain Shadow Effect (1:56)
Summary: Drying of the Atacama (0:59)
Guanaqueros: Evidence of Man in the Atacama (6:32)
Wetlands in Absolute desert (1:53)
Summary: Water in the Atacama (0:43)
Life on Mars (5:17)
Summary: Solving the Mystery of the Atacama Desert (0:55)
Credits: Driest Place on Earth (0:23)
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Ancient Ocean Makes Lakes (8:01)
Age of Niagara Falls (6:06)
How Did the Great Lakes Form? (7:36)
Ice Ages and Great Lakes (4:26)
Role of Rift Valleys in Great Lakes Evolution (5:37)
Post-Ice Age Lake (4:50)
Changes in the Great Lakes (6:14)
Credits: Great Lakes (0:27)
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Geology of Yellowstone (6:28)
Volcanic Gasses in Yellowstone (3:51)
Yellowstone Super-Eruption (9:14)
Super-Volcano (5:25)
Yellowstone: Earthquake Monitoring (3:46)
Magma Beneath Yellowstone (6:39)
Signs of the Next Super-Volcanic Eruption in Yellowstone (6:56)
Credits: Yellowstone (0:44)
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Tsunami Hazard (2:04)
Japan's Tsunamis (2:01)
Link Between Underwater Earthquakes and Tsunamis (5:25)
Cascadia Fault Line (4:27)
Indian Ocean's Tsunami (3:42)
Pacific Northwest Tsunamis (7:34)
Tsunami Investigation (8:23)
Mega-Tsunami (9:29)
Credits: Tsunami (0:25)
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Arizona Craters (8:34)
Asteroid Impact (6:03)
Global Asteroid Impact Sites (10:03)
Asteroid Destruction (10:25)
Seeds of Life from Space (8:04)
Credits: Asteroids (0:28)
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Iceland: Geological Hotspot (1:48)
Continental Drift Theory (5:27)
Iceland's Volcanic Activity (4:25)
Birth of an Island (6:20)
Erosive Power of Ice (5:18)
Cataclysmic Floods of the Past (5:41)
Laki Fissure: History's Most Devastating Eruption (5:38)
How Laki Eruption Changed the Climate (2:54)
Iceland: Lethal Island (5:38)
Credits: Iceland (0:29)
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Hawaii: Volcanic Island (10:52)
Hawaii's Unusual Volcanoes (7:13)
Pacific Ocean Hotspot (8:32)
Birth and Death of Hawaiian Islands (4:34)
Geologic History of Molokai (3:34)
Unstable Islands (2:33)
Next Hawaiian Island (6:15)
Credits: Hawaii (0:25)
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Origins of the Alps (7:02)
Continental Collisions (9:04)
Unstable Alps (10:15)
Alps During Ice Age (8:42)
Disintegrating Alps (7:56)
Credits: Alps (0:29)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: Vesuvius (1:29)
Potential Destruction (2:23)
Bronze Age Eruption (3:19)
79 AD: Pompeii (2:25)
Eyewitness Account (1:50)
Herculaneum's Tale (2:27)
Mystery at Herculaneum (3:20)
Evidence From Boscoreale (2:22)
Pyroclastic Flows (1:13)
Rivers of Molten Rock (2:04)
Lava Flows (1:58)
Pattern of Activity (2:43)
Magma Bomb (2:34)
Extensive Magma Chamber (1:59)
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (2:40)
Trigger to Vesuvius (2:05)
Recent Earthquakes (3:00)
Naples Reviews 2001 Evacuation Plan (2:36)
Conclusion to How the Earth Was Made: Vesuvius (1:21)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: Birth of the Earth (1:05)
Clues Found on Earth Point to Space (1:45)
Dust Cloud Theory (1:45)
Windows of Past From Space (2:26)
Becoming a Molten Ball in Space (2:45)
Crust Forms on the Surface (1:43)
Attempts to Date the Earth (2:25)
Meteor Crater, Arizona (2:22)
Origin of the Moon (2:09)
Surprises in Moon Rocks (2:32)
Oldest Rocks in the World (3:33)
Clues of the Early Crust (2:04)
More Clues from the Amphibolites (2:18)
Where Did All This Water Come From? (3:37)
Amino Acids From Space (2:46)
Changing Theory of Life's Evolution (1:52)
Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere (3:26)
Cyanobacteria Makes the Difference (2:05)
Summary and Credits: Birth of the Earth (1:18)
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Introduction to Sahara (1:12)
Marine Fossils in the Pyramids (2:40)
Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) (1:39)
Baby Whale Fossils in the Sahara (2:22)
Tethys Sea - Eocene Age (1:30)
Summary of Clues (1:44)
Yardangs of the White Desert (1:57)
Sand Dunes & Ocean Sediments (2:54)
Summary of Clues (0:54)
NASA Satellite Imagery Reveals Clues to Hidden Lakes (3:31)
Earth's Wobble - Explaining Dramatic Changes in Climate (1:51)
River Theory - Human Presence (2:01)
East Africa - Birthplace of Humankind (2:16)
Summary of Clues (1:39)
Most Recent Burst of Green in the Sahara (3:10)
Ocean Sediments Reveal the Answer (2:17)
Climate Change Gives Birth to Egyptian Civilization (4:05)
Summary of Clues (0:40)
Sandstone Holds Water Under the Sahara (1:39)
Fossil Water: Nubian Sandstone Aquifer (3:29)
Summary and Credits: Sahara (1:15)
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Earth's Titanic Forces Shape Yosemite (1:04)
Foothills of the Sierra Nevada (1:36)
Yosemite's Beginnings (2:19)
Mount Hoffman's Layers (2:42)
Red Rock of Mount Gibbs (1:22)
Granite Monoliths Form (1:19)
El Capitan (4:05)
North America Wall (2:06)
Granite Exposed (1:12)
Deep Fissures (2:30)
Sudden Uplift Event (1:50)
Merced River (2:42)
Glacier Theory (3:02)
Contrasting Theories (2:12)
Evidence Of Glaciers (3:28)
John Muir's Theory is Confirmed (2:06)
Rock Falls of Yosemite (2:07)
Hidden Forces Continue to Shape Yosemite (2:15)
Why Yosemite's Surface Layers of Granite are Shattering (3:04)
Summary and Credits: How the Earth Was Made: Yosemite (1:14)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: The Rockies (1:16)
Marine Fossils High in the Mountains (1:57)
Vast Inland Sea (2:55)
Flat Irons (2:07)
Flagstaff Mountain (2:29)
Huge Uplifting Force (1:42)
Weak Line in the Crust (1:17)
Plant Fossils (2:30)
Temperature and Elevation (1:28)
Disappearing Mountains (1:33)
Wind River Canyon (2:19)
Powder River Basin (1:42)
Darton's Peak (1:35)
Volcanic Eruptions of the Early Rockies (2:02)
Boulder Canyon (2:40)
Jagged Edges Caused by Glaciers (2:49)
Many Ice Ages Carve the Rockies (1:59)
Rift Valley (2:38)
Secrets From Warm Pools of Water (2:45)
Rio Grande Rift: What Will Happen? (2:37)
Summary & Credits: How the Earth Was Made: The Rockies (1:22)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: The Ring of Fire (1:31)
Ring Of Fire (1:30)
Alaska's Volcanoes (1:12)
Mt. Augustine (2:33)
Building Up Pressure (1:39)
Super Heated Lava Flows (0:49)
Water Beneath the Volcano (2:47)
Mt. Lassen (3:10)
Sea Floor Movement (2:42)
Subduction (1:18)
Earthquakes (1:15)
Prince William Sound (2:45)
Great Alaskan Earthquake (1:40)
Sumatra Tsunami: Destructive Power of Quakes (2:51)
Moving Crust Creates Seismic Activity (1:50)
Deep Trenches (2:54)
Picturing the Movement of Plates (1:34)
Convection Currents (2:09)
Mid-ocean Ridges (2:02)
Cycle of Movement (3:17)
Summary & Credits: How the Earth Was Made: The Ring of Fire (1:46)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: Death Valley (1:19)
Death Valley National Park (1:42)
Death Valley's Watery Past (2:05)
Ancient Volcanic Activity (2:40)
Gold in the Valley (2:39)
Lowest Point in the United States (1:17)
Fault Zone (2:41)
Turtleback Rocks (1:58)
Collapsing of Death Valley Floor (3:03)
Borax: Valued Mineral (2:36)
Lake Manly (3:08)
Death Valley's Salt Pans (2:29)
Death Valley Temperature (1:40)
Heat Destroys Death Valley's Lake (2:06)
Flash Floods (2:14)
Rain Transforms the Landscape (1:25)
Badlands of Death Valley (2:12)
Riddle of the Walking Rocks (2:32)
Wind and Water Solve the Mystery of the Race Track (2:32)
Summary and Credits: How the Earth Was Made: Death Valley (1:37)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: Earth's Deadliest Eruption (1:09)
Mystery in Siberia (2:51)
Towers of Basalt (2:22)
Flood Basalts (2:08)
Giant Magma Bubbles (2:29)
Earth's Deadliest Million Years (2:13)
Poisonous Gas (3:09)
Double Whammy From the Eruption (2:13)
Trapped Heat (2:47)
Marine Catastrophe (2:28)
Extinction in the Oceans (2:09)
Life in the Permian Ocean (2:16)
Extinctions in the Oceans (2:10)
Clues From Coal (2:33)
Climate Change (2:24)
Methane Ice (1:41)
Hot Spot Tracks (2:50)
Close Call (2:30)
Conclusion and Credits: Earth's Deadliest Eruption (1:40)
Poisonous Gas Man (0:07)
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Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: America's Ice Age (1:12)
Louis Agassiz's Theory Proved (2:00)
Records of Past Climates (1:36)
Beginning of the Ice Age (1:34)
Erratic Rocks (2:18)
Moraine Hills (2:40)
Striations and Stone Pavements (1:48)
Ice Rearranges the Landscape (2:33)
Niagara Falls (1:53)
Ice Cores (3:26)
Thickness of Ice Sheet (3:31)
Changes to the Shape of the Planet (1:09)
Changing Coastlines (2:04)
Trapped Water (2:25)
Altering the Course of Human History (2:10)
Land Bridge Between North America and Siberia (2:47)
Reduction of Species (2:29)
Results of the Ice Ages (2:53)
Melting Ice (2:17)
Conclusion and Credits: America's Ice Age (1:30)
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Introduction to How the Earth was Made: Grand Canyon (1:14)
World's Most Famous Canyon (3:16)
Black Rocks at Base of Grand Canyon (2:59)
Before the Grand Canyon: Mountains and Seas (2:08)
Color of the Canyon (2:05)
Undersea Rocks Lifted High (2:26)
Evidence From Pebbles (3:01)
Muddy Creek: Birthplace of the Colorado (2:58)
Spill-over Theory (3:15)
Lake Bitahochee (2:49)
Rate of Formation Determined (2:49)
Scouring Power (2:57)
Incisive Power of an Elevation Drop (1:36)
Steep and Wide (3:18)
Volcanic Activity Adds to Formation (3:19)
Lava Dams No Match for the River (1:53)
Conclusion to How the Earth was Made: Grand Canyon (1:47)
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Subjects
Subjects
Alps
Asteroids
Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth
Atacama Desert (Chile)
Catastrophes (Geology)
Collisions with Earth
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Earth (Planet) -- Origin
Earth -- Internal structure
Educational films
Effect of environment on
Eruptions
Geography
Geology
Geology -- Arizona
Geology -- California
Geology -- Hawaii
Geology -- North America
Geology -- Sahara
Geology -- Yellowstone National Park
Geology -- Yosemite National Park Region (Calif.)
Geomorphology
Glacial epoch
Glacial epoch -- Canada
Glacial epoch -- United States
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Great Lakes (North America)
Hawaii
Historical geology
Historical geology -- Chile -- Atacama Desert
Historical geology -- New York (State) -- New York
Historical geology -- Scotland -- Ness, Loch
History
Iceland
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004
Internal structure
Internet videos
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883
Ness, Loch (Scotland)
Origin
Physical geography
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics -- History
Rocky Mountains
Sahara -- History
Solar system
Tsunamis
Tsunamis -- Indian Ocean Region
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruptions
Videorecording
Volcanic eruptions
Volcanic eruptions -- Indonesia -- Krakatoa
Volcanic gases
Volcanism
Volcanism -- Effect of environment on
Volcanoes
Volcanoes -- Hawaii
Volcanoes -- Iceland
Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- Krakatoa
Volcanoes -- Italy
Volcanoes -- Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Asteroids
Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth
Atacama Desert (Chile)
Catastrophes (Geology)
Collisions with Earth
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Earth (Planet) -- Origin
Earth -- Internal structure
Educational films
Effect of environment on
Eruptions
Geography
Geology
Geology -- Arizona
Geology -- California
Geology -- Hawaii
Geology -- North America
Geology -- Sahara
Geology -- Yellowstone National Park
Geology -- Yosemite National Park Region (Calif.)
Geomorphology
Glacial epoch
Glacial epoch -- Canada
Glacial epoch -- United States
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Great Lakes (North America)
Hawaii
Historical geology
Historical geology -- Chile -- Atacama Desert
Historical geology -- New York (State) -- New York
Historical geology -- Scotland -- Ness, Loch
History
Iceland
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004
Internal structure
Internet videos
Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883
Ness, Loch (Scotland)
Origin
Physical geography
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics -- History
Rocky Mountains
Sahara -- History
Solar system
Tsunamis
Tsunamis -- Indian Ocean Region
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruptions
Videorecording
Volcanic eruptions
Volcanic eruptions -- Indonesia -- Krakatoa
Volcanic gases
Volcanism
Volcanism -- Effect of environment on
Volcanoes
Volcanoes -- Hawaii
Volcanoes -- Iceland
Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- Krakatoa
Volcanoes -- Italy
Volcanoes -- Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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