Great courses (DVD)

Course number 1712

"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

Program contains thirty-six lectures; the length of each lecture is: approximately 30 min

Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook

Editor, David C. White, Jeff Katz, Maureen Tumulty

Lecturer: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis

DVD

In English

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.

Grand Canyon: Earth's layers ;

8.

Himalayas: mountains at Earth's roof ;

9.

Ganges delta: Earth's fertile lands ;

10.

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.

Maldives: geologic paradox ;

29.

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