| Description |
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
Great courses. Science. Earth science |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Earth science.
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| System Details |
DVD, all regions. |
| Note |
Course No. 1707. |
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The length of each lecture is approximately 30 minutes. The entire program consists of 36 lectures. |
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Lecture notes and program information contained in course guidebook. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-346) in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Yellowstone: microcosm of the National Parks -- Yellowstone's cataclysmic origins and future -- Grand Teton and Jackson Hole -- Hawaii volcanoes: earth's largest mountains -- The Hawaiian islands and Maui's Haleakala -- Mount Saint Helens, Lassen Volcanic, Rainier -- Disc 2. Crater Lake, Olympic, North Cascades -- Volcanoes of Alaska: Katmai and Lake Clark -- Alaska's Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords -- Yosemite: nature's cathedral -- Redwoods, sequoias, and the Sierra Nevada -- Pinnacles to Joshua Tree: the San Andreas -- Disc 3. Denali to Gates of the Arctic -- Death Valley and Great Basin: the rift zone -- Shenandoah: the collision of old continents -- Great Smoky Mountains and Hot Springs -- National rivers: gorges, falls, and meanders -- Great Dune fields of North America -- Disc 4. National seashores and lakeshores -- Reefs: Virgin Islands, Florida, Texas -- National marine sanctuaries and monuments -- Acadia's highlands and islands -- The Dakota Badlands -- The Grand Canyon's 2-billion-year staircase -- Disc 5. Carving the Grand Canyon -- Petrified Forest and other fossil parks -- Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches -- Zion, Gunnison's Black Canyon, Capitol Reef -- Mesa Verde and ancient settlements -- The Colorado Rocky Mountains -- Disc 6. Montana's Glacier and the Canadian Rockies -- Big Bend on the Rio Grande and Saguaro -- Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, Carlsbad Caverns -- The Everglades and the Congaree Bottomland -- Voyageurs, Isle Royale, the Canadian Shield -- Assembling North America, park by park. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Ford Cochran, Geologist and Program Director, National Geographic. |
| Summary |
"Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic."--Container. |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
National parks and reserves -- United States.
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Geology -- United States.
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National parks and reserves. (OCoLC)fst01033642
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Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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Filmed lectures. (OCoLC)fst01726215
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Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, production company.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.), sponsor.
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| Added Title |
Geology of North America |
| ISBN |
9781629972152 |
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1629972150 |
| Music No. |
PB1707A Teaching Co. |
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PD1707A Teaching Co. |
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