Wonders of the national parks [videorecording (DVD)] : a geology of North America / Ford Cochran.
"Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic."--Container.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629972152
- ISBN: 1629972150
- Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Course guidebook includes lecture outlines, bibliography, list of parks, photographic credits. Course No. 1707. "36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Yellowstone: microcosm of the national parks -- Yellowstone's cataclysmic orgins and future -- Grand Teto 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 the 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, Carisbad Caverns -- The Everglades and the Congaree Bottomland -- Voyageurs, Isle Royale, the Canadian Shield -- Assembling North America, park by park. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Ford Cochran, Geologist and Program Director, National Geographic. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Home use only. |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | DVD 557.3 COC (Text) | 35151000678565 | Adult Non-fiction DVD | Volume hold | Available | - |