Practical Geology

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"Course no. 1736"--Container.
Disc 1. Reading the rocks ; Observing a landscape and its landforms ; Find an outcrop! Field geology up close ; Reading a river and the nearby land ; The beach: spectacular geology in action ; What sedimentary rocks tell you
Disc 2. Desert fans, sashes, salt lakes, and dunes ; Ice, glacial landforms, and gravel exposures ; Limestone and karst: what deep time can do ; Reading strata through geologic time ; Reading fossils: life in the geologic past ; Where and how to look for fossils
Disc 3. How soils form and erode ; Groundwater and water wells ; Medical geology: from healthful to harmful ; Lava flows and volcanic landscapes ; Collecting minerals and crystals ; Granite: igneous rocks that form at depth
Disc 4. Metamorphic rocks and tectonic features ; Got marble? Non-foliated metamorphic beauty ; Is this valuable? Gems and meteorites ; Hunting gold and other valuable minerals ; Oil geology, oil plays, and oil drilling ; Human landscapes and practical geology.
Lecturer: James F. P. Cotter, Professor of Geology at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
"Have you ever picked up a rock and admired its colors, crystals, and texture, and thought, "How did it get this way?" Or have you ever driven by an unusual landform and wondered, "Why is it like that?" These questions have surprisingly deep answers that can encompass a significant fraction of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history. Such revelations come from the science of geology, but you don't have to be a professional geologist to look at a rock or a landscape and read its amazing story. These and a multitude of other observations and insights are presented in fascinating detail in Practical Geology, 24 half-hour lectures that take you from your backyard to geologic sites around the world, through eons of time, and even to another planet. Geologist James F. P. Cotter of the University of Minnesota, Morris, is your instructor. A multi-award-winning teacher, James presents an enlightening guide to elementary geology, expertly conducting you through dozens of on-camera demonstrations, showing off scores of rock samples, and advising you where to go and what to take to make geology an exciting and integral part of your life."--Publisher's website.
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