Tidal Causes
Channel: Earth Rocks!
Date: 2016-11-01

For an introductory college-level earth sciences class: Review of the causes of tides including a discussion of the lunar and solar bulges, interference, and what happens to them when confined in ocean basins (rotary tides). 

**This video comes near the middle of the semester, so there may be terms with which the audience is unfamiliar. For a full playlist, refer to the Geology or Oceanography playlist on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel.

Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college oceanography textbook, such as Essentials of Oceanography -- Trujillo and Thurman -- or  Essentials of Geology -- Tarbuck and Lutgens -- both from Pearson Publishing.

Part of the Tides Series:
Part 1: Tidal Patterns
Part 2: Causes of Tides
Part 3: Living with the Tides

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