The nature of earth
Subtitle: an introduction to geology
By: John J. Renton
Contributors: Teaching Company
Series: The great courses; Great courses (DVD)
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 1080
ISBN-13: 9781598032215; 9781598032222
Subjects: Earth sciences; Geology
Other titles: Introduction to geology
Description: These 36 half-hour lectures are your initiation into the geological world that lies just outside your door. "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time.
Notes: "Science & mathematics"--Container cover insert.

Course no.  1700.

Course guidebooks laid in each of three containers.

Course guidebooks contain outlines of each 30 minute lecture.

Taught by: Professor John J. Renton, West Virginia University.

DVD, Region 1.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Lecture 1. Origin of the universe; title: Lecture 2. Origin of the solar system; title: Lecture 3. Continental drift; title: Lecture 4. Plate tectonics; title: L:ecture 5. The formation of minerals; title: Lecture 6. Classification of minerals; title: Lecture 7. The identification of minerals; title: Lecture 8. Kinds of rocks; title: Lecture 9. Sedimentary rocks; title: Lecture 10. Metamorphic rocks; title: Lecture 11. Volcanic activity; title: Lecture 12. Phases of volcanic activity.; title: Part 2. Lecture 13. Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park; title: Lecture 14. Mass wasting; title: gravity at work; title: Lecture 15. Mass wasting processes; title: Lecture 16. Weathering; title: Lecture 17. Soils and the clay minerals; title: Lecture 18. Climate and the type of soils; title: Lecture 19. Streams; title: the major agent of erosion; title: Lecture 20. Sculpting of the landscape; title: Lecture 21. Stream erosion in arid regions; title: Lecture 22. Ice sculpts the final scene; title: Lecture 23. Groundwater; title: Lecture 24. The production of groundwater.; title: Part 3. Lecture 24. Karst topography; title: Lecture 26. Groundwater contamination; title: Lecture 27. Rock deformation; title: Lecture 28. The geologic structures; title: Lecture 29. Faults and joints; title: Lecture 30. Earthquakes; title: Lecture 31. Damage from earthquakes; title: Lecture 32. Seismology; title: Lecture 33. The formation of mountains; title: Lecture 34. Orogenic styles; title: Lecture 35. Economic geology of coal; title: Lecture 36. Economic geology of petroleum.