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Lecture 1: Intro to Geology
A World of Solutions: The U.N. Climate Sequel
Lecture 2: The Solar System
Formation of the Solar System
Moon Formation Event
Comet Passing the Sun
Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun
Extrasolar Planets
Lecture 3: Planet Earth
The Future of Plate Tectonics
The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics
Silly Putty Time Lapse
Conduction
Convection Currents
Mantle Convection
Lecture 4: Minerals
Amazing Minerals and Stones
Crystal Formation and Growth
Congo Minerals War
Valuable Minerals
Lecture 5: Igneous Rocks
Coke + Lava
Pillow Lava Formation
Lava Meets Ice
Lecture 6: Weathering
Arches National Park
Chemical Weathering: Cleopatra's Needle
Hawaii's Sinkholes
The Dust Bow
Lecture 7: Sedimentary Rocks
Grand Canyon's Sedimentary Rocks
What Is Fracking?
Sand Ripples
Mars' Sedimentary Rocks
Lecture 8: Metamorphic Rocks
We Will Rock You (Rock Cycle)
Geology Kitchen
Hydrothermal Metamorphsim (Gold)
Lecture 9: Midterm Review
10 Incredible Geologic Formations
Lecture 10: Plate Tectonics
Sea Floor "Stripes" Discovery
Harry Hess's Discovery of Sea Floor Spreading
Lecture 11: Plate Tectonics
Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals
Lecture 12: Volcanoes
Hawaiian Volcanism
Indonesian Volcanism
Exploding Trash Can (Liquid Nitrogen Gas) Analogy
Explosion of Mount St. Helens
Volcanic Bombs
Lahar Worries in Seattle
Supervolcano: Yellowstone National Park
Lecture 13: Mountain Building
Creation of the Rocky Mountains
Thrust Faulting
Great Basin and Range Formation
Formation of the Himalayas: 70 Million Years in 2 Minutes
Formation of the Himalayas in 3D
Lecture 14: Faults and Quakes
San Andreas Movie
Strike-slip Fault
The San Andreas Fault
Lecture 15: Earthquakes and Hazards
Liquefaction
Swaying Buildings
Lecture 16: EarthScope, Tsunamis
The Great California ShakeOut
EarthScope Project
Tsunami Wave Generation
2004 Sumatra Tsunami
2011 Japan Earthquake Disaster
2011 Japan Earthquake: Tsunami wave
2011 Japan Earthquake: Tsunami wave again
Lecture 17: Earth Ages and History
Ordovician Extinction
Understanding Earth's Age
Relative Age Dating (1)
Relative Age Dating (2)
Half-Life Meaning
Radiocarbon Dating
Earth's Mass Extinctions
Lecture 18: Review
Geology by Brad Paisley
Lecture 19: Global Warming
The Greenhouse Effect
The Greenhouse Effect and CO2
Lecture 20: Climate Change
Why People Don't Want to Believe in Climate Change
5 Things To Know About Climate Change
Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than You Think
The Daily Conversation: Morgan Freeman's Powerful Climate Change Short Film
Lecture 21: Glaciers and Paleoclimate
Wilkins Ice Shelf Breakoff
National Ice Core Lab Stores Valuable Ancient Ice
Abrupt Climate Change From Melting Ice
Chasing Ice
See Glaciers Melt Before Your Eyes
Channeled Scablands of Washington Sate
Lecture 23: Surface Water
Water Cycle Rap
Why do rivers curve?
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2008 Flooding
Manoa 2004 Flooding
Levee failure
Dam removal
Lecture 24: Ground Water
What is groundwater?
Water and you - the water cycle
Ground water contamination from fracking
Old Faithful geyser
Lecture 25: Coastal Geology
How do tides work?
Hopewell Rocks high/low tide
How hurricanes develop
Hurricanes and global warming
Coastal erosion on the North Shore
Lecture 26: Marine Geology
Top 10 ocean phenomena
The hole in the ocean - Mariana Trench
Thermohaline circulation
The Coriolis effect
Turbidity flow
Grand Banks tsunami and turbidity flow
James Cameron's journey to the deep
Lecture 27: Hawaiian Marine Geology
Hawaii in motion
Loihi revealed
UH's Pisces submersible
Hawaii - mega tsunami creator?
Lecture 28: Synthesis: How Unique is the Earth?
10 fascinating facts about the Earth