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to videos)
Geology 300: Physical Geology
Geology 301:
Physical Geology Lab
Geology 305:
Earth Science
Geology 306:
Earth Science Lab
Instructor:
Arthur Reed
Animations
by subject:
(See UCSB produced
geology animations
here)
Astronomy
Earth’s
changing tilt through the year
Magnetic compass in
Earth’s magnetic field
Meteoroid
to Meteor to Meteorite
Journey
to distant galaxies, and return
Travel
through the constellations of the Zodiac
ONLINE
ASTRONOMY ANIMATIONS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Nebular
Hypothesis of Solar System Formation
Plate
tectonics
Creation of mid-ocean
ridges (divergent boundary)
Island & seafloor sediment accretion to a
continent
Seafloor spreading and
subduction at a trench
Seafloor spreading
magnetic evidence
Tectonics showing
mantle convection
Transform faults at a
mid-ocean ridge
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Magnetic
Reversals at Mid-ocean Ridge
·
How
Seafloor Spreading Creates Magnetic Polarity Stripes
·
Convergence
of Plates-Ocean-Ocean
·
Convergence
of Plates-Ocean-Continent
·
Convergence
of Plates-Continent-Continent
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Divergent
Boundary Formation
·
Seafloor
Spreading and Magnetization
·
Flipping
of Earth's Magnetic Field
·
Seafloor
Spreading and Plate Boundaries
·
Sea-Floor
Spreading, Subduction
·
Global
Geography Through Geologic Time
Intrusive
magma & extrusive lava
Intrusive features
followed by erosion
Magma melting due to
decompression and water
Volcano creation: (rift,
continental arc, hot spot, island arc)
Volcano creation: (cinder
cone, shield, composite, dome)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
How
Subduction Causes Volcanism
·
Hydrothermal
Ore Vein Formation
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Caldera
Formation: Crater Lake
·
Debris
Avalanche and Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
·
Igneous
Features and Landforms
·
Magma
Rising from the Mantle
·
Mantle
Melting and Plate Tectonics
·
Tectonic
Settings and Volcanic Activity
Bowen’s
Reaction Series
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
Rocks
and minerals
Chemical Bonding: ionic,
covalent,
metallic
Foliation in metamorphic
rock due to tectonics
Kimberlite Pipe
(source
of diamonds)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Migration
of Sand Grains to Form Ripples, Dunes, and Crossbeds
(142.0K)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Foliation
of Metamorphic Rock
Uplift, folding,
erosion, mass wasting
Angular Unconformity,
disconformity, nonconformity
Folding due to compressional
forces
Metamorphic rock uplift,
erosion, & exposure
Physical weathering (freeze,
thaw, and salt)
Slide, Creep, Flow, Slump,
and Fall (Mass Wasting)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Erosion
of Deformed Sedimentary Rock
·
Folds
·
Angular
Uncomformities, Noncomformities, and Discomformities
Earth’s
interior
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Isostacy-Basic Principle (includes narration)
·
How
Isostacy, Orogeny, and Metamorphism are Interrelated
·
Isostatic
Rebound after Deglaciation
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
Glaciers
Submergence
of the Bering Land Bridge with sea rise
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Cross-Section
of an Ice Sheet
·
Dynamics
of Glacial Advance and Retreat
·
Crevasse
Formation in Glaciers
·
Formation
of Glacial Features by Deposition at a Wasting Ice Front
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
Faults
& earthquakes
Bay
Bridge Earthquake Simulation with Narration
Liquefaction compared to
dry compaction
Normal, Reverse, and
Strike-slip faults
P and S wave travel version
A
P and S wave travel
version
B
P,
S, & Surface Wave travel with Narration
Transform Faults at a
mid-ocean ridge
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Locating
Earthquake Epicenter
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Dry
Compaction and Liquefaction
·
Tsunami
·
Wave
Reflection and Refraction
·
Seismic
Waves and Earth's Interior
·
Faults
Geologic time,
relative & absolute dating
Geologic structures
relative dating
Radioactive decay (isotope
half-life)
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
The
Geologic History of the Earth Scaled to a Single Year
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Angular
Uncomformities, Noncomformities, and Discomformities
Rivers
and groundwater
Cone of depression from
pumping groundwater
Distribution of Earth’s
available water
Stream bottom
sediment transport
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Modes
of Sediment Transport (80.0K)
·
River
Meander Development (79.0K)
·
Basic
Dynamics of Groundwater Movement
·
Landfill
and Cone Depression
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Mass
Movements: Five Main Types
·
Mass
Movements: Uplift and Mass Movement
·
Earth's
Water and the Hydrologic Cycle
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Sediment
Transport by Streams
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Stream
Processes: Oxbow Lakes and Floodplain Development
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Natural
Levee Development with Flooding
Oceans,
coasts, deserts
Creation and propagation of a
tsunami
Effects of Groins, Jetties,
& Breakwaters
Mid-latitude ocean productivity
Ocean circulation 01, Ocean
circulation 02, Ocean
circulation 03 (What if it stops?)
Shore sediments during
long-term sea level rise and fall
Wave motion at a beach and
at an irregular coastline
Wave reflection and
refraction
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
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Wave
refraction and long shore movement of sand and water
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Migration
of sand grains to form ripples, dunes, and crossbeds
·
Formation
of a graded beds in turbidity currents
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Turbidity
Currents and the Formation of Graded Bedding
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Seamounts/Tablemounts and Coral Reef Stages
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Calcareous
Ooze and the Calcite Compensation Depth
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Wave
Motion and Wave Refraction
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Beach
Drift and Longshore Currents
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Coastal
Stabilization Structures
·
Shoreline
and Sedimentation Changes
The
atmosphere
Atmospheric stability
worksheet
Coriolis effect 01, Coriolis
effect 02, Coriolis
effect 03
Global
atmospheric circulation explained
Incoming/outgoing
radiation energy balance
Jet stream in the upper
atmosphere
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM PEARSON (course text online resources)
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Earth-Atmosphere
Energy Balance
·
Earth-Sun
Relations, Seasons
·
Seasonal
Pressure and Precipitation Patterns
·
Global
Wind Circulation, Hadley Cells
Climate
Change
ONLINE ANIMATIONS FROM MCGRAW-HILL (course text online resources)
·
Warming
Hurts Rice (includes narration)
Videos
by subject: (see
streaming
videos also)
Videos
Introduction
to Rocks & Minerals