MAD HATTER

NEW AUDIO VISUAL ACQUISITIONS

 

January, 1987

THE EARTH EXPLORED SERIES 14 video programs - 30 mins each

 

including:
Vocanoes:

Mount St. Helens, Surtsey, Hawaii, Heimay and other
volcanic eruptions provide an explosive backdrop to an under-
standing of igneous activity in and on the earth. From
ancient igneous activities which sixty million years ago
formed western Scotland and Northern Ireland, to modern day
volcanoes in action, the program shows the various kinds of
lava flow and the underlying processes which cause this
activity.

Geothermal Energy:

The earth's interior provides a great deal of heat
which can possibly be captured for man's use. The program
explains the dynamics which are involved in using geothermal
resources, explores the prerequisite structure below the
earth's surface which allows geothermal sources to be tapped,
examines methods for translating geothermal reserves into
usable energy and visits locations where the process is
being used.

 

Glaciers:

Glaciers have carved vast canyons on the earth's
surface and left behind clues to previous environments which
existed millions of years ago. This program explores the
various conditions which are necessary for the formation of
glaciers and travels the world to examine the various
features they have created.

Deserts:

Deserts occupy almost one-fifth of the entire earth's
surface, yet the popular perception that they are merely
vast tracts of sand only tells part of the story. This
program reviews the processes which are necessary to create
a desert, showing the physical processes such as wind action
and the resultant products found in modern and ancient desert
environments and formations.

 

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