Practical Geology
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Overview
Taught by Professor James F. P. Cotter of the University of Minnesota, Morris, the fundamentals of field geology. You learn the basics of rocks, minerals, and landforms, and how to apply this knowledge to read an outcrop, find and prepare fossils, assess soil and groundwater, prospect for gems and ore, and much more.
1 season
Season 1
2022 · 24 episodes
Season 1
2022 · 24 episodes
- 1 1. Reading the Rocks
- 2 2. Observing a Landscape and Its Landforms
- 3 3. Find an Outcrop! Field Geology Up Close
- 4 4. Reading a River and the Nearby Land
- 5 5. The Beach: Spectacular Geology in Action
- 6 6. What Sedimentary Rocks Tell You
- 7 7. Desert Fans, Washes, Salt Lakes, and Dunes
- 8 8. Ice, Glacial Landforms, and Gravel Exposures
- 9 9. Limestone and Karst: What Deep Time Can Do
- 10 10. Reading Strata through Geologic Time
- 11 11. Reading Fossils: Life in the Geologic Past
- 12 12. Where and How to Look for Fossils
- 13 13. How Soils Form and Erode
- 14 14. Groundwater and Water Wells
- 15 15. Medical Geology: From Healthful to Harmful
- 16 16. Lava Flows and Volcanic Landscapes
- 17 17. Collecting Minerals and Crystals
- 18 18. Granite: Igneous Rocks that Form at Depth
- 19 19. Metamorphic Rocks and Tectonic Features
- 20 20. Got Marble? Non-Foliated Metamorphic Beauty
- 21 21. Is This Valuable? Gems and Meteorites
- 22 22. Hunting Gold and Other Valuable Minerals
- 23 23. Oil Geology, Oil Plays, and Oil Drilling
- 24 24. Human Landscapes and Practical Geology
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