The Big Quake
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A documentary chronicle of the October 1989 San Francisco earthquake which caught the headlines all over the world. Featuring interviews with field geologists as they worked and local officials as they attempted to calm people, the DVD shows rarely recorded aspects of a major environmental disaster in the notorious quake-prone San Andreas Fault zone.
DVD format, 58 mins.   |
Mountains and Mountain-Building Processes
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How does the Earth build a mountain? This graphic and exciting programme examines such mountain building processes as volcanic activity, faulting, and distortion of rocks through folding and bending. Mountain building processes are most active at the boundaries between lithospheric plates, and the programme illustrates the processes with live-action footage from the Alps, Andes, Rocky Mountains, Himalayas, and the Cascades, combined with colourful, animated graphics.
Format DVD, 23 mins. |
Volcanoes: Understanding the Hazards
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Students will see and understand the processes that lead to one of nature’s most terrifying phenomena - the eruption of volcanoes. Recent live-action footage illustrates the hazards volcanoes pose to millions of people around the world.
Format DVD, 20 mins. |
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