The Man who moved the mountains / BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

The map of the Earth is a flat picture of the Earth's surface; this BBC Horizon program presents the story of how Harold Wellman changed that picture. Hired by the New Zealand Geological Survey to map the underlying bedrock of the Southern Alps region, he noticed that there were invariably only two...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], ©1992.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Geology, Structural.
Earth (Planet) > Internal structure.
Earth (Planet) > Mantle.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Geology and Harold Wellman (4:42)
  • Geology, Rivers and Mountains (2:18)
  • Minerals, Mapping, and Geology (2:20)
  • Geology of the Alpine Fault (4:28)
  • Movement of the Earth's Crust (4:00)
  • Earthquakes and Earth Movement (2:59)
  • Plate Tectonics and Earth's Crust (1:47)
  • Mapping Earth Displacements in Asia (2:00)
  • New Theory of Continental Drifts (4:48)
  • Creation of Asia's Mountains (4:17)
  • Fluid Nature of Earth's Surface (3:10)
  • Geologic Surveys and Triangulation (3:21)
  • Earth Movements and Surveys (4:07)
  • Birth and Death of Mountain Ranges (2:44)