Earth explorer : geophysicist Marcia McNutt / WGBH/Boston.

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Profiles the career of geophysicist Marcia McNutt, tenured professor in earth sciences at M.I.T., widow and mother of three young daughters. Her research on the earth's geological plates centers on a critical juncture beneath Lake Mead, Nevada and the xenoliths of Tahiti.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:WGBH collection.
Corporate Authors: WGBH Educational Foundation
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Meyer, Muffie
Hovde, Ellen
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-
Language:English
Series:WGBH collection.
Subjects:
McNutt, Marcia Kemper, > 1952-
Geophysicists > United States > Biography.
Women geophysicists > United States > Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Science television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Science television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Geophysicist Marcia McNutt
Marcia McNutt
Other Uniform Title:Discovering women (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Profiles the career of geophysicist Marcia McNutt, tenured professor in earth sciences at M.I.T., widow and mother of three young daughters. Her research on the earth's geological plates centers on a critical juncture beneath Lake Mead, Nevada and the xenoliths of Tahiti.
Note:Originally broadcast on the PBS television program, Discovering women.
Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published in 1995 by Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Videorecording.
Call Number:QC805.M26 E2 1995a VideoDVD
Credits:Producers, Muffie Meyer, Ellen Hovde ; executive producer, Judith Vecchione ; narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Michelle Pfeiffer.