Practical Geology
Documentary·2022·1 Seasons
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.
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
Reading the Rocks
2022-07-22
S01 | E02
Observing a Landscape and Its Landforms
2022-07-22
S01 | E03
Find an Outcrop! Field Geology Up Close
2022-07-22
S01 | E04
Reading a River and the Nearby Land
2022-07-22
S01 | E05
The Beach: Spectacular Geology in Action
2022-07-22
S01 | E06
What Sedimentary Rocks Tell You
2022-07-22
S01 | E07
Desert Fans, Washes, Salt Lakes, and Dunes
2022-07-22
S01 | E08
Ice, Glacial Landforms, and Gravel Exposures
2022-07-22
S01 | E09
Limestone and Karst: What Deep Time Can Do
2022-07-22
S01 | E10
Reading Strata through Geologic Time
2022-07-22
S01 | E11
Reading Fossils: Life in the Geologic Past
2022-07-22
S01 | E12
Where and How to Look for Fossils
2022-07-22
S01 | E13
How Soils Form and Erode
2022-07-22
S01 | E14
Groundwater and Water Wells
2022-07-22
S01 | E15
Medical Geology: From Healthful to Harmful
2022-07-22
S01 | E16
Lava Flows and Volcanic Landscapes
2022-07-22
S01 | E17
Collecting Minerals and Crystals
2022-07-22
S01 | E18
Granite: Igneous Rocks that Form at Depth
2022-07-22
S01 | E19
Metamorphic Rocks and Tectonic Features
2022-07-22
S01 | E20
Got Marble? Non-Foliated Metamorphic Beauty
2022-07-22