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Wonders of the National Parks: A Geology of North America

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From Yellowstone to the Everglades, join geologist and National Geographic director Ford Cochran on a fascinating scientific tour of all of America's national parks.

Syllabus

  • 01: Yellowstone: Microcosm of the National Parks
  • 02: Yellowstone's Cataclysmic Origins and Future
  • 03: Grand Teton and Jackson Hole
  • 04: Hawaii Volcanoes: Earth's Largest Mountains
  • 05: The Hawaiian Islands and Maui's Haleakala
  • 06: Mount Saint Helens, Lassen Volcanic, Rainier
  • 07: Crater Lake, Olympic, North Cascades
  • 08: Volcanoes of Alaska: Katmai and Lake Clark
  • 09: Alaska's Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords
  • 10: Yosemite: Nature's Cathedral
  • 11: Redwoods, Sequoias, and the Sierra Nevada
  • 12: Pinnacles to Joshua Tree: The San Andreas
  • 13: Denali to Gates of the Arctic
  • 14: Death Valley and Great Basin: The Rift Zone
  • 15: Shenandoah: The Collision of Old Continents
  • 16: Great Smoky Mountains and Hot Springs
  • 17: National Rivers: Gorges, Falls, and Meanders
  • 18: Great Dune Fields of North America
  • 19: National Seashores and Lakeshores
  • 20: Reefs: Virgin Islands, Florida, Texas
  • 21: National Marine Sanctuaries and Monuments
  • 22: Acadia's Highlands and Islands
  • 23: The Dakota Badlands
  • 24: The Grand Canyon's 2-Billion-Year Staircase
  • 25: Carving the Grand Canyon
  • 26: Petrified Forest and Other Fossil Parks
  • 27: Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches
  • 28: Zion, Gunnison's Black Canyon, Capitol Reef
  • 29: Mesa Verde and Ancient Settlements
  • 30: The Colorado Rocky Mountains
  • 31: Montana's Glacier and the Canadian Rockies
  • 32: Big Bend on the Rio Grande and Saguaro
  • 33: Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, Carlsbad Caverns
  • 34: The Everglades and the Congaree Bottomland
  • 35: Voyageurs, Isle Royale, the Canadian Shield
  • 36: Assembling North America, Park by Park
  • By This Professor

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Ford Cochran

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