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Yosemite
Title
Yosemite [electronic resource (video)] / A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2009.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The Sierra Nevada contains one of the most awe-inspiring geological features on the planet: Yosemite Valley. Yet how this extraordinary valley formed has been the subject of controversy for more than a century. Was it carved by gigantic glaciers or created by a cataclysmic rifting of Earth's crust? This program investigates.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
How the Earth was made (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: A&E Television Networks, LLC, 2009.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
How the Earth Was Made
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
10 & up.
Contents
Earth's Titanic Forces Shape Yosemite (1:04)
Foothills of the Sierra Nevada (1:36)
Yosemite's Beginnings (2:19)
Mount Hoffman's Layers (2:42)
Red Rock of Mount Gibbs (1:22)
Granite Monoliths Form (1:19)
El Capitan (4:05)
North America Wall (2:06)
Granite Exposed (1:12)
Deep Fissures (2:30)
Sudden Uplift Event (1:50)
Merced River (2:42)
Glacier Theory (3:02)
Contrasting Theories (2:12)
Evidence Of Glaciers (3:28)
John Muir's Theory is Confirmed (2:06)
Rock Falls of Yosemite (2:07)
Hidden Forces Continue to Shape Yosemite (2:15)
Why Yosemite's Surface Layers of Granite are Shattering (3:04)
Summary and Credits: How the Earth Was Made: Yosemite (1:14)
Videorecording number
42685s Infobase
42702 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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