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Ring of Fire
Title
Ring of Fire [electronic resource (video)] / A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2010.
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 single longest linear feature in the world, the Ring of Fire encircles almost the entire Pacific Basin. This program investigates how slow but immensely powerful forces of geology in that region shaped - and continue to shape - Planet Earth.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
How the Earth was made (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: A&E Television Networks, LLC, 2010.
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
Introduction to How the Earth Was Made: The Ring of Fire (1:31)
Ring Of Fire (1:30)
Alaska's Volcanoes (1:12)
Mt. Augustine (2:33)
Building Up Pressure (1:39)
Super Heated Lava Flows (0:49)
Water Beneath the Volcano (2:47)
Mt. Lassen (3:10)
Sea Floor Movement (2:42)
Subduction (1:18)
Earthquakes (1:15)
Prince William Sound (2:45)
Great Alaskan Earthquake (1:40)
Sumatra Tsunami: Destructive Power of Quakes (2:51)
Moving Crust Creates Seismic Activity (1:50)
Deep Trenches (2:54)
Picturing the Movement of Plates (1:34)
Convection Currents (2:09)
Mid-ocean Ridges (2:02)
Cycle of Movement (3:17)
Summary & Credits: How the Earth Was Made: The Ring of Fire (1:46)
Videorecording number
42685s Infobase
42704 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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