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  1. What’s Going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future (2009)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Geology

    Video recording of a public lecture given by Professor Robert Mair of Cambridge University at the RSA on 18/2/2009. The talk describes the critical importance of geology and the development and application...

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  2. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Natural history

    Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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  3. Borehole Drilling: Techniques of Borehole Drilling (1996)

    Subject
    Engineering; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 43 minutes), £35.00

    This programme combines animation with practical demonstration to explain the processes involved in borehole drilling in a detail not usually possible. Suitable for all students and practitioners in earth...

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  4. Borehole Drilling: Drilling to Sample and Monitor Groundwater (1996)

    Subject
    Engineering; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £35.00

    This programme combines animation with practical demonstration to explain the processes involved in borehole drilling in a detail not usually possible. Suitable for all students and practitioners in earth...

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  5. Kryptonite Discovery Video (2007)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Geology

    The Natural History Museum’s Mineral curator, Mike Rumsey, talks about the identification of the new mineral matching kryptonite’s unique chemistry, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as described...

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  6. West Mata Submarine Volcano Eruption (2009)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology

    High definition video footage of the underwater explosion of the West Mata volcano, nearly 4,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in an area bounded by Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Filmed in 2009 by...

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  7. Coastal Erosion and Landsliding on the Aldbrough Coast, East Riding of Yorkshire (2010)

    Subject
    Geography; Geology

    Gareth Jenkins from the British Geological Survey describes the effects of climate change on coastal erosion and landslides on the Aldbrough coast. He describes some of the work BGS are doing in the area...

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  8. Limestone (2000)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    This film describes the use of limestone as a building material. It also explores its failure, repair and conservation. Topicscovered include: Geology; Quarrying; Carving and Dressing; Laying; Defects;...

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  9. Modern Alchemist, The: Earth, The Philosopher’s Stone (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Geology

    Royal Institution Christmas Lecture given by Peter Wothers on the subject of the rocks that form the planet Earth. Wothers takes as his starting point the beliefs and suppositions of the medieval alchemists...

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  10. Rift! Geologic Clues to What’s Tearing Africa Apart (2014)

    Subject
    Geology

    East Africa is one of the most geologically intriguing places on the planet: a place where the African continent is literally ripping apart. Deep rift valleys, active volcanoes, and hot springs are dramatic...

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