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  1. S330 Videocassette 1 (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF COURSE MATERIALS, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Eight bands for interactive study. 1: Laboratory demonstrations simulate processes occurring within the ocean. 2: Data compiled from long-term infra-red measurements (AVHRR) of surface ocean temperatures...

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  2. Three Men in Boats (1991)

    Director
    Patrick Veale
    Producer
    Sue Tramontini
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 26 min.

    Shows how the sea is used by different professions. Follows the working routine of a crofter fisherman, a tanker pilot, and the lecturer in maritime geography as they carry out their professions afloat and...

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  3. Red Sea, The: An Embryonic Ocean Basin (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Sea floor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics is now widely accepted, buy why continental plates split as they do to form new ocean basins is still unknown. Most early evidence of splitting in the...

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  4. What is Oceanography? (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    Oceanography is the study of the oceans, the largest single environment on earth. It involves scientists from all disciplines working in large international groups deploying instruments from ships,...

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  5. Currents (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Ocean currents can no longer be thought of as ‘rivers in the sea’. The currents in the deep oceans influence our weather in complex ways. Archival film of early water mass investigation on board the...

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  6. Global Sea Levels (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99

    To measure mean sea level, the effects of tides and weather must be accurately known and the effects of land movements and ice cover can dominate local measurements. Uncertainties about future rates of rise...

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  7. Polar Oceans (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), 334.99 (CM)

    Ice information, ice cover and the seasonal influence of light on a wide variety of organisms are described and illustrated for both polar regions, with especial reference to krill and migrating animals such...

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  8. Rockall (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Biology; Chemistry; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    The inter-disciplinary nature of oceanography is illustrated in a case study of the Rockall Trough and environs. Different techniques of measuring physical, chemical and biological properties are shown, and...

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  9. Waves (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two case studies concerned with waves: 1) describes the classic experiment ‘waves across the Pacific’ in which Walter Munk and colleagues tracked waves across half the globe from Antartica to Alaska; 2)...

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  10. Battle for the Planet (7 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bo Landin
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 208, 156 min. Tape 1 contains programmes 1-4; tape 2 contains programmes 5-7.

    A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...

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