Continental drift and plate tectonics

Duration: 18

Year Published: 1987

Creator: Phoenix

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Animation, archival and live action footage are used to explain the geologic forces which caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and, more recently, the eruptions of Mt. St. Helens and Hawaii. The film discusses the theory of drifting continents first proposed three hundred years ago by Francis Bacon and the super continent or Pangea theory. Animated diagrams dissect layers of the earth are and chart their relationship to the dynamics of plate tectonics. , Introduces the theory of continental drift as well as that of the magnetic north. Provides a history of scientific belief about the phenomena and evidence of coastal unrest through the use of animation.

Complete Record: Animation, archival and live action footage are used to explain the geologic forces which caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and, more recently, the eruptions of Mt. St. Helens and Hawaii. The film discusses the theory of drifting continents first proposed three hundred years ago by Francis Bacon and the super continent or Pangea theory. Animated diagrams dissect layers of the earth are and chart their relationship to the dynamics of plate tectonics. , Introduces the theory of continental drift as well as that of the magnetic north. Provides a history of scientific belief about the phenomena and evidence of coastal unrest through the use of animation.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.