Birth of the Earth /

Four and a half billion years ago the Earth formed from dust in space to become a molten ball of rock orbiting the Sun. This episode travels back in time to investigate how the fledgling planet survived a cataclysmic cosmic collision with another world, how molten rock solidified to land, how our oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Johnson, Corey, 1961- (Narrator), Werbe, Susan (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	New York : A & E Television Networks, 2009.
Series:	VAST: academic video online How the Earth was made
Subjects:	Geology, Structural. Earth (Planet) > History. Earth (Planet) > Origin. Terre > Histoire. Terre > Origines. Planets > Origin. Earth (Planet) Documentary television programs. History. Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Four and a half billion years ago the Earth formed from dust in space to become a molten ball of rock orbiting the Sun. This episode travels back in time to investigate how the fledgling planet survived a cataclysmic cosmic collision with another world, how molten rock solidified to land, how our oceans filled with water and how life arrived on Earth. Geologists study the oldest rocks on Earth and meteorites from outer space to solve the greatest geological mystery of all{u2013}the Birth of the Earth.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (47 min.).
Playing Time:	00:47:26