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Product description This 2-CD-ROM set contains a spectacular collection of over 650 annotated photos, more than 100 videos, plus dozens of color diagrams explaining the incredible variety of phenomena and forces acting on our planet. Complete with basic and advanced text to accommodate a variety of reading and interest levels, an integrated glossary of geologic terms, full-text search, help system, bookmarks and a way to store your notes on any topic. This is the most comprehensive world-wide geological collection you will find. JLM Visuals Physical Geology CD-ROMs have the following divisions: DISC ONE: Minerals and Mineral Identification, Drilling and Mining, Sedimentary Rocks, Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Sedimentary Features, Weathering, Mass Movement, Active Glaciers, Features of Alpine Glaciation, Features of Continental Glaciation, Wind Erosion and Desert Features. DISC TWO: Running Water, Caves and Ground Water, Karst Features, Diastrophism (Structural Geology), Earthquakes, Igneous Features, Geothermal Features, Shorelines, Mountains, Plains and Plateaus. The Diagrams include: Alluvial fan, Chemical & Organic Sedimentary Rocks, Classification of Igneous Rocks, Clastic Sedimentary Rocks, Crevasse Fill & Esker, Crevasse Formation Diagram, Crystal Systems, Dip & Strike, Drainage Patterns, Effluent & Influent Streams, Folding, Foliated Metamorphic Rocks, Gap, Glacial Valleys, Glacier System, Glacier, Ground Water, Intrusive Features, Joints & Faults, Kame Formation, Meander with Cross Sections, Monocline, Non-foliated Metamorphic Rocks, Normal Fault, Oxbow Lake, Point Bars, Reverse Fault, River Valley & Divide, River Valley Development, Sand Dune Profile, Sand Dune Types, Slumping, Stream Terraces, Stream Transport of Rock Material, Strike-Slip Fault, Terminus of Glacier, Unconformity, Volcano Types, Wave Energy on Shorelines, Wave Refraction & Longshore Current. Video List (Disc 1): Quartz Scratching Glass (with sound), Cleavage Of Micas, Calcite Can Not