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Title:

The Devonian Fossil Gorge at the Coralville Dam [videorecording] / produced by the Devonian Fossil Gorge Education Committee in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

US Army Corps of EngineersRock Island District, Operations Division,

Copyright Date:

2001?

Description:

1 videodisc (16 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Reproduction Info:

Digital copy. Iowa City : University of Iowa Center for Media Production for the University Libraries, 2010. VHS video tape transferred to industry standard DVCAM format, (4:3 standard definition) with Sony DSR-1800 digital videocassette recorder and simultaneously to DVD format with Panasonic DMR-ES25 DVD recorder via Y/C distribution system from a variety of VHS source decks.

Subject:

Devonian Fossil Gorge (Iowa)
Coralville Dam--History.
Paleontology--Devonian.
Paleontology--Coralville Lake.--Coralville Lake.

Other Authors:

Glenister, Brian F. (Brian Frederick), 1928-
Devonian Fossil Gorge Education Committee.
United States. Rock Island District. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District.
New Leaf Productions.
University of Iowa. Libraries.
University of Iowa. Center for Media Production.

Notes:

Narrator, Brian Glenister, U. of I. Dept. of Geoscience.

Summary:

Presents a brief history of the Coralville Dam and the effects of the flood of 1993 which uncovered fossil evidence of the shallow tropical sea that once covered the area. Dioramas in the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History and living corals in the waters off Florida show what this undersea world must have been like.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)752197009

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)