Rise of the Continents (2013) Eurasia
Two hundred million years ago the continent we know as Eurasia - "the vast swathe of land that extends from Europe in the West to Asia in the East" - didn't exist. To reveal Eurasia's origins, Professor Iain Stewart climbs up to the "eternal flames" of Mount Chimera in southern Turkey, blazing natural gas that seeps out of the rock. Formed on the seafloor, it shows that where the south of Eurasia is today, there was once a 90-million-square-kilometre ocean known as the Tethys. It is the destruction of the Tethys Ocean that holds the key to Eurasia's formation.
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how our iconic continents were created, and how their tumultuous past has shaped our life today.
Primary Title
- Rise of the Continents
Episode Title
- Eurasia
Date Broadcast
- Monday 1 September 2014
Release Year
- 2013
Start Time
- 08 : 05
Finish Time
- 09 : 08
Duration
- 63:00
Episode
- 4
Channel
- BBC Knowledge
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Professor Iain Stewart reveals how our iconic continents were created, and how their tumultuous past has shaped our life today.
Episode Description
- Two hundred million years ago the continent we know as Eurasia - "the vast swathe of land that extends from Europe in the West to Asia in the East" - didn't exist. To reveal Eurasia's origins, Professor Iain Stewart climbs up to the "eternal flames" of Mount Chimera in southern Turkey, blazing natural gas that seeps out of the rock. Formed on the seafloor, it shows that where the south of Eurasia is today, there was once a 90-million-square-kilometre ocean known as the Tethys. It is the destruction of the Tethys Ocean that holds the key to Eurasia's formation.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Continents
- Eurasia--Geography
Genres
- Documentary
- History
- Miniseries
- Nature
Hosts
- Iain Stewart (Host)
Contributors
- Stephen Cooter (Director)
- Stephen Cooter (Producer)
- BBC Productions (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Continents
- Eurasia--Geography