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Geology Bites

Geology Bites


Geology Bites

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Length:
88 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

What moves the continents, creates mountains, swallows up the sea floor, makes volcanoes erupt, triggers earthquakes, and imprints ancient climates into the rocks? Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director asks leading researchers to divulge what they have discovered and how they did it.

To learn more about the series, and see images that support the podcasts, go to geologybites.com.
Instagram: @GeologyBites
Twitter: @geology_bites
Email: geologybitespodcast@gmail.com
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 88 episodes

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Bob White on How Magma Moves in the Crust

We know that most magma originates in the Earth’s mantle. As it pushes up through the m...

36 minutes
May 06, 2024

Richard Ernst on Large Igneous Provinces

At roughly 15-25-million-year intervals since the Archean, huge volumes of lava have sp...

31 minutes
Apr 10, 2024

Damian Nance on What Drives the Supercontinent Cycle

Perhaps as many as five times over the course of Earth history, most of the continents ...

35 minutes
Feb 24, 2024

David Kohlstedt on Simulating the Mantle in the Lab

The Earth’s tectonic plates float on top of the ductile portion of the Earth’s mantle c...

32 minutes
Feb 09, 2024

Claire Corkhill on Geological Radioactive Waste Disposal

In many countries, nuclear power is a significant part of the energy mix being planned ...

31 minutes
Jan 07, 2024

Mahesh Anand on What Human Return to the Moon Means for Lunar Geology

We have learned a great deal about the geology of the Moon from remote sensing instrume...

32 minutes
Dec 22, 2023

Susan Brantley on Earth's Geological Thermostat

At the core of Earth’s geological thermostat is the dissolution of silicate minerals in...

27 minutes
Dec 10, 2023

Clark Johnson on the Banded Iron Formations

Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are a visually striking group of sedimentary rocks that a...

28 minutes
Nov 12, 2023

Catherine Mottram on Dating Rock Deformation

The geological history of most regions is shaped by a whole range of processes that occ...

36 minutes
Oct 18, 2023

Martin Van Kranendonk on the Earliest Life on Earth

In this episode, Martin Van Kranendonk lays out a convincing case for life on Earth goi...

33 minutes
Sep 12, 2023