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Season 3 Episode 31
Today, we are talking about the process of making petrified wood. Basically, wood has to be quickly buried in a wet setting where the water is also …
2 years, 4 months ago
Creepy Soil
Season 3 Episode 30
Today, we talk about all things soil creep. Have you ever been on a steep slope and seen bent or curved trees, slanted fence posts, slanted headston…
2 years, 4 months ago
Stream Drainage Patterns
Season 3 Episode 29
Just as in so many aspects of the way the world works, geology determines the drainage patterns (or watershed) of rivers. Today, we discuss the majo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Earth's Geological MRI Scan
Season 3 Episode 28
Today, we cover something very interesting - a new initiative by the United States Geological Survey to map Earth's resources at a new level. Geology…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rockhounding 101
Season 3 Episode 27
Today, we cover one of our favorite past times - RockHounding! It's a totally fun, engaging activity that gets you outside and learning about nature.…
2 years, 5 months ago
How To Identify Rocks
Season 3 Episode 26
In this episode we start a looong conversation about how to identify rocks. We begin by outlining a few simple rules to go by, and how to start to th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Yellowstone's "Rock" Music
Season 3 Episode 25
Listen to Yellowstone's rock music here!
Today we talk about the fun exercise of turning seismic activity recorded live from Yellowstone National Par…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Geology of Uranium
Season 3 Episode 24
Today, we talk about Uranium!
Uranium is a really interesting element and today we talk about how it's used, a bit about nuclear reactors, then dive …
2 years, 6 months ago
Yellowstone's Other Volcanoes
Season 3 Episode 23
In PlanetGeo today, we discuss one aspect of Yellowstone National Park Geology that goes under-appreciated - the Absaroka Volcanics. They are a geolo…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Geologist in National Defense - Dr. Stefanie Tompkins - Director of DARPA
Season 3 Episode 22
Today we are extremely honored to get the opportunity to discuss all things geoscience and National Defense with Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, the Director …
2 years, 6 months ago