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PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast

Chris and Jesse

A Geology and Earth Science Podcast. Join Chris, an award-winning geology teacher, and Jesse, a geoscience professor, in discussing the amazing features of our planet and their impact on your everyday life. No prior knowledge required. New episodes coming at you every week. Listen, subscribe, share with someone you know!

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38:02

The Geology of Clay

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2024/06/13

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37:05

The Longest Cave System in the World

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2024/06/06

This is the first episode in a series of 3 on the world's longest cave system - Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. In this episode, Chris and Jesse talk a little about Mammoth and some of its impressive statistics. The focus however, is more about the necessary ingredients for cave development in general. We talk about the 4 general ingredients: suitable rock type, a solvent, hydraulic gradient, and time. We also go into some detail on what each of these really mean. We h...

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31:45

The Uniqueness of Iceland

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2024/05/30

In this episode, Jesse and Chris talk about the geology of Iceland - although we keep it at a high level. We're going to come back to this - Iceland - later after Chris returns from his trip. Then, we'll get into some of detail that makes Iceland so unique. Here, we discuss how Iceland might be a prototype for the formation of continents and also talk a bit about the diversity of igneous rocks that make up the Island. The diversity of rocks speaks to the diversity of v...

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35:45

Tough Soil - The Geology of Hardpan

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2024/05/23

Hardpan! Where did this idea for an episode come from? Chris has been doing a ton of yard work lately and it’s not uncommon come across a layer when digging a hole that is next to impossible to penetrate. He has to bust out my pick axe to get through it. It's Called Hardpan.Really dense layer that often occurs below the topsoil. Problems:Roots can’t penetrate into the hardpan (Hayden Valley in YNP). Trees are easily blown over if they can even grow he...

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44:38

Some Rocks You SHOULD Know - Metamorphism and Plate...

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/05/16

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40:34

When Continents Became Stable

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/05/09

Today we really go into the weeds. Jesse and a colleague just published a paper in the journal Nature that proposes a new model for how continents became stable. Stable continents have all the granite at the surface, which contains all the heat producing elements like U and Th and K - elements that decay away. Today, we discuss that paper in detail, and along the way learn a bit about the early Earth, what we know and don't know! Here is a link to the paper, which is open access and can be do...

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37:22

Earth's Oldest Stuff

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/05/02

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43:15

Geo-Tripping - A How-To Guide

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/04/25

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64:31

The Rocks You Need to Know

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/04/18

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73:41

Cutting the Grand Canyon - Dr. John Douglass

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/04/11

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37:24

Uranium and the Start of the Earth? - How...

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/04/04

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82:20

The History of Granite - Dr. Mike Ackerson

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/03/28

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48:39

The Devil's Metal - The Geology of Nickel

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/03/21

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61:36

Geology From Above - Dr. Anji Shah

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/03/14

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28:55

The Fast Carbon Cycle

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/03/07

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38:06

The Geology of Asbestos

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/02/29

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75:03

We Just Don't Have Enough - Prof. Adam Simon

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/02/22

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47:51

How Do Rocks Really Crystallize?

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/02/15

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29:01

Why is Water "Hard"?

PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast ·

2024/02/08

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58:52

Exploration and Mining Geology - Dr. Steph Mrozek

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2024/02/01

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