Creepy Soil
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 headstones or signs? Look closely and you can often see th...
17 Aug 202319min
Stream Drainage Patterns
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 major types of drainage patterns - they're not random a...
10 Aug 202334min
Earth's Geological MRI Scan
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 is newly relevant to society and. some people argu...
3 Aug 202324min
Rockhounding 101
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. And, who knows, you might find something spectacul...
27 Jul 202335min
How To Identify Rocks
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 think about identifying rocks when you find them out ...
20 Jul 202332min
Yellowstone's "Rock" Music
Listen to Yellowstone's rock music here! Today we talk about the fun exercise of turning seismic activity recorded live from Yellowstone National Park, turning it into musical notes, and playing it ...
13 Jul 202319min
The Geology of Uranium
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 into the geology. Uranium has two major oxidation...
6 Jul 202337min
Yellowstone's Other Volcanoes
In PlanetGeo today, we discuss one aspect of Yellowstone National Park Geology that goes under-appreciated - the Absaroka Volcanics. They are a geological curiosity, but a massive one at that - the vo...
29 Jun 202328min
