This week’s podClast is the Geobloggers in the Pub: San Francisco edition. We talk in a slightly intoxicated way about what makes a geologist, human exploration of the planets, the importance of primary research and more.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Sandra – Looking For Detachment (@sfoxx)

Dave – Geology News (@rockbandit)

Andrew – About:Geology (@aboutgeology)

Cian – @cbdawson

Brian – Clastic Detritus (@clasticdetritus)

Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight. So episode 15 of the podClast will be recorded from at 2300 GMT the 17th of October 2009. Either comment in this post if you’d like to join me, or if you’re on my email list, I’ll send you the details cloder to the 17th.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/10/03/the-podclast-episode-14/ or http://bit.ly/fefXt and an archive of all podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

(I’m not going to be offering zip version anymore in order to save on server space)

This week’s podclast concentrates on nuclear waste, helping physically challenged students with the MIS:TIQUE project, and a whole lot of geo-technology.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Ron – Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog (@rschott)

Jess – Magma Cum Laude (@Tuff_Cookie)

Ian – Hypo-Theses (@hypocentre)

Yucca Mountain and Nuclear Waste

You can read about Yucca mountain on the Wikipedia page. And there’s the extensive page on the nuclear waste storage project too.

And Lee Allison talks about Yucca Mountain ’stalemate’. which refers to the Chicago Tribune article arguing to Keep Yucca Mountain Project Alive.

And there’s an article about France’s nuclear waste storage program, and its problems, at Energy Priorities.

MIS:TIQUE

You can read about the MIS:TIQUE project over at Ian’s blog.

And, of course, Gigapan gets a few mentions too : )

Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight. I will be away in Edinburgh next recording day, however, so episode 14 maybe early, or late. I’ve yet to decide.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/05/22/the-podclast-episode-13/ or http://is.gd/Cabz and an archive of all podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

This week’s podclast is the Geobloggers in the Pub episode. We talk about the KT boundary, including new research relating to it. Plus we lay into creationism in a pub-style chat fest.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Julia – The Ethical Palaeontologist (@morphosaurus)

Michael – Through the Sandglass

Dhiresh – A friend of mine and a geologist/geophysicist

The K-T Boundary and What Caused It

The paper we were discussing is by G. Keller et al. in Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166, 2009 [of London]. I can’t find the full name of the paper but I’ll keep looking.

Kim at All My Faults are Stress Related has a post on K-T extinction debates: cranky “skeptics” or reasonable science?

And the press release is available in various mass-media-filtered forms at Time, and the BBC.

Ethan Siegel’s Starts with a Bang has an article called What Wiped Out the Dinosaurs?, which is a superb run-through of the Chicxulub/KT impact. And you may want to read up on the Deccan Traps and how they relate to the KT extinction too. Also of interest, not because it explains the extinction, but because it’s another narrowly thought-out idea (or at least that’s how it’s been presented) is Insect Attack May Have Finished Off Dinosaurs which talks about the research from the book What Bugged the Dinosaurs?.

Creationism

You can look up Answers in Genesis yourself, as I won’t be linking to them, however the Talk.Origins Archive is a great place to look for basic questions and answers regarding the Evolution/Creationism debate.

Extra Note

The fossil of the seal ancestor is called the Pinniped, and information on the find can be found at the BBC and Eureka Alert.

Next Episode – Geoblogger in the Pub

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight. The next episode will be recorded at 1900 GMT on the 16th of May.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/05/07/the-podclast-episode-12/ or http://is.gd/xB3V and an archive of all podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

This week’s episode discusses the L’Aquila earthquake in Italy and the associated earthquake predicition, more on Mt Redoubt in Alaska, geology in the movies and more.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Ron – Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog (@rschott)

Jess – Magma Cum Laude (@Tuff_Cookie)

Italian Earthquake

The USGS has the raw details of the M6.3 earthquake.

Chris from Highly Allochthonous discusses the tectonic setting of the quake as well as the foreshocks and aftershocks.

Kim from All My Faults Are Stress Related talks about earthquake predicition, including that made by Iben Browning.

Ole from Olelog also discusses earthquake prediction in L’Aquila Earthquake – Followup.

Andrew from About:Geology calls the prediction irresponsible,  and so does the New York Times.

And the report from the BBC concerning the destruction that occurred is worth a look too.

Mt Redoubt

There’s a good summary of rticles regarding the previous set of eruptions from the podClast episode 10.

This is the picture Ron mentioned of the growing lava dome from the Alaskan Volcano Observatory.

Next Episode – Geoblogger in the Pub

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight. The next episode, however, will be recorded live at the Geobloggers in the Pub, in London on the afternoon of Saturday the 2nd of May. We’ll be drinking at the Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BN from 2pm onwards. If you’re in the London area and would like to join in, check out this post for details (http://is.gd/tpFI).

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/04/20/the-podclast-episode-11/ or http://is.gd/tpI9 and an archive of all podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

This week’s episode discusses the eruption of Mt Redoubt in Alaska and whether geolphysicists are geologists. Plus the GSA timescale including a discussion on why the Quaternary exists and details on palaeomagnetics .

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Chris –  Highly Allochthonous (@allochthonous)

Ron – Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog (@rschott)

Eruptions of  Mt Redoubt in Alaska

The Big Picture, yet again, has beautiful pictures of the eruptions.

Eruptions has details about Mt Redoubt here, here and here. Plus details on the Oil Terminal and there securing thereof.

The Volcanism Blog also has details here, here and here.

Webcams of Mt Redoubt can be found at the Alaskan Volcanic Observatory.

Geologists and Geophysicists

Maria from Green Gabbro asks Are Geophysicists Geologists? and follows up with Are Geophysicists Geologists? Part II.

The GSA Timescale

You cand find details about the updated GSA timescale at All My Faults Are Stress Related and at About:Geology.

Palaeomagnatism

Chris’s posts on Palaeomagnatism can be found here.

del.icio.us/podclast

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Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Sunday the 19th of April at 2000 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/04/08/the-podclast-episode-10 or http://is.gd/rv9W and an archive of all  podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

This week’s episode discusses the latest rumbling, shaking and eruptions in Tonga, global warming and the ozone layer and dinosaurs – small and feathered. Plus a reading recommendation.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Chris –  Highly Allochthonous (@allochthonous)

Julia – The Ethical Palaeontologist (@morphosaurus)

Eruptions of  Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai and Earthquakes in Tonga

The Big Picture has some beautiful pictures of the eruptions, including a sequence of photos showing an eruption in progress.

Eruptions has details on the M7.9 quake in Tonga and details on the eruption plus some pictures and video of the eruption.

Maria at Green Gabbro assures us that the eruptions and earthquakes are probably unrelated.

The BBC has a pretty sweet video of the eruption too.

Here’s the NOAA map of seafloor age.

Ozone Modelling

Universe Today tells of the Ozone Success Story: NASA Video of Enviro Action That Worked.

The Nanoraptor

Geology.com talks about this Cat-Size Dinosaur Found in Alberta.

Science Centric tells of how Mini dinosaurs prowled North America.

Featured Dinosaurs

Not Exactly Rocket Science has the scoop on the Tianyulong confuciusi and has a word to say about the 4-wing microraptor.

Extras

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham, as recommended by Chris R and Julia.

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Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Sunday the 5th of April at 2000 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Text Addresses

The post that accompanies this podcast can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/2009/03/21/the-podclast-episode-9/ or http://is.gd/otDZ and an archive of all  podClasts can be found at http://www.goodschist.com/category/podclast/

Episode 7 of the podClast is ready for download. You can grab the mp3 here (42.5 Mb, 46:24), or subscribe through iTunes here. Or you can listen to it right here:

This week’s episode discusses the ancient sponge biomarkers recently described in a formation in Oman, palaeomagnatism, geology on Google Earth and more. This is the first episode in 7 months and it’s the longest podClast ever at just over 46 minutes.

Participants (links in brackets are Twitter feeds)

Chris - goodSchist (@yorrike)

Ron – Ron Schott’s Geology Home Companion Blog (@rschott)

Chris –  Highly Allochthonous (@allochthonous)

Dave – Geology News (@rockbandit or @geologynews)

Jess - Magma Cum Laude (@tuff_cookie)

Ryan – Staff Geologist (@staffgeologist)

Sponges, Palaeomagnetism and Ophiolites

You can read this brief article on the ancient sponge biomarkers or read through the Google News results regarding these ancient Omani trace fossils.

Chris’s post at Highly Allochthonous on Magnetic Polar Reversals

Wikipedia on Ophiolites

Google Earth and Geology

Ron’s blog article on Building  a Google Earth Geology Layer

Jess on Using Google Earth to Visualize Volcanic and Seismic Activity

Kim on similar matters in Google Earth Explosion

The OneGeology project

Chris’s post on Geoaggregation

And a few other links

The Dibblee Geological Foundation

The HMS Beagle Project which Chris mentioned.

Ryan’s Staff Geologist page

Ron’s Geoblogosphere Search Engine

del.icio.us/podclast

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Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Sunday the 8th of March at 2000 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode, either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

Episode 6 of the podClast is ready for download. You can grab the mp3 here (14.3 Mb, 24:36), or subscribe through iTunes here.

This week’s show discusses opening up the untapped oil reserves of the U.S.A, the June 14th Japanese earthquake and the early warning system, and the recent flooding in the mid-west of the U.S.

Participants

Chris – goodSchist

Brian – Clastic Detritus

Jess (Tuff Cookie) – Magma Cum Laude

Show Notes

Brian’s post on the Outer Continental Shelf and Oil Prospecting.

My post on the Alaska North Slope and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

There’s a quick video and some information at Crooks and Liars about The Enron Loop and Free Energy Trading.

The Wikipedia entry on the June 14 Earthquake in Japan.

And here’s the Wikipedia article on the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

Chris at Highly Allochthonous had guest blogger talking about why you can get ‘500 year floods’ two years in a row.

Here’s the USGS Corecast Episode that deals with the flooding in the mid-west. You can subscribe to the Corecast through iTunes, or visit the Corecast site.

del.icio.us/podclast

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Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Saturday the 5th of July at 2300 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode (we’d really like a few more voices in there), either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above.

Credit

The audio clip about geologists being the sexiest mean alive at the top of the show was from an episode of American Dad, which is © copyright News Corp. 2008. (Please don’t sue me). The video of that clip can be found in this post.

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

The splash image on the homepage is from Argue With Everyone. The album art is from NASA.

Episode 5 of the podClast is ready for download. You can grab the mp3 here (19.1 Mb, 33:18), or subscribe through iTunes here.

Today’s show discusses The Mars Phoenix Lander,

Participants

Chris – goodSchist

Jess – Magma Cum Laude

Show Notes

Notes on taming volcanoes with limestone and dolomite

There’s images from the Phoenix showing grains from the Martian surface.

Big Earthquakes Spark Jolts Worldwide? We had a discussion about that.

Ice quakes are a topic you may like to read about.

I managed to digress into talking about the ANDRILL project.

There’s the Geotimes article and the AAPG article about geoblogging. And Chris has a list of all the active geobloggers over at Highly Allacthonous. There’s also Aiden’s post about it all.

And here’s the link to the call for posts for the Accretionary Wedge #10.

Jess was right with her first guess, it was Tambora that caused the year without a summer (not Krakatoa). And the artist we couldn’t remember the name of was James M. W. Turner

del.icio.us/podclast

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Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Saturday the 21st of June at 2300 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode (we’d really like a few more voices in there), either leave a comment below or email chris [the at symbol] goodschist.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast. If you don’t have the time to join us but would like to contribute a 3-5 minute audio clip to the show simply record it, make sure it’s an mp3, and send it to the address above [I'll add more thorough instructions at a later date]

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

The splash image on the homepage is a section of the painting “The Fighting Téméraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up” by J. M. W. Turner and the album art is from NASA.

Today’s show is a little different from normal. We had a lot of problems getting Skype running properly, due to network problems. The audio was just too choppy to record and broadcast. Instead Dave Schumacher and I put together a clip each detailing two of the topics we were planning on covering. So today you’ll hear about the Sichuan province earthquake in China the Phoenix Mars Lander, which is due to land in 9 hours at the time of posting.

Participants

Chris – goodSchist

Dave – Geology News

Show Notes

Photos of the Sichuan earthquake can be found on Dave’s blog, Geology News.

The British Geological survey identified the risk of such a large earthquake happening again just months beofre it occurred.

And an eighty (!!) year old man has just been pulled from rubble, 266 hours (11 days) after the earthquake struck.

There’s the overview for the mission of the Mars Phoenix Lander. (Wikipedia has details too).

You can watch the landing and mission progress at NASA TV here. It’s in a few hours, so act quickly!

If you miss that, there’s a neat guided tour of the simulated landing.

And finally, the video entitled 7 minutes of terror is a dramatic overview of what will be a dramatic landing.

del.icio.us/podclast

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(I haven’t added the links for today’s show yet, I’ll do this in the next couple of days).

Next Episode

We like to have a new episode of the podClast every fortnight, so the next episode will be recorded on Saturday the 7th of June at 2300 GMT.

Contributing

If you’re keen to hear a specific topic talked about, or would like to join the discussion during the next episode (we’d really like a few more voices in there), either leave a comment below or email podclast [the at symbol] podclast.com. You’ll probably also do well reading the details on joining the podclast.

Credit

The intro and exit music was Roots Fi Cool by Burning Babylon.

The splash image on the homepage and the album art is from NASA.