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Classes are back in session, and we’re back to normal episodes. Join us to talk about Brunton pocket transits, argue about strike and dip, and discuss the zombie apocalypse. AAPG abstracts are due September 24! Windows 10 isn’t supporting external USB microphones right now. What? Checkout Angie’s beautiful photos. Part 1 Part 2 What is a Brunton? A compass, but a really expensive one with lots of...

We continue our quest form last week to hit the most interesting mechanisms of catastrophic sedimentation, talk about a new notebook, and learn how to give cosmic CT scans. Floods Oklahoma flooded significantly this year! I–35 Rockslide Oregon Landslide Afghanistan river of rock Colorado Springs, CO flash flooding Bolide Deposits Overturned flaps Meteor Crater Tsunamis Alamo impact crater Breccia...

This week we start an accidental two-part show on catastrophic sedimentation, John’s drone experiments, and a revisit of some stories from the past. Don’t miss this not so short summer short! John’s Drone Experiment EOS Article on Philae probe Catastrophism Wikipedia article on catastrophism Originated with Bishop J. Usher Mountains, etc. were formed by unknowable, quick cataclysms… Uniformitarian...

Intro The Orbital Mechanics highlighted how little we know about planetary formation, so let’s talk about Pluto and what we’ve learned from the New Horizons Mission. Pluto Basics Officially a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt About 0.18 the radius of Earth Mass 0.178 of the moon’s Very low density Gravity 0.63 g Neptune and Pluto were both predicted to exist from orbital perturbations of Uranus Perc...

This week we get ready for conference abstract deadlines and talk about how we prepare abstracts. Everyone is finally back in town, but not for long! Pluto show next week! Abstract deadlines: AGU 8/5, GSA 8/11 GSA, new topical abstracts (search visually by emoji!) How we prepare to write abstracts Choosing the topical material. When do you stop reporting on research?* Think about what session to s...

Shannon hits the road again, so we talk about volcanics, earthquakes, and other disasters that can occur in the pacific northwest. We even talk about native stories of earthquakes and tsunamis. Mount Rainier Snake River Crater Lake Lassen Volcanics Craters of the Moon Capulin Volcano 1700 Cascadia Earthquake Bonneville Slide Orphan Tsunami Story of the Thunderbird and Whale Hitchhiker’s Guide Whal...

Top 10 Google Search Tips Use the tabs Use quotes Exclude results with - Google Scholar Broaden the scope of your search by removing words Think like the person writing the article Search for a filetype: Use Google Books Use the forums Mine references and link lists Other Links Linear scanner Google search characters Research tips - Still Untitled : The Adam Savage Project Six Degrees of Kevin Bac...

Join John and special guest Dr. Elizabeth Seiver of PLOS (Public Library of Science) in Austin, TX at the scientific Python (SciPy) conference to talk open science and geek tools! Sorry for the slight echo in the room, we did what we could with the audio! Elizabeth on twitter: @tweetotaler PLOS Alison Gopnik’s Berkeley Lab SciPy 2015 arXiv Figshare Dryad Digital Object Identifier Paywall Polymath...

John is on the road headed to the SciPy conference and Shannon is done with field camp. Join us to hear the wrap up and talk about how geology was used strategically in the Revolutionary War on this fourth of July weekend episode. Watchung Mountains Area geologic summary Middlebrook encampment Nike Missile Cheyenne Mountain NORAD Fun Paper Friday This week we learn about perchlorate from fireworks...

This week Shannon summarizes her field trip and John talks about rock slides and his coming travel. We also talk about organized patterns of dripping syrup. John will be at the SciPy Conference Tropical Storm Bill has caused a lot of problems! Oklahoma Rock Slide Turner Falls John’s 3D Compass Shannon found a unique use for her field notes notebooks Rocky Mountain National Park Glacial Moraine Cir...

Join us this week as we talk about our favorite national parks while Shannon is on the road. Then we’ll talk about kinetic energy of empty and full beer bottles as part of Fun Paper Friday! Glacier National Park Heads up display for snowplows Book: Geology of National Parks Belt Supergroup Arches National Park Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey Arch Collapses Canyonalnds National Park Upheaval Dome...

This week we catch up with Shannon’s field adventure and John’s poster and pitch competition. Sheep Mountain Anticline Grand Teton National Park John participated in a 2 minute pitch contest as part of Millennium Cafe . PPG Industries sponsored the event and it was a great success! Fun Paper Friday What’s the best use for an onion? To make artificial muscles of course! Chen, C.-C., Shih, W.-P., Ch...

This week we talk more about your field photos, the movie San Andreas, mining country in Colorado, and chocolate blooming! Your Photos! Last week we talked about the Manefay Slide instead of the Jordan slide that Mark sent photos of. Sorry Mark! Hannah and Martin’s Photos Siccar Point Old Red Sandstone Hutton’s Unconformity How a geologist sees the world San Andreas Ok movie, lots of bad science T...

TOPCON GPS Instruments Listener Mark sent in field photos from the Bingham Canyon Mine Checkout Mark’s Images Jordan Slide Some general RADAR information Greenwood Furnace State Park Blast Furnace Basics LightSail Mission Fun Paper Friday This week we learn about pressure. Pressure has to be generated for Penguins to poo outside of thier nest. How much pressure? We know the answer! Meyer-Rochow, V...

This week Shannon talks about the cold weather at field camp, we discuss the Jacob’s staff, and methane rain. You’ll want to listen to this fun summer short! Jacob’s Staff Canon City, Colorado Pike’s Peak Gold Rush Field Camp Fun Paper Friday What could cause dunes on Titan to migrate opposite the surface winds? Turns out the answer is a story about deep convection and storms with methane rain! Ch...

Summer is an ideal time to learn new things and explore new ideas. This week we discuss what we want to learn over the summer and how we are going to accomplish these goals. What’s your summer manifesto? Also we get showered by cosmic rays and lightning as part of #FunPaperFriday. John’s Summer Manifesto Learn Swift programming language for mobile computing development Lynda.com Books Having a pro...

This week John and Shannon discuss going outside and how important it is to our learning processes. Are we suffering from “nature deficit disorder”? We follow up the discussion with a #FunPaperFriday about playing outside. Last Child in the Woods by Louv The Nature Principle by Louv Richard Louv Website How to Raise a Wild Child by Sampson raiseawildchild.com Free Range Kids Kids Need Nature as Mu...

This week we are joined by a guest co-host in Shannon’s absence. Matt Herman talks to us about the recent earthquake in Nepal. We had to record in an empty classroom, so sorry about the audio quality. We’ll be back to our normal location and setup next week! Earthquake USGS Event Page Plate Map PAGER Report John’s Ground Motion Movie Everest Avalanche Movie Matt uses INSAR and GPS to look at stati...

Taking notes is an essential part of your job, no matter what you do. This week we discuss note taking strategies, supplies, and how we work. Also don’t miss out on a sticky #FunPaperFriday! John’s Storm Time Lapse Midichloria mitochonreii Note Taking Systems Don’t bother with highlighting, underlining, re-reading, etc. Those have been shown to be ineffective. (Dunlosky et al., 2013) Bullet Journa...

This week we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Phoebe Cohen ( @PhoebeFossil ) from Williams. She studies microscopic single-cell fossils from before there were animals. Undergrad at Cornell, wanting to be in biology… landed in earth system science Strongly influenced by the book “ Life on a young planet ” Grad school at Harvard 1/2 post-doc, 1/2 education-outreach at MIT Gigapan Photography Cambrid...

Tides pull and deform the surface of the ocean and the surface of the Earth. This week we’ll take a quick tour of tidal forces, address some show feedback, and then talk about a revision on a classic physics problem. Tides Tides are a result of gravitational interaction of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, but are of course a factor on many other planets as well. Gravity is the key to remember and that i...

This week we talk about another branch of earth science, meteorology. We discuss the upcoming severe weather season and Shannon’s close call with a tornadic storm. Also updates on past stories, feedback, and fun paper friday! Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability The Brunt Väisälä frequency Story Updates and Feedback Nasa has decided to go with the boulder snatch technique...

We’ve both been on the road recently and decided to cut together a show to share our travels with you. This week Shannon will take us into the field in NM with her students, and John will take us to Lamont for a seismology student workshop. Shannon’s Trip Shannon took her mapping class to the field for a mapping exercise. Her trip went far better than imagined. Palo Duro Canyon “The Grand Canyon o...

This week we thought it would be a good idea to recap some of the apps that we use on a daily basis to get our work done. We want to explicitly state that we are fully unsponsored and that these are just our opinions, not official recommendations or endorsements We chose iPhone/iPad apps since that’s what we and many of our colleagues use. A lot of these are transferrable to the Android or other p...

What is a geologic map? Conveys many sorts of geologic information The whole basis of field geology Can be a surface,bedrock, subsurface, resource, soil, etc. map Making the Map Start off with your field gear…like we talked about in episode 2 . We said episode 1 in the show, but that was wrong! Have a base map (Geomorphologic map—we call these topos )…you need to know where you are at You can use...