Episode #088: Geology

Brothers of the Serpent

Society & Culture, History, Philosophy

4.8 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2019

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

We speak with Sheldon from the C-Word podcast and mine his brain for valuable nuggets of geological data. He has a degree in geology and has experience in using his degree in the field for oil, gas and mining industries.

We talk about uniformitarianism, catastrophism, the Younger Dryas, plate tectonics, the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, vulcanism, rock formation and dating technologies, and pirates at strip clubs.

Thanks very much to The C Word for letting us borrow their geologist for one show! Check them out on Twitter @cwordpod and on iTunes.

Enjoy!

Exposed mantle material at Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland

"Ultramafic" rock, Gros Morne

Subduction of oceanic crust

Back-arc Basin and volcanic result of subduction

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Standing on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge exposed in Iceland

Oceanic Gyre currents

Transcript

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0:34.7	Nestle amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high atop the Edwards Plateau. And we have a very awesome show for you tonight
0:38.1	on this emergency backup podcast day, Wednesday.
0:42.2	That's right.
0:44.0	But first, as always, we need to introduce
0:47.8	our good friend and longhead, Mr. Brett England,
0:51.8	from deep beneath his secret space station
0:53.3	and secret outer space, the watcher.
0:55.0	How are you doing, buddy? What's going on?
0:57.0	Very excited for tonight's show, man.
1:01.0	Hell yeah. We're going to talk about effing rocks and it's going to be effing awesome.
1:06.0	That's right. That's right. So we have a special guest with us tonight, Sheldon from the C-word podcast.
1:16.7	Hey, guys.
1:17.2	How's it going?
1:17.7	Yeah, what's up, man?
1:18.5	So he is an actual geologist.
1:21.0	He is an actual scientist.
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