The Geology Flannelcast

In this week’s installment, the Flannelcasters talk about some random topics, some in the news, some not in the news.

In this installment of The Geology Flannelcast, the boys talk about Iceland volcanoes, a honey moon hike in New Zealand gone horribly wrong, new evidence that suggests that the asteroid impact was the the sole driver in killing off the dinosaurs, increased earthquake activity in the San Jacinto Mountains in California, and a coccolithophore bloom in the the English Channel.Links: Dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid, not volcanoes, researchers say Newlywed suing Royal Caribbean describes volcano-eruption horror: 'Could feel my skin burning' Over 4,500 Earthquakes Hit Iceland as Volcano Shows Sign of Eruption Channeling a Bloom Natural fluid injections triggered Cahuilla earthquake swarm

This week's episode is a live stream. We talk about predicting earthquakes, mantle superplumes (aka LLSVP), and the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

We have a lot going on in this week’s installment of the Geology Flannelcast. Our guest this week is Chris Conwell. Chris is a Ph.D. candidate at THE Ohio State University and he studies ancient glacial activity on Earth nearly 450 million years ago. Also, Ryan Thornburg (Jesse’s brother) stops by and we determine once and for all if Jesse and Ryan really didn’t go swimming for a whole summer in 1992 because it was too cold due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. And if that wasn’t enough… we also cover a huge tanzanite discovery and the end Permian extinction event.

Here’s a bonus episode for this week because we were late getting our regularly scheduled episode out. We cover current events in geology like the 7.5 magnitude earthquake this week in Mexico, a giant dust storm moving across the Atlantic Ocean, microbes that may live in impact craters, and a mega-blob under New Zealand.

Desmond O'Brien joins the Geology Flannelcast this week. Desmond works in the United States and Canada as a mineral prospector for gold, silver, and zinc.

Alex Brittingham joins the Geology Flannelcast this week to talk about geological techniques used in the field of archaeology. Alex is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Connecticut and studies how Neanderthals used fire.

This week Chris Sparacio joins the Geology Flannelcast to talk about the oil and gas industry. Chris is currently a PhD student at University of Connecticut and previously worked in the oil and gas industry for 10 years. Jesse talks about methane hydrates, landslides, and failed black holes.

Shannon Star George is a licensed Professional Geologist (PG) with ten years experience in geological consulting. She discusses career opportunities for licensed PG's and Geologists-In-Training (GIT), how to qualify and prepare for the the Fundamentals of Geology and Practice of Geology examinations to obtain your GIT certification and PG license. We also talk about the Great Unconformity during Jesse's Corner.

No guests this week. The guys talk about current events like the new largest shield volcano on Earth, hurricanes, the migrating North Pole, and reproducibility in geologic studies.