By Nick Zentner
Geologic stories from the Pacific Northwest.
Nick heads to California’s major plate boundary.
Nick ponders why volcanoes erupt differently.
Nick delves into magma chemistry and igneous rocks.
Nick addresses volcanic activity within tectonic plates.
Nick surveys the action at plate boundaries.
Nick explores the exciting world of plate tectonics.
Nick looks at evidence for a supercontinent.
Nick looks at deformed crust.
Nick showcases the amazing Missoula Floods.
Nick heads to the mountains to talk glaciers.
Nick goes to the ocean floors for evidence of past climates.
Nick digs into glacial deposits.
Nicks asks about the age of the Yakima River Canyon.
Nick talks conditions needed to create metamorphic rocks.
Nick surveys North America for basic rock types.
Nick breaks down how absolute ages of rocks are determined.
Nick lays down the rules of relative time.
Nick grapples with the expanse of geologic time.
Nick shares an interview with geologist Brian Atwater.
Nick wonders if the rhyolite north of Ellensburg is part of a big story yet to be discovered.
Nick shares breaking news about the Bretz field season of 1922.
Nick wanders over to Drumheller Channels to discuss some of J Harlen Bretz's field evidence for a huge flood during the Ice Age.
Nick wonders how J Harlen Bretz was able to recognize Ice Age Floods field evidence long before others.
Nick hunts for blues in the fields north of Ellensburg, Washington, USA.
Nick talks gold mining in Liberty, Washington.
Nick builds Washington piece by piece.
Nick explores terranes and the Rocky Mountains.
Nick delves into the Coast Ranges of the Pacific Northwest.
Nick tells tales from Mt St Helens and Mt Rainier.
Nick marvels at the flood basalts in his backyard.
Nick pays homage to the formerly mighty Farallon Plate.
Nick showcases the amazing work of USGS geologist Brian Atwater.
Nick talks earthquakes in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Nick heads to California to explore the San Andreas Fault.
Nick walks the runway with styles of volcanism around the globe. Fab.
Nick looks into magma chemistry to explain different kinds of igneous rocks.
Nick explores how geologic hot spots have created trails of volcanoes.
Nick cruises the globe to visit different plate boundary types.
Nick goes to the oceans to explore Plate Tectonics.
Nick delves into the early ideas of plate tectonics.
Nick slows down in the mountains to study crustal deformation.
Nick tackles the Ice Age Floods of the Pacific Northwest.
Nick goes to the mountains to study glacial landforms.
Nick looks to the deep oceans for evidence of Ice Age climate swings.
Nick riffs on ice sheets and their deposits
Nick discusses a unique canyon in central Washington.
Nick talks styles of metamorphism
Nick talks rock types of North America.
Nick describes the process of determining rock ages.