History of the Earth
We've concentrated the history of Planet Earth into one year. Follow the geology podcasts chronologically from the origin of the Earth to the origin of Mankind.
Episodes
Today’s episode focuses on one of those wonderful jargon words geologists love to use: Ophiolites.
As the name implies, mud volcanoes are eruptions of mud – not molten rock as in igneous volcanoes. They’re found all around the world, amounting to about a th...
| Mark as Played February 27, 2018
Vanadium is a metal, and by far its greatest use is in steel
alloys, where tiny amounts of vanadium improve steel’s hardness, toughness, and
wear resistance, especially... Mark as Played February 20, 2018
You may have seen some of the spectacular images of the
earth in southern Algeria, curves and colors like some Picasso in the opposite
of his cubist period. If you ... Mark as Played February 13, 2018
It isn’t true that all geologists drink beer. But many do,
and I’m one of them. Today I’m going to talk about the
intimate connection between geology and beer. ...Mark as Played February 11, 2018
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