February 23, 2011 • 29 mins
Broadcast on 10th Feb. 2011 on 103.2 Dublin City FM
IMAGE: The Mid Atlantic Ridge (in red) can be seen on land in Iceland [Credit: Elliot Lim, CIRES & NOAA/NGOG]
What's it all About? Sea Floor Spreading explained by Bettie Higgs, Geology UCC
The Question Is? How solid is the Earth's crust where tectonic plates collide? We ask Sergei Lebedev, of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Writer's Room. We talk to Patrick Wyse-Jackson, curator of the Geology Museum at TCD, and author of 'Introducing Palaeontology, A Guide to Ancient Life'
To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
Thanks for listening
Seán Duke, Presenter & Producer of Science Spinning, 'The Show with an Irish Spin on Science'
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