The Nick Zentner Geology Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Geologic stories from the Pacific Northwest.

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Nick interviews Purdue University geology professor Michael Eddy

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Nick shares his working thoughts on the geology of Alaska’s Brooks Range.

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Nick returns with the new lessons from the Canadian Rockies.

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Nick resumes the podcast with a fun trans-Pacific connection.

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Nick brainstorms for the upcoming Downtown Lectures

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Nick shares new ideas on the Breakoff Belt Magmas in Washington’s Cascade Range.

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Nick workshops new ideas involving the basement rock in the South Cascades.

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Nick learns new things about a pluton north of Seattle.

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Nick has surprisingly old geology stories from Mount Rainier.

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Nick reports on his new appreciation for the Idaho Batholith.

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Nick wonders if Idaho had Cascade Volcanoes before Washington did.

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Nick visits outcrops near Mount Rainier.

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Nick recaps a recent Mt St Helens trip.

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Nick returns! The birth of the Cascades is the topic.

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Nick is interviewed by Spokane Community Radio.

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Nick reports on a satisfying winter project: The Ice Age Floods A to Z

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Nick announces the start of a new YouTube livestream series.

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Nick reports on a memorable weekend with Brian Atwater.

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Nick shares the inside scoop on a potential breakthrough.

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Nick reports on a recent Penrose Conference in Idaho.

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Nick resumes his PBS television series.

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Nick wonders about older glaciations in Washington.

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Nick reports on attending a GSA meeting in Reno, Nevada.

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Nick wonders if the Ice Sheet ever reached Spokane, Washington.

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Nick reports on four new Downtown Lectures that are now on YouTube.

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Nick wraps up thinking about concepts as he preps for new Downtown lectures.

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Nick looks for themes from the Crazy Eocene A to Z series.

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Nick recaps highlights from the ‘Exotic Terranes’ alphabet series in 2020.

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Nick shares the backstory on his Downtown Geology Lectures.

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Nick shares new ideas about a 16.1 Ma basalt flow.

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Nick asks “Where’s the Baja BC Fault?”

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Nick talks detrital zircons from British Columbia.

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Nick recalls a San Juan Islands field trip with Darrel Cowan.

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Nick recalls a great trip to Slate Peak.

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Nick recaps a recent visit to Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

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Nick recaps a recent field experience at Mount Baker.

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Nick reports on a recent trip to the North Cascades.

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Nick shares new thoughts about Mount Stuart and exotic terranes.

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Nick learns new things related to Moses Coulee.

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Nick shares the stunning work of Daniel Coe.

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Nick reports on a Sunday field trip to Foster Coulee.

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Nick shares new ideas courtesy of Jerome Lesemann and Skye Cooley.

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New evidence for the old Snake River pathway.

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Nick recaps his latest efforts.

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Randy Lewis shares the Native American story of the Pinnacles.

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Nick offers a geology platter with many offerings.

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Nick comments on a recent interview with Bob.

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Nick shares a new video idea.

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Nick shares potential video ideas.

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Nick reflects on this past winter.

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Nick recalls a big day in the YouTube livestream series.

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Nick shifts to thinking about docking Siletzia 50 million years ago.

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Nick wonders about the significance of docking Wrangellia.

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Nick shares his latest format - with excitement.

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Nick shares a new idea…

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Nick crashed a recent Grand Coulee Ice Age Floods field trip.

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Nick reports on the recent GSA meeting in Portland, Oregon.

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Nick reports on a recent trip to British Columbia.

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Nick explores Highway 20 through the North Cascades.

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Nick returns to his old stomping grounds in Idaho.

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Nick recalls filming at Lodgestick Bluff.

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Nick reports on his various activities of Summer 2021.

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Nick recaps his recent North Cascades visit.

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Nick talks about his connection with Randy Lewis.

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Nick talks about the mysterious Challis Magmas.

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Nick shares new research on the Chumstick Formation.

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Nick uses sedimentary units to document Siletzia accretion.

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Nick reports on a memorable day at Steamboat Rock.

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Nick shares new work on an old Hot Spot.

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Nick shares new work on the earliest Columbia River Basalts.

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Nick dwells on magmas near ocean trenches.

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Nick talks large igneous provinces.

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Nick looks at evidence that supports moving plutons.

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Nick talks plutons in Canada, USA, & Mexico.

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Nick talks Nanaimo like a boss.

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Nick looks at important bedrock near Wenatchee.

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Nick visits the rugged core of the North Cascades.

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Nick tackles Mount Stuart north of Ellensburg.

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Nick crosses the Straight Creek Fault.

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Nick visits Washington's San Juan Islands.

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Nick features exciting new work by Karin Sigloch.

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Nick finishes building British Columbia.

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Nick dives into British Columbia bedrock.

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Nick interviews USGS geologist Ralph Haugerud.

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Nick interviews University of Washington geology professor Darrel Cowan.

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Nick interviews Baja BC godfather Myrl Beck.

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Nick visits a few Mesozoic portals.

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Nick learns new exotic tricks close to home.

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Nick shares ideas about the mysterious Mima Mounds.

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Nick returns from his Backyard Livestream series.

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Nick begins YouTube Live lectures from his home.

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Nick remembers Tom Foster and his start with outreach efforts.

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Nick continues with his new lecture preparation.

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Nick raps about the once mighty Farallon Plate.

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Nick visits with USGS geologist Richard Waitt.

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Nick preaches igneous rock classification rules. Etc.

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Nick chats with Oregon geologist Emily Cahoon.

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Nick teaches an Introduction to Rock Identification lab.

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Nick goes to the field with paper topographic maps.

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Nick teaches a GEOL 101 LAB lesson on topographic maps.

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Nick interviews famous geologist Brian Atwater.

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Nick wonders about the rhyolite north of Ellensburg.

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Nick shares stories of new Bretz material surfacing from 1922.

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Nick describes Bretz's evidence from the early 1920’s.

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Nick talks about famous geologist J Harlen Bretz.

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Nick hunts for the famous blue agates of Ellensburg.

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Nick goes gold mining in Liberty, Washington.

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Nick builds Washington from scratch.

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Nick opens a can of worms.

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Nick explains how the Olympic Mountains developed.

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Nick heads up into the Cascades to study volcanoes.

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Nick explores the flood basalts of the Pacific Northwest.

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Nick remembers the Farallon Plate.

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Nick looks onshore and offshore for great earthquake evidence.

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Nick unearths the field evidence for the Seattle Fault.

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Nick heads to California’s major plate boundary.

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Nick ponders why volcanoes erupt differently.

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Nick delves into magma chemistry and igneous rocks.

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Nick addresses volcanic activity within tectonic plates.

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Nick surveys the action at plate boundaries.

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Nick explores the exciting world of plate tectonics.

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Nick looks at evidence for a supercontinent.

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Nick looks at deformed crust.

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Nick showcases the amazing Missoula Floods.

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Nick heads to the mountains to talk glaciers.

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Nick goes to the ocean floors for evidence of past climates.

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Nick digs into glacial deposits.

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Nicks asks about the age of the Yakima River Canyon.

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Nick talks conditions needed to create metamorphic rocks.

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Nick surveys North America for basic rock types.

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Nick breaks down how absolute ages of rocks are determined.

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Nick lays down the rules of relative time.

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Nick grapples with the expanse of geologic time.