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Geologic stories from the Pacific Northwest.
The Nick Zentner Geology Podcast
English, Sciences, 1 season, 116 episodes, 5 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes
The Nick Zentner Geology Podcast
English, Sciences, 1 season, 116 episodes, 5 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes
#126 Granite Falls Pluton
Nick learns new things about a pluton north of Seattle.
10/10/2024 • 32 minutes
#125 Mount Rainier Geology
Nick has surprisingly old geology stories from Mount Rainier.
9/11/2024 • 31 minutes
#124 The New Idaho Batholith
Nick reports on his new appreciation for the Idaho Batholith.
8/30/2024 • 34 minutes
#123 Idaho Volcanic Arc?
Nick wonders if Idaho had Cascade Volcanoes before Washington did.
8/17/2024 • 30 minutes
#122 Chinook Pass Geology
Nick visits outcrops near Mount Rainier.
8/5/2024 • 32 minutes
#121 Spirit Lake Pluton
Nick recaps a recent Mt St Helens trip.
8/2/2024 • 30 minutes
#120 Tamanowas Rock
Nick returns! The birth of the Cascades is the topic.
7/17/2024 • 28 minutes
#119 Spokane Radio Interview
Nick is interviewed by Spokane Community Radio.
5/18/2024 • 55 minutes, 30 seconds
#118 Where Have You Been?
Nick reports on a satisfying winter project: The Ice Age Floods A to Z
3/12/2024 • 34 minutes
#117 Ice Age Floods A to Z!
Nick announces the start of a new YouTube livestream series.
11/5/2023 • 32 minutes
#116 Atwater in the Sanpoil
Nick reports on a memorable weekend with Brian Atwater.
10/29/2023 • 32 minutes
#115 Bretz Breakthrough?
Nick shares the inside scoop on a potential breakthrough.
9/15/2023 • 33 minutes
#114 Penrose Idaho
Nick reports on a recent Penrose Conference in Idaho.
8/28/2023 • 36 minutes
#113 Nick On The Rocks
Nick resumes his PBS television series.
7/25/2023 • 32 minutes
#112 Older Glaciations
Nick wonders about older glaciations in Washington.
6/24/2023 • 34 minutes
#111 GSA Reno
Nick reports on attending a GSA meeting in Reno, Nevada.
5/25/2023 • 36 minutes
#110 Spokane Glaciation?
Nick wonders if the Ice Sheet ever reached Spokane, Washington.
5/9/2023 • 33 minutes
#109 Downtown Report
Nick reports on four new Downtown Lectures that are now on YouTube.
4/17/2023 • 36 minutes
#108 Downtown Baja BC
Nick wraps up thinking about concepts as he preps for new Downtown lectures.
3/13/2023 • 36 minutes
#107 Downtown Eocene
Nick looks for themes from the Crazy Eocene A to Z series.
3/7/2023 • 37 minutes
#106 Downtown Exotic
Nick recaps highlights from the ‘Exotic Terranes’ alphabet series in 2020.
3/4/2023 • 35 minutes
#105 Downtown Backstory
Nick shares the backstory on his Downtown Geology Lectures.
3/2/2023 • 37 minutes
#104 Ginkgo Flow
Nick shares new ideas about a 16.1 Ma basalt flow.
3/1/2023 • 38 minutes
#103 Where's The Fault At?
Nick asks “Where’s the Baja BC Fault?”
12/31/2022 • 33 minutes
#102 Nanaimo Zircons
Nick talks detrital zircons from British Columbia.
12/31/2022 • 39 minutes
#101 Friday Harbor Geology
Nick recalls a San Juan Islands field trip with Darrel Cowan.
12/23/2022 • 35 minutes
#100 Slate Peak
Nick recalls a great trip to Slate Peak.
10/16/2022 • 34 minutes
#99 Blue Mountain Surprises
Nick recaps a recent visit to Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
9/27/2022 • 36 minutes
#98 Mount Baker Exotic Terranes
Nick recaps a recent field experience at Mount Baker.
8/30/2022 • 32 minutes
#97 North Cascades Highway
Nick reports on a recent trip to the North Cascades.
8/17/2022 • 36 minutes
#96 Mount Stuart & Friends
Nick shares new thoughts about Mount Stuart and exotic terranes.
8/3/2022 • 38 minutes
#95 Moses Coulee Water?
Nick learns new things related to Moses Coulee.
6/21/2022 • 36 minutes
#94 Daniel Coe
Nick shares the stunning work of Daniel Coe.
6/15/2022 • 32 minutes
#93 Foster Coulee
Nick reports on a Sunday field trip to Foster Coulee.
6/14/2022 • 37 minutes
#92 Jerome & Skye
Nick shares new ideas courtesy of Jerome Lesemann and Skye Cooley.
6/3/2022 • 36 minutes
#91 The Snake River was here?
New evidence for the old Snake River pathway.
5/12/2022 • 38 minutes
#90. Columns, Granite, Etc.
Nick recaps his latest efforts.
4/27/2022 • 38 minutes
#89 Peshastin Pinnacles
Randy Lewis shares the Native American story of the Pinnacles.
4/14/2022 • 31 minutes
#88 Variety Platter
Nick offers a geology platter with many offerings.
4/12/2022 • 36 minutes
#87 Robert Hildebrand
Nick comments on a recent interview with Bob.
3/27/2022 • 40 minutes
#86 GPS Geology
Nick shares a new video idea.
3/14/2022 • 31 minutes
#85 Planting Seeds
Nick shares potential video ideas.
3/11/2022 • 31 minutes
#84 That Was Intense
Nick reflects on this past winter.
3/2/2022 • 38 minutes
#83 Karin Sigloch Live!
Nick recalls a big day in the YouTube livestream series.
1/18/2022 • 36 minutes
#82 Docking Siletzia
Nick shifts to thinking about docking Siletzia 50 million years ago.
12/31/2021 • 39 minutes
#81 Docking Wrangellia
Nick wonders about the significance of docking Wrangellia.
12/30/2021 • 36 minutes
#80 Crazy Eocene A to Z!
Nick shares his latest format - with excitement.
12/11/2021 • 39 minutes
#79 Pop-Up Geology!
Nick shares a new idea…
11/8/2021 • 36 minutes
#78 Crashing a GSA field trip
Nick crashed a recent Grand Coulee Ice Age Floods field trip.
10/29/2021 • 35 minutes
#77 GSA in Portland
Nick reports on the recent GSA meeting in Portland, Oregon.
10/14/2021 • 40 minutes, 30 seconds
#76 Okanagan Ice Age Floods
Nick reports on a recent trip to British Columbia.
10/5/2021 • 38 minutes
#75 North Cascades Highway
Nick explores Highway 20 through the North Cascades.
9/24/2021 • 35 minutes
#74 Idaho Revisited
Nick returns to his old stomping grounds in Idaho.
9/15/2021 • 36 minutes
#73 Lodgestick Bluff
Nick recalls filming at Lodgestick Bluff.
8/31/2021 • 39 minutes
#72 Summer Grab Bag
Nick reports on his various activities of Summer 2021.
8/22/2021 • 36 minutes
#71 Meeting the Dream Team
Nick recaps his recent North Cascades visit.
8/5/2021 • 41 minutes
#70 Randy Lewis
Nick talks about his connection with Randy Lewis.
7/21/2021 • 41 minutes
#69 Challis Magmas
Nick talks about the mysterious Challis Magmas.
6/28/2021 • 42 minutes
#68 Chumstick Sandstone
Nick shares new research on the Chumstick Formation.
6/18/2021 • 39 minutes
#67 Sedimentary Siletzia
Nick uses sedimentary units to document Siletzia accretion.
6/16/2021 • 37 minutes
#66 Brian Atwater in the Grand Coulee
Nick reports on a memorable day at Steamboat Rock.
5/24/2021 • 41 minutes
#65 Long-Lived Yellowstone Hot Spot
Nick shares new work on an old Hot Spot.
5/4/2021 • 33 minutes
#64 Picture Gorge Basalts
Nick shares new work on the earliest Columbia River Basalts.
4/25/2021 • 28 minutes
#63 Near Trench Magmatism
Nick dwells on magmas near ocean trenches.
2/24/2021 • 42 minutes
#62 Siletzia & Yakutat
Nick talks large igneous provinces.
2/17/2021 • 35 minutes
#61 Plutons on the Move
Nick looks at evidence that supports moving plutons.
2/15/2021 • 37 minutes
#60 Plutons are Forever
Nick talks plutons in Canada, USA, & Mexico.
2/10/2021 • 39 minutes
#59 Nanaimo Sandstone
Nick talks Nanaimo like a boss.
1/31/2021 • 41 minutes
#58 Swakane Gneiss
Nick looks at important bedrock near Wenatchee.
1/30/2021 • 40 minutes
#57 Crystalline Core
Nick visits the rugged core of the North Cascades.
1/22/2021 • 37 minutes
#56 Mount Stuart
Nick tackles Mount Stuart north of Ellensburg.
1/7/2021 • 38 minutes
#55 Straight Creek Fault
Nick crosses the Straight Creek Fault.
12/24/2020 • 39 minutes
#54 San Juan Islands
Nick visits Washington's San Juan Islands.
12/18/2020 • 39 minutes
#53 Karin Sigloch
Nick features exciting new work by Karin Sigloch.
12/1/2020 • 38 minutes
#52 Insular Superterrane
Nick finishes building British Columbia.
11/19/2020 • 39 minutes
#51 Intermontane Superterrane
Nick dives into British Columbia bedrock.
10/20/2020 • 42 minutes
#50 Ralph Haugerud Interview
Nick interviews USGS geologist Ralph Haugerud.
9/7/2020 • 1 hour
#49 Darrel Cowan Interview
Nick interviews University of Washington geology professor Darrel Cowan.
9/7/2020 • 1 hour
#48 Myrl Beck Interview
Nick interviews Baja BC godfather Myrl Beck.
9/7/2020 • 50 minutes
#47 Exotic Inliers
Nick visits a few Mesozoic portals.
8/28/2020 • 42 minutes
#46 Cle Elum Exotic Terranes
Nick learns new exotic tricks close to home.
8/4/2020 • 1 day, 11 hours
#45 Mima Mounds
Nick shares ideas about the mysterious Mima Mounds.
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7/30/2020 • 59 minutes, 56 seconds
#44 I'm Back
Nick returns from his Backyard Livestream series.
7/12/2020 • 1 day, 7 hours, 7 minutes
#43 Nick From Home
Nick begins YouTube Live lectures from his home.
3/24/2020 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
#42 Sharing Geology
Nick remembers Tom Foster and his start with outreach efforts.
3/15/2020 • 33 minutes, 20 seconds
#41 Demise of the Kula Plate
Nick continues with his new lecture preparation.
2/19/2020 • 36 minutes, 5 seconds
#40 Demise of the Farallon Plate
Nick raps about the once mighty Farallon Plate.
2/5/2020 • 36 minutes, 38 seconds
#39 Richard Waitt
Nick visits with USGS geologist Richard Waitt.
1/30/2020 • 26 minutes, 30 seconds
#38 Igneous Rock Identification, Etc
Nick preaches igneous rock classification rules. Etc.
1/16/2020 • 38 minutes, 4 seconds
#37 Emily Cahoon
Nick chats with Oregon geologist Emily Cahoon.
1/10/2020 • 36 minutes, 45 seconds
#36 Rock Identification
Nick teaches an Introduction to Rock Identification lab.
1/3/2020 • 30 minutes
#35 Contour Lines
Nick goes to the field with paper topographic maps.
12/27/2019 • 37 minutes
#34 Topographic Maps
Nick teaches a GEOL 101 LAB lesson on topographic maps.
12/23/2019 • 35 minutes, 1 second
#33 Brian Atwater
Nick interviews famous geologist Brian Atwater.
12/19/2019 • 31 minutes, 26 seconds
#32 Teanaway Rhyolite?
Nick wonders about the rhyolite north of Ellensburg.
12/19/2019 • 26 minutes, 34 seconds
#31 Harley Bretz in 1922
Nick shares stories of new Bretz material surfacing from 1922.
12/19/2019 • 36 minutes, 28 seconds
#30 Bretz's Field Evidence
Nick describes Bretz's evidence from the early 1920’s.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 38 seconds
#29 J Harlen Bretz
Nick talks about famous geologist J Harlen Bretz.
12/19/2019 • 37 minutes, 56 seconds
#28 Ellensburg Blue Agates
Nick hunts for the famous blue agates of Ellensburg.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 50 seconds
#27 Liberty Gold
Nick goes gold mining in Liberty, Washington.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 22 seconds
#26 Terranes in Washington
Nick builds Washington from scratch.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 22 seconds
#25 Exotic Terranes
Nick opens a can of worms.
12/19/2019 • 33 minutes, 48 seconds
#24 Olympic Peninsula
Nick explains how the Olympic Mountains developed.
12/19/2019 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
#23 Cascade Volcanoes
Nick heads up into the Cascades to study volcanoes.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 38 seconds
#22 Columbia River Basalts
Nick explores the flood basalts of the Pacific Northwest.
12/19/2019 • 33 minutes, 13 seconds
#21 The Farallon Plate
Nick remembers the Farallon Plate.
12/19/2019 • 39 minutes, 41 seconds
#20 Great Earthquakes
Nick looks onshore and offshore for great earthquake evidence.
12/19/2019 • 33 minutes, 26 seconds
#19 Seattle Fault
Nick unearths the field evidence for the Seattle Fault.
12/19/2019 • 37 minutes, 38 seconds
#18 San Andreas Fault
Nick heads to California’s major plate boundary.
12/19/2019 • 32 minutes, 1 second
#17 Styles of Volcanism
Nick ponders why volcanoes erupt differently.
12/19/2019 • 35 minutes, 8 seconds
#16 Magmas and Igneous Rocks
Nick delves into magma chemistry and igneous rocks.
12/19/2019 • 34 minutes, 24 seconds
#15 Hot Spot Volcanism
Nick addresses volcanic activity within tectonic plates.
12/19/2019 • 29 minutes, 38 seconds
#14 Plate Boundaries
Nick surveys the action at plate boundaries.
12/19/2019 • 35 minutes, 23 seconds
#13 Plate Tectonics
Nick explores the exciting world of plate tectonics.
12/19/2019 • 40 minutes, 20 seconds
#12 Pangea and Continental Drift
Nick looks at evidence for a supercontinent.
12/19/2019 • 31 minutes, 19 seconds
#11 Faults and Folds
Nick looks at deformed crust.
12/19/2019 • 36 minutes, 2 seconds