Episode 20 - "It was like 1.5 Cores plus a Twister" San Andreas Movie

This week we talk more about your field photos, the movie San Andreas, mining country in Colorado, and chocolate blooming!

Your Photos!

• Last week we talked about the Manefay Slide instead of the Jordan slide that Mark sent photos of. Sorry Mark!


• Hannah and Martin’s Photos


• Siccar Point


• Old Red Sandstone


• Hutton’s Unconformity


• How a geologist sees the world

San Andreas

• Ok movie, lots of bad science


• Talks about earthquake triggering!


• Also does a good job with duck and cover examples


• Check out the trailer!

Shannon’s Field Trips

• Leadville, Colorado


• Colorado Mineral Belt


• Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine

Fun Paper Friday

What causes chocolate to get that white growth? This week we find out that it’s very similar to geological growths and investigated with similar techniques!

Reinke, S. K., Roth, S. V., Santoro, G., Vieira, J., Heinrich, S., & Palzer, S. (2015). Tracking Structural Changes in Lipid-based Multicomponent Food Materials due to Oil Migration by Microfocus Small-Angle X-ray Scattering. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(18), 9929–9936. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b02092

Contact us:

Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]

John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin