The Big Blue Rock Pod Kentucky Geological Survey
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Welcome to the Big Blue Rock Pod, produced by the Kentucky Geological Survey, at the University of Kentucky. This podcast is a fun, conversational approach to discussing all things geology and earth processes. We primarily focus on Kentucky. We talk emerging ideas in research, along with classic topics in earth science for all levels of interest.
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Ep 28 - Rise and Brine
Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with KGS geologist Marty Parris about hydrocarbon reservoir geochemistry, water and rock interactions, brines, carbon storage, Kentucky’s orphaned oil and gas wells and much more!
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Ep. 27 - Ask Us Anything: Volume II
Matt, Sarah, and Doug answer questions submitted from listeners, members of the general public, and attendees at the KGS Open House. The trio discusses the Findlay Arch, Kyrock, lack of dinosaur bones in Kentucky, oldest specimen in the KGS lobby, quicksand, world water total, cool places to hike, and more!
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Ep. 26: Between a Rock and A Hard Cover: Our Favorite Geology Books
Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk about their favorite geology books! Don’t fear, these aren’t the hard-core, in-depth science text books you might think. You will be surprised at what is discussed and hopefully enjoy their take on books that connect to careers, sharing ideas, and a general passion for earth science.
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Ep. 25: Arches, We Know You Love Em
Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with KGS geologic mapper Steve Martin about all things natural rock arches! They discuss the difference between arches and natural bridges, arches around the world, evolution of arch formation, fractures, freeze-thaw, arch openings, measuring arch spans, monitoring arch behavior, arches in Kentucky, and much more!
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Ep. 24: Let’s get geochemical
Matt, Sarah, and Doug discuss all things geochemistry with UK Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Andrea Erhardt. The trio tackles the importance of geochemistry to our understanding earth processes, the atmosphere, and other planets. Dr. Erhardt takes them through a wide-range of topics including geochemical spheres, high and low-temp geochemistry, chemical weathering, paleo climates, mineral precipitation, the dolomite problem, geochemical environments, pH, acid mine drainage, water contamination, eutrophication, and much more!
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Ep. 23: October Conglomerate
Matt, Sarah, and Doug are catching up on a busy October at KGS with a conglomerate of topics. There is no guest this month but we summarize the successful KGS Earth Science Open House, KGS’s participation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, and Matt’s trip to Sri Lanka.
Customer Reviews
Interesting!!
Listened to the meteorite episode because Ethan is my fiancé.. staying because good content. Keep it up! 👍🏼
Audio needs work
I truly enjoyed the episode where the petroleum podcast was interviewed. He was an extremely knowledgeable guest with much to offer. Please up your audio game. The poor audio made it difficult to listen. Hosts should up their game as well. They ask the guests some of the asinine questions. Have they even taken an introductory geology class?
Informative and fun
I love the podcast. Though I haven’t lived in the Commonwealth for a while I sill love hearing about it. Would love more Mammoth Cave content…maybe some historical stories about the cave?