Geology Bites

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Torgeir Andersen on Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism

October 02, 2026

Continental crust is buoyant, which is why continents stand high above the ocean floor. Yet rocks in western Norway contain microscopic grains of coesite, a form of quartz that forms only under pressures found about 100 km down. A slab of continent was dragged deep into the mantle, and then came back up. In this episode, Torgeir Andersen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oslo, explains how the rocks of Norway's Western Gneiss Region made that round trip some 400 million years ago, ...

Brian Wernicke on Lithospheric Extension and the Basin and Range Province

August 27, 2026

Where tectonic plates collide, the result is clear: the edge of a plate crumples and throws up a mountain belt. But where a plate is stretched rather than squeezed, the evidence is usually lost, because the thinned lithosphere subsides and the basins that form fill with sediment.The Basin and Range Province of the western United States and northwestern Mexico is the great exception. Between the Colorado Plateau and the Sierra Nevada, dozens of mountain ranges march north in near-parallel arra...

Bernhard Steinberger on Whether Hotspots Are Fixed

July 16, 2026

Volcanic island chains like Hawaii record the passage of a plate over a hotspot — a plume of hot rock rising from deep within the mantle. For decades, hotspots were assumed to be fixed, providing a stationary frame of reference against which to measure the absolute motions of the plates. But are they? Bernhard Steinberger has spent his career modeling how mantle flow carries plume conduits sideways as they rise, setting each hotspot drifting on its own course. In the podcast, he explains how ...

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The publicly listed email for Geology Bites: strimpel@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Geology Bites have?

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Who is an ideal guest for Geology Bites?

Geology Bites typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Earth science researchers with advanced academic or research appointments, substantial expertise in geology, geophysics, planetary science, paleontology, or related fields, and a significant discovery or research program to explain. Common among recent guests: Published original research; Led or contributed to a notable scientific discovery; Held a university faculty or research-institution appointment. Recent guests include Brian Wernicke, Bernhard Steinberger, and Sonia Tikoo.

How hard is it to get booked on Geology Bites?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

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Recent episodes cover Science, Geology, Tectonics, Volcanology, and Planetary Science. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.