The Rocks Beneath Our Feet
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The Rocks Beneath Our Feet is a arts podcast hosted by Geological Survey of Western Australia. It has 21 episodes, with the latest published February 2022.
In this series, five geologists talk about their years devoted to working for the Geological Survey of Western Australia. From understanding early life, to the tectonic processes that shaped our planet, and making the maps that unearth our understanding of Western Australia’s geology, they reveal their shared passion for discovering the stories in the rocks beneath our feet.
arts ·en-gb ·21 episodes
Tim Griffin: The challenges of explaining how mining works and why it is so important
Tim Griffin: From cyclones to psychopaths
Tim Griffin: Modern clues to interpreting ancient rocks
Paul Morris: The long road to Yagga Yagga - a new relationship with Aboriginal traditional owners
Paul Morris: Perseverance pays off in surveying the remote, rugged Kimberley
Paul Morris: Using fine fraction geochemistry to explore under wind-blown sand
Paul Morris: Building relationships with Aboriginal traditional owners through survey work
Paul Morris: Making the leap from hard rock to regolith geochemistry
Kath Grey: Discovering ancient life in the Pilbara
Kath Grey: Building an Archean biostratigraphy from stromatolite paleontology
Kath Grey: Microfossil clues to Acraman Impact-induced climate change
Kath Grey: A struggling start to field geology and studying stromatolites
Heather Howard and Kath Grey: The farce and frustrations of gender inequality in geological mapping
Heather Howard: Encounters with Aboriginal culture through geological mapping
Heather Howard: Geological mapping - a dream job
Hugh Smithies: A supervolcano right in the centre of Australia
Hugh Smithies: Sanukitoids - a key to understanding crustal evolution?
Hugh Smithies: Probing the beginnings of plate tectonics on Earth
Hugh Smithies: Bogged in the Pilbara
Hugh Smithies: GSWA - Pioneering digital geological mapping
The Rocks Beneath Our Feet
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