Episode #040: Megaflood Appalachian Boulder Fields/Streams

Summary

In this episode of Kosmographia, Randall Carlson discusses the significance of geological formations and his explorations into the Appalachian region. He highlights the importance of understanding catastrophic events in our past, including the effects of megafloods. The episode also introduces future adventures focused on uncovering more about these geological mysteries.

Key takeaways

• 1Jeremy's involvement in geological explorations and his disappearance into the Pacific Northwest.
• 2Studies of geological features in the Appalachians that reveal catastrophic events.
• 3Discussion of imbrication and scale-invariant features like sand bars and current ripples.
• 4Insights into the upcoming Scablands tours and megaflood topics.
• 5References to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis and its implications for understanding Earth's history.

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Transcript excerpt

That's ancientnutrition.com, code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. I am Russ. And I'm Kyle. How's it going? And we are joined as usual by Brad. Brad, how you doing, sir? What's going on this week? Evening, gentlemen. I'm really good. Made a trip to Atlanta, but I'm back in North Carolina now, so catching up and actually doing pretty good. Thanks. Yeah. You make, how often do you do that trip? It's quite, you go down there quite often, don't you? Well, not as often as I used to. It'd be every other week sometimes, depending on the workload down there. But I'm spending a lot of time editing Cosmographia Podcast these days. And, yeah, so it's like once a month or once every six weeks now. Right on. Mike? I got to meet up with Mike, meet up with Randall, get things done. And this last trip was finalizing some of the things. I know we've been talking about it for six weeks, but the website, RandallCarlson.com, is so dang close. So, we had another half dozen things on the list, and we stayed up until, geez, a couple nights in a row until two, knocking stuff out. So, yeah, hopefully, maybe by the time this comes out, we'll be rocking RandallCarlson.com. All right. Yeah, that'd be great. Mike, sir. Howdy, guys. How you doing? Mine here in Atlanta, it's incredibly hot. Yeah. Yeah, you got a little shiny there. Yeah. Turn in the shiny rose. What can I tell you? The makeup girl skipped out today. And Randall, Randall. Yes, sir. How are you doing? I know your AC is going out. Is that also happening at your place? ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Aug 3, 2020. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.