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Talking Pure Schist EP 1 - Plate tectonics and Continental drift
Welcome to Talking Pure Schist, the podcast where we break down geology into fun, relatable chats! I'm Luisa, aka Scottish Geologist, and joining me is Danny, who knows absolutely nothing about rocks-so this is going to be a wild ride!
🗿 Episode 1: Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift
In this episode, we dive into:
✅ What plate tectonics actually is
✅ How the Earth's rigid plates move over geological time
✅ The difference between continental drift and plate tectonics
✅ How Scotland's geology is shaped by tectonic forces
✅ Ancient rocks, earthquakes, volcanoes, and even how tectonics impacts human history!
💥 Plus, big life updates:
🎉 I’ve quit my job to start my own geology tour company!
🤰 I’m 35 weeks pregnant and still talking about rocks-maybe my baby will love geology too? 😆
🧭 Explore Geology with Me!
If you're fascinated by Scotland’s landscapes and want to see the rocks in person, check out my geology tours:
🌍 Website & Tour Info: www.scottishgeologist.co.uk
📩 Email Inquiries: Luisa@scottishgeologist.co.uk
🔔 Stay Connected!
📸 Instagram: @ScottishGeologist
🐦 Twitter/X: @ScotGeologist
🎥 TikTok: @ScottishGeologist
Sponsored by Ascendo Digital: [www.ascendo.digital/]
📸 Instagram: [ podfullcircle]
Let me know in the comments-what's the most mind-blowing geology fact you've ever learned?
00:00 Respecting Child's Interests and Career
05:48 Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory
07:29 Plate Tectonics Discovery
10:57 Mantle Convection and Crust Formation
15:33 Plate Tectonics and Magma Flow
17:43 Laurentia and Avalonia Collision
20:53 Convergent Boundary Schists Formation
25:53 Volcanism and Plate Boundaries Explained
27:43 Ancient Plate Tectonics Explained
30:44 Mountain Formation and Subduction Zones
34:36 Radiometric Dating Explained
38:31 Earth's Core Cooling Debate
40:46 Geologist's Perspective on Landscapes
45:07 Accelerating Human-Driven Climate Change
46:43 Scotland's Geological History Explained
52:10 Scotland's Landscape Shaped by Ice Ages
54:51 "Scotland Geological Tours Overview"
57:46 Book Geology Tours Online
59:48 Uncertain Rock Project Plans
#Geology #ScottishGeologist #TalkingPureSchist #PlateTectonics #ContinentalDrift #Scotland #GeologyTours #SciencePodcast
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Rock of the week - 4. Metamorphic rocks - Slate
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This weeks rock is slate which is a low grade metamorphic rock formed from mudstone. Metamorphic rocks are basically ones that have ‘changed’ over geological time due to pressure and temperatures (regional metamorphism) or just heat (contact metamorphism). Slate is associated with regional metamorphism and we usually see this when we have a mountain building event where two plates collide with ...
Rock of the week - 3. Sedimentary rocks - Mudstone
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Mudstone is a type of fine-grained sedimentary rock primarily composed of clay- and silt-sized particles. Its formation involves several stages: 1. Erosion and Weathering: Parent rocks, often igneous, metamorphic, or other sedimentary rocks, are broken down through physical weathering (e.g., freeze-thaw, abrasion) and chemical weathering (e.g., dissolution, hydrolysis). This process produces fi...
Rock of the week - 2. Igneous Rocks - Basalt
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Rock of the week - 2. Igneous Rocks - Basalt
Rock of the week - 1. Gneiss - the Lewisian Gneiss Complex
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Week 1: Scottish rock of the Week - The Lewissian Gneiss Complex I thought I’d start off this series by talking about one of my absolute favourite rocks that you can find in Scotland which forms part of the oldest rocks in Britain. First of all, what is Gneiss? Gneiss is a high grade metamorphic rock that forms at high pressures and temperatures. When I say metamorphic rock, that just means it’...
The geology of the Isle of Skye, Scotland - Divergent plate boundaries - what’s basalt and Gabbro?
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The geology of the Isle of Skye, Scotland - Divergent plate boundaries - what’s basalt and Gabbro?
The geology of Easdale, Scotland
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The geology of Easdale, Scotland
The geology of the Grand Canyon
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The geology of the Grand Canyon
Geology pregnancy announcement
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Geology pregnancy announcement
The geology of the north west highlands of Scotland - clatchtool beach
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The geology of the north west highlands of Scotland - clatchtool beach
Announcement part 3
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Announcement part 3
Announcement part 1 - left my full time job
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Announcement part 1 - left my full time job
The geology of achmelvich bay
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The geology of achmelvich bay
The National Robotarium, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
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The National Robotarium, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
The highland coos of Scotland and the Ross of Mull Granite
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The highland coos of Scotland and the Ross of Mull Granite
The European Lunar Symposium
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The European Lunar Symposium
Isle of Skye
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Isle of Skye
The geology of the red and black cullins, Isle of Skye
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The geology of the red and black cullins, Isle of Skye
The geology of Glencoe and why the rocks are pink and that #geology #geologist
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The geology of Glencoe and why the rocks are pink and that #geology #geologist
The geology of Glencoe
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The geology of Glencoe
Come on a geology tour with me - link is in my bio
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Come on a geology tour with me - link is in my bio
The geology of Scotland from my most recent German trip
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The geology of Scotland from my most recent German trip
The KTB borehole - the 2nd deepest borehole in the world 😍
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The KTB borehole - the 2nd deepest borehole in the world 😍
Eclogite - my new favourite rock 😅. #geology #geologist #scottish
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Eclogite - my new favourite rock 😅. #geology #geologist #scottish
The geology of Assynt Scotland
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The geology of Assynt Scotland
The Darwin M2 beaver lab microscope
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The Darwin M2 beaver lab microscope
The geology of ballacullish slate quarry
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The geology of ballacullish slate quarry
The geology of the glencoul thrust fault
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The geology of the glencoul thrust fault
Thrust faults and geologists nightmares
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Thrust faults and geologists nightmares
The geology of the north west highlands - the durness limestone near elphin
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The geology of the north west highlands - the durness limestone near elphin

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  • @markdavidson8567
    @markdavidson8567 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Enjoyable podcast Luisa, Thanks! Also, it was nice to meet you the other week at McDonald's Hamilton. Cheers Mark

  • @sparthir
    @sparthir 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing. I've learnt more about plate tectonics with this episode than all of my previous 50 years of life experience combined. Fantastic.

  • @blobrana8515
    @blobrana8515 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Gabbro-el is a brilliant name for the baby

  • @CandideSchmyles
    @CandideSchmyles 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I'd love to hear your take on the Devonian metamorphic limestone so common in North Aberdeenshire and Moray. Its like really hard marble, would be beautiful if not so hard to work.

  • @Paleogirl62.1
    @Paleogirl62.1 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Congratulations on your new show 🎉! Fascinating topic and title - love it!❤

  • @quantumcat7673
    @quantumcat7673 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for this interesting geology lecture. I'm currently not very far from where The Hebridean Terrane in northwest Scotland was when it was still part of Laurentia.

  • @Alexander-uj5pb
    @Alexander-uj5pb 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Wow thanks. That was interesting!

  • @blobrana8515
    @blobrana8515 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    ❤ love the title, love the video.

  • @hamishlaw5404
    @hamishlaw5404 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Glad I chanced upon your channel. I was interested in your mention of mudstone ( and I've noticed you have a video on that). I live in Almondbank, a couple of miles northwest of Perth. There are some cliffs where the river Almond takes sharp turns and the cliffs are known locally as marley rock- as in crumbly. The rock is very soft and crumbly. The colour is pinky brown. I assume that's mudstone. I'll have a look at your other rock videos; thanks for your efforts. And its great to hear the broad scots accent.

  • @jefierro
    @jefierro 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Greeting from Mexico!, I absolutely love rocks thank you for reminding me that, hope to see more explanations with that lovely accent!

  • @GEOGIRL
    @GEOGIRL 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    OMG the scottish geologist on TH-cam?! So happy this came up on my feed, I love you! <3 Hope BabySaurus is doing well!

  • @yzenynot
    @yzenynot 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I would have had the same look on my face were I holding the rocks when the age difference was mentioned between oldest and newest. This was fun.

  • @Jay-yy9ol
    @Jay-yy9ol 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hi. You are going through your own, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". Cheers.

  • @wallydug2256
    @wallydug2256 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I see you have orbs floating around,maybe relatives who passed keeping a watch on you and baby.😊

    • @thefeelingbelief3904
      @thefeelingbelief3904 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I notifed that too but last year I saw a video of a woman creating that effect by shaking a dusty rug.

  • @Laylabrunetti2
    @Laylabrunetti2 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The title of this podcast is amazing!

  • @kevinh2969
    @kevinh2969 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Wish you well, you are going to be a great mum, congrats

  • @seahamdesigner
    @seahamdesigner 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Nah... no idea what they said anybody ew?

    • @cedarwaxwing3509
      @cedarwaxwing3509 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      US guy here: I worked as a geologist in the petroleum industry for many years. Because of the North Sea fields(with Aberdeen being the “oil capital” of Scotland), there are a lot of Scots employed in that profession. Many of them take US expat assignments, and most of them end up in Houston, the “oil capital” of the U.S. So over the years I worked with a fair number of Scots, mainly geologists and engineers. To (finally) get to the point, I struggled for some time with understanding what they were saying. I was often embarrassed when I had to ask them to repeat something. There are just enough different vowel sound pronunciations, speech rhythm and cadence differences, and dialect words so that American English speakers often feel like we’re a sentence or two behind in our understanding. Over the years, I did become accustomed to the heavy, northern and coastal Scottish accent, but having not heard it spoken for a decade since retirement, I have to pay close attention to Luisa to follow her, especially when she’s not “speaking geology” and is just in casual conversation. I find it fascinating that our common tongue has so many accents and dialects such that sometimes we actually have trouble understanding others even though we are speaking the same language.

    • @SaveEarthPlsBeKind
      @SaveEarthPlsBeKind 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Click on cc, some captions tho there will be some mistakes because AI doesn't do Scottish accents...

  • @easabhal
    @easabhal 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Catchy title!!!

    • @BaldurvanLew
      @BaldurvanLew 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe "It's braw on the slates" 😜

  • @drinkingwithdinosaurs
    @drinkingwithdinosaurs 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    This show is my new fav!

  • @mineown1861
    @mineown1861 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    So substituting butter for the minerals it's it's like making croissants . All that layering till finally it becomes the top layer of your house , geology's great for thinking ahead .

  • @CooperJames-b4x
    @CooperJames-b4x 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Still needs more volume I can hardly hear you.

    • @DavoidJohnson
      @DavoidJohnson 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I think the problem is at your end. Mine is fine.

    • @CandideSchmyles
      @CandideSchmyles 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Agreed... no issue here. ​@@DavoidJohnson

  •  23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Cool video. Saltwell Park towers in Gateshead is roofed with alternate tiles of green slate from the Lake District and classic purple slate from Wales that's more commonly seen.

  • @SaveEarthPlsBeKind
    @SaveEarthPlsBeKind วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks, fascinating I really like slate, made a couple of brooches with it, in fact one of my small pieces looks to have tiny bits of gold coloured rock within it, between the layers. After the big storm recently there were some loose tiles strewn about here in Edinburgh, very sharp looking. Yikes. There are the 'slate islands' off the coast of Argyll, various websites about that and the history. Amazing. Then of course you have Slateford, an area to the west of Edinburgh, I presume there was lots of slate quarried there. :-)

    • @CandideSchmyles
      @CandideSchmyles 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Or a man made ford of slates to cross the Water of Leith ????

  • @blobrana8515
    @blobrana8515 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gneiss video ❤

  • @andyfarms9653
    @andyfarms9653 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really interesting. Didn’t know schist and slate were connected. Now it seems obvious when it’s explained. Thanks.

  • @Prometheus_43
    @Prometheus_43 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have you the mic turn on and connected?, it was very hard to hear you!

    • @billbhein2949
      @billbhein2949 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Turn the volume up on your phone or computer..😂

  • @Jasper-z7j
    @Jasper-z7j วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ya cheese eating surrender monkeys

  • @ariamula9497
    @ariamula9497 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love to hear you do something about Santorini. Love that accent by the way, like my own broad Northern Irish accent.

  • @ThePuppetKeeper
    @ThePuppetKeeper วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very Interesting .. Keep those videos coming. i learn more each day :)

  • @AlexKavanagh-hj5vu
    @AlexKavanagh-hj5vu วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jealous, oldest rocks ive touched would have probably been in snowdonia

  • @mineown1861
    @mineown1861 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For metamorphic interests or pica ?

  • @edfox6485
    @edfox6485 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where are you here?

  • @LadyAnuB
    @LadyAnuB 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yura, the Geology Dog 😀

  • @UK-04.0
    @UK-04.0 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey , I have a doubt ,is granite is both igneous as well as metamorphic rock or its a igneous rock which transform into gneiss which is a metamorphic rock.. kindly resolve this😊

  • @Wee-Jock-Edinburgh
    @Wee-Jock-Edinburgh 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did you try panning for gold?

  • @andyoli75
    @andyoli75 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Basalt WAS lava but your nails are fire.🔥💅

  • @Crusty_Camper
    @Crusty_Camper 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Arran is a great place for geologists. Been there twice and still loads I missed.

  • @gm3dmo
    @gm3dmo 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant. I love how doggie tries to get in on the act.

  • @LukeAbbott-p6r
    @LukeAbbott-p6r 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have you been licking the rock or muffin?? 👅👄

    • @blobrana8515
      @blobrana8515 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The British Geological Survey’s 'Geology Viewer' provides a free, online, interactive map of the UK’s geology

  • @andyfarms9653
    @andyfarms9653 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s not a wee dug. Thanks, interesting talk, I’m hooked on your stuff now.

  • @Crusty_Camper
    @Crusty_Camper 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pebbles / Bam-Bam is due next month, I think. Sending good wishes for you and your geologist-to-be. (yes, it's a fantastic rock too)

  • @gilesheap6959
    @gilesheap6959 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That looks rather familiar! 😁

  • @yewtube3503
    @yewtube3503 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Braw rock.

  • @nicholasn.
    @nicholasn. 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤❤❤

  • @wallydug2256
    @wallydug2256 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi, i think your videos are fascinating,geology is an amazing subject, I have just watched a video about the ancient Egyptians and the Pyramids, they were asking on the video how they could have built the Pyramids with the tools that they had, and they went to a quarry where there was an obelisk that weighed around a hundred tonnes, this was granite and as smooth as anything, how could they carve granite with copper tools, i just wonder,if you as a Geologist had ever given thought about this. Kindest Regards Colin

  • @blobrana8515
    @blobrana8515 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There are some nice pillow lavas just north of Dunnottar castle along the Highland boundary fault

  • @johncampbell9216
    @johncampbell9216 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    RIGHT you, ye wee Weegie! Dundonian here, ye ken?! Ah'v got a stoater o a question for yer smart wee heid, right?! Noo, ye ken how a' this Lewissian and Canadian Gneiss is apparently the auldest rock on Earth, right? Yeah well, how come there's nae "accretion disc" material fae the formation o' the Earth, eh?! That wad be rock that was obviously exposed tae space radiation and not auld metamorphic rock, right? There's boon tae be SOME evidence o' that kinda rock somewhar, right?! Ye see, ah think aw they astrophysicists like Neil on the grass Thyson and Brian (inappropriate content) Cox are a pair o wallopers peddlin a load o' makey-up shyte!! There wuz nae accretion disc! The Earf is a stellar remnant like every other planet and moon, right?! Tell me ah'm wrang, and I'll see ye ootside, ya belter! :D

  • @itakethequeen8454
    @itakethequeen8454 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm really enjoying your longer youtube vids. Cant wait for the next one :) so interesting. I love learning about the natural world and to have a channel that focuses on scotlands geology is awesome! Keep them coming

  • @Dan1_girl
    @Dan1_girl 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OH NAH

  • @MarySweeney-g9d
    @MarySweeney-g9d 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bye the way I dont like tea❤