Paleomagnetism & Ice Age Floods w/ Bruce Bjornstad

love this stuff...I'm a Chicago native that moved to Idaho in 2019 and have fallen in love with this country and the Pacific Northwest as a whole...Nick has taught me so much about this whole area and I just can't get enough of it. Thank you Nick for enriching my life

Fantastic! Great to hear from Bruce!

Thanks for the virtual field trip. As a retired geologist I don't get out as much as I used to. Thanks too for pointing out just how complex earth processes can be and why our knowledge is so incomplete. There's always more questions than answers and too few people working in these various fields of quaternary geology and climate change. Jokingly we always ended our field excursions by saying, "more work needs to be done." ☺ Glad to see more work being done.

This is such interesting and important work. Thanks, Nick, for this extraordinary interview with Bruce Bjornstad letting us know about his research.

Loved the discussion on Paleomagnetism! I learned so much this field trip! 🤓

I am speechless on being able to describe what my mind is trying to picture. I want more of the story and you are giving it every time I tune in. I have never been more interested in something all of my life. You’ve got all my attention, Professor thank you again.

Nick, thanks for showcasing Bruce's work, Bruce thanks for the knowledge and friendship. John Lasher

Awesome! Geology is being a detective investigating the scene, collecting evidence samples, interpreting the test results and piecing together what happened.

SO excited to watch this video, but I must write this first! Bruce's work on Ice Age Flood geology, along with his tribute to Tom Foster, are wonderful. I've been working on my own presentation, combining the I.A. Floods with my field of work, and I return to Bruce's videos over and over again. While I intended for my first presentation to happen in Miami last month...I had to put that on hold while I travel this Spokane flood work with you (and Bretz), Nick. So maybe next August in Miami, lol. It's all good because this adventure and this work has brought me such purpose. I owe much to you and Bruce - thank you!

Bruce's book is beautiful and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the topic.

The milwaukee Rail Road western expansion was completed in 1909. That cut would have been done between 1906 and 1909 unless a regional RR was already going through there.

Glad to see Bruce on the channel. I've been a fan for years. His books on the Ice Age Floods clear up much of the mystery and are indispensable to anyone interested in this topic.

Love this. I have all three books, but the field guides were useful when I was out there in 2022, and Bruce's drone videos are gorgeous. Almost as much as Nick himself, Bruce's videos are what hooked me on this stuff. Then, after seeing much of the country from ground level in 2022, the aerial viewpoint makes a huge difference in appreciating the overall story. I've gone back to watch several of the videos multiple times after seeing things from ground level.

I've hiked several of the trails in Bruce's Ice Age Floods books. The trail logs are quite accurate, easy to follow and informative.

Amazing!! All the years of my growing up I just wondered at those layers and assumed the top was “recent”. I love that country❤ Thank you, both for all the stories and knowledge.

Well, that was surprising, and I'm glad you spoke for us, Nick, wondering how loess could give paleomagnetic data. And Bruce, for explaining differences from basalt paleo findings. Reverse polarity, even. We go ever finer in our understandings. This is great. Plus, it's really fun to see you out together. 😁

WOW, wow!! Reversed paleomags! SO intriguing, thank you, Bruce and Nick for the video!! 😄😘✨💗

What a fascinating guest! Thanks for introducing us to Bruce. Just subscribed to his channel.

Thank you, Bruce Bjorstad and Nick Zentner for the excellent job of bringing these great flood stories to the public eye, in an interesting and engaging manner! Rip up class of Loess in the 780,000 year old deposit? If I’m understanding this correctly, probably not from very far away? Violently tearing through the loess layer creating the many nearby loess islands. In a very ancient huge flood!

Amazing to hear and see how loess is sampled for paleomagnetic research. Thank you Bruce and Nick!