7 Geologist Tom Helm: The Geologic History of Texas and of Houston
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Geologist Tom Helm joins us to discuss the geologic history of Texas and our local Houston area. We discuss his background, how he became interested in geology, the geologic formation...
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Show notes:
1. Tom's Buffalo Bayou tours: https://www.helmguide.com
See also:
a. http://www.savebuffalobayou.org/?p=6331
b. https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/brandi-on-the-bayou-buffalo-bayous-hidden-wilderness/285-616207263
2. Geologic time periods (use to follow along and keep your bearings in the discussion; if the first link is not sufficient, try the others).
a. https://geology.com/time.htm
b. https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/geological-time/geological-time-scale/
c. https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/outreach/floridaseagrant/pdf_files/TropicalConnections_GeologicalTimeWithMajorEvolutionaryEventsInFossilRecord_KruczynskiFletcher.pdf
d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
e. http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/outreach/texas-geologic-history/
f. https://cdn.britannica.com/67/73167-050-B9A74092/chart.jpg
3. A geologic map of Texas (also good to use to follow along and make sense of things).
a. Texas
i. https://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/maps/Geologymap.pdf
ii. http://www.geojeff.org/geology-of-texas.html
b. United States:
i. https://www.gifex.com/images/0X0/2009-09-18-8432/United_States_Geology_Map.jpg
ii. http://mapas.owje.com/maps/8168_united-states-geology-map.html
c. United States:
https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-map-united-states-geology-and-natural-resources
4. Descriptions of Texas geology
i. "Geology" by Tucker F. Hentz: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/swgqz
ii. The Geology of Texas by C. Reid Ferring: https://www.cengage.com/custom/regional_geology.bak/data/Texas.pdf
5. Texas geology
a. Llano Uplift: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llano_Uplift
b. Enchanted Rock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_Rock
6. The garden-hose water toy, WHAM-O's Water Wiggle, we discuss:
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_WdavMuKs
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvGH8n0_-pw
7, Helping injured wildlife
a. Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition: https://www.twrcwildlifecenter.org
b. Wildlife Center of Texas: https://wildlifecenteroftexas.org/about-us/
8. The law about artifacts and about soil, gravel, sand, etc. in Texas
a. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/permalink/1243483202527850/
b. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.191.htm
c. https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.86.htm
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