Brian Atwater in the Sanpoil - w/ Jerome Lesemann & Joel Gombiner

CWU's Nick Zentner joins Brian Atwater (USGS), Jerome Lesemann (Vancouver Island University), Joel Gombiner (UW), and Karen Capuder (Colville Tribes) for a weekend of Ice Age Floods geology. Field locations: Sanpoil River Arm and Moses Coulee. Filmed on October 21-22, 2023.

[@johnlasher7426]

I so love witnessing these three men sharing their thought processes as they traverse this amazing landscape. Thank you Nick for bringing us along.

[@charliebartholomew1564]

i will stop every thing i am doing just to listen any time to Atwater, he is great Thanks again to all for this lecture and out crop

[@sharonseal9150]

Yay! A double feature on this fabulous fall Friday! I think that these "Fly on the Wall" field trips are some of my very favorites. It is such a privilege to watch the scientific process playing out in real time. Thank you Nick for providing us with such unique and fascinating content, and thank you Brian, Jerome, Joel and Karen for letting us share your experience and expertise.

[@johnplong3644]

Noon lecture and not this I am not getting my painting done on my rental property …but as I told my wife earlier today This a Geology emergency ‼️

[@melaniehefner948]

Again, this is so much fun. Thank you, thank you, thank you all!

[@deborahferguson1163]

Sure is!!!!!

[@gordonormiston3233]

Fascinating being a fly on the wall listening to these innovative thinkers as they discuss what they’re finding and possible modes of transport. Wonderful Friday evening viewing. Thanks Nick and friends. 🐻

[@SCW1060]

My 3 favorite Geologists I love them all. Brian, Jerome and Nick

[@oscarmedina1303]

The ability to see the story written in the layers and landforms is amazing. Thank you for sharing the video Nick.

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

Avengers Assemble! Haha. Wow! What an amazing group of talent getting together to discuss big ideas. I love seeing those moments where experienced scientists have epiphanies and bounce ideas off each other. Great video! Thanks Nick!

[@DevinBest]

Thanks for this awesome video, Nick! Huge respect to Brian, Joel, Jerome, Karen, and to you Nick! Learning more about the floods each time with your videos. It's really cool to me because, being a Colville Tribal member, I have spent many years in these areas you are exploring. So learning how these regions have been pieces to the bigger puzzle is a hoot to witness. After many years of working blue-collar jobs, I want to get into geology or geomorphology to help learn and teach why my area of the woods and surrounding areas why they are the way they are. Cheers from Omak!

[@DeebeeNonya]

I love how they shared thoughts, ideas, and questions and were truly happy to just be together! Thanks Prof. Nick, Joel, Jerome, Karen, and Brian for allowing us to tag a long!

[@kenbrummage4429]

I'm wondering if Joel was one of Brian's grad students at UW. He's got a great head on his shoulders, and I'll bet he goes far. I hope he and Erin D. continue to have a fan/cheering section that takes interest in their careers long-term because of the Zentner Connection.

[@lethaleefox6017]

What a crew... cool locations... I used Fred Meyer wifi on my Friday outing... added it to my Playlists going to watch a few times.

[@officially-ROB]

Yess this is my evening sorted. I absolutely love these in the field videos. Thanks so much nick and friends.

[@jameskilpatrick7790]

I love listening to really smart people discuss their passion. It almost doesn't matter what that passion is, but when it's a passion you share, the leaps and insights are downright fascinating.

[@marks1638]

I enjoyed this video. Brian Atwater was the original reason I become interested again in Geology. I was bored one evening and turned on the TV in our room at McChord AFB near Seattle in 2005. There was a local area broadcast with Brian Atwater leading a discussion panel on the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake. Also participating were several scientists whose discoveries provided the data to prove his theory. It was all part of a discussion on disaster preparedness for future earthquakes and tsunamis. It was also what introduced me to Nick Zentner for his KZbin videos. I returned home and started looking for a more in-depth understanding of geology in that part of the US and there was Nick providing a beautiful explanation on the 1700 Cascadia quake and its effect on the Northwest's geology and landscape. I've been hooked on Northwest Geology ever since then.

[@johnagazim4199]

No one can be perturbed watching this. Thanks Nick

[@Engineer1980]

This video is an example of what I think is the best of what science should be: two great minds, Brian and Jerome, bouncing facts and ideas off of each other, with both learning in the process. Very cool to see and certainly impressive. Awesome job Nick of getting this group together and sharing them with us.

[@dancooper8551]

LOL! Drinking word - “perturbation”. Brian cracks me up.

[@briane173]

I literally laughed out loud when Brian had fun with Nick's "perturbation." One can only do that with colleagues and friends who are all comfortable in their own skin.

[@richardherberger380]

I really enjoyed listening to these geologists play off of each other. They were confident in their interpretations but open to the opinions of the others, as it should be in science. The bullheaded approach to orthodoxy is what prevented the ice age flood from being accepted decades earlier.

[@BudKnocka]

I’ve been perturbed by the break in the Bretz conversation to be honest! I’ve seen this type of bedding on the Hoh Clearwater and Queets rivers. Wondering if it’s from Tsunamis 🌊 or floods from the glaciers advancing and retreating. Though at the Hoh I do find abundant clay concretions. All are below the “Canyons”on these rivers. Queets: 47°33'08"N 124°12'05"W Clearwater: 47°36'19"N 124°17'28"W 48:28 Hoh: 47°48'05"N 124°15'37"W each of these spots seem to be areas where there are deposits and even possible areas a Mega Tsunami 🌊 could reach inland. Some layers go beyond just being Perturbed! Say hi to Bijou!

[@lauram9478]

❤ Atwater sounds a little like Jimmy Stewart. Thank you all!!

[@Robert-ys9zy]

Honestly I would love to hear Nick 101 us through Brian and Jerome’s material on water behavior and sediment deposition. I love this stuff!!

[@douglasfur3808]

Your Canadian friend impressed me in that we could talk geology and paddle a canoe at the same time. Brian is impressive sorting out and making sense of what to an amateur looks like a mess.

[@cmadams346]

These always make me wonder how much of “what” is staring me in the face but my untrained eye just misses it. How to see landforms and terrain and piece a history together is just amazing!

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. I took a canoe down the south fork of the Flathead back in 1970. They are fun.

[@amacuro]

29:30 Very pretty shot there Nick, showing your artistic side 😀 To be honest, you can show these geologists reaching outcrops by canoe to someone from any other profession, and the would "ok that's cool".

[@earthbiker]

That went perfect with a steak and two glasses of wine. Thanks Nick for bringing us along.

[@sandythixton4611]

The best part of my afternoon, Nick. Thanks once again for letting us tag along and hear these fascinating discussions. Such a collection of brilliance.

[@rus1gib]

Brian and I experienced Stanford's first summer field geology class held in Mexico, back in 1972 (I think) and it's hard to imagine the number of things that went wrong on that trip. For instance, the end of day two on our push to get to Guaymas ahead of the weekly ferry, the 5-ton supply vehicle caught the edge of a culvert and ended up on its side on the desert floor. I believe Brian was actually driving that truck. I suppose you could say we were actually very lucky, because despite the "revenge" and the hurricane that scattered our belongings, no one got seriously hurt.

[@Rocket39Smoke14]

Great team of brilliant minds. Thanks Nick!

[@glenncarr1947]

Thank you.

[@CrazyCuteThing]

Perturbations, a deviation of a system, moving object, or process from its regular or. normal state or path, caused by an outside influence. I knew what you were talking about

[@DEK1206]

Perturbation has my vote too!

[@pmgn8444]

Thanks Nick! Very cool seeing multiple generations of geologist getting into and perturbed with their work!

[@colleennobbs7218]

Thank you very much for this video Nick. I thoroughly enjoyed the scenery, the dialogue and the characters. Hello Jerome good to see you again. Thank you Brian for all you have done to help us see father back in history. Joel thank you for your energy to help us see more. What an entertaining group! 🎉 And to you Nick….. thank you so much for bringing all this information into our lives. ❤ A fun video.

[@timroar9188]

Such a good discussion. Nice to be able to listen like a quiet mouse on a varve. I would not want to perturb anyone. :) Also those are some very clean deposits to look at.

[@johnnash5118]

I love how they constantly check their interpretations to include alternatives and scope, thus preserving scientific credibility.

[@garypaull9382]

Thank you for getting these guys together for this field trip. Fascinating stuff. I watched the whole thing without being even slightly perturbed!

[@okiejammer2736]

Wow. ... just Wowww. 😊

[@nohandle257]

I'm still giggling over 'perturbations'. Atwater is bad. I have recently realized that half the reason I am so addicted to Nick Zentner is due to him being such a sweet lovely breath of sane positive air in this increasingly unbalanced world. You GO Nick. And go go go.

[@carladelagnomes]

Thank you for bringing us along Nick. Because of your youtube teaching, I could understand the conversation and comparisons being talked about here!

[@yukigatlin9358]

Wow, wonderful discussions between Atwater, Joel, and Jerome, and amazing outcrops including the bitter end and all!!😄✨ Thanks Nick for the video, you made my Friday of my trying week!!😘💫💗

[@briane173]

Friggin' Atwater -- righteous dood. 🤣🤣 He's gotta be a lotta fun to hang with. The guy has vision a lot of geologists can only dream of having; but he's as down-to-earth as any I've seen in the business. My guess is that Bretz woulda loved him and HATED him. As a scientist, Brian is second to none; as a person, as approachable as anyone -- and from what I've gleaned about Bretz, the guy was bereft of personality and full to the brim with ego. In Brian I see confidence, not ego -- and a mind that is _constantly_ at work, sucking up information at all times and processing it in his mind with uncanny clarity. A lot of times it's hard for the personality beneath all that intellect to come out, but Brian has been in the business so long it all flows out like water.

[@101rotarypower]

This is going to be a Fantastic episode, I know it just from the opening few seconds! Brian Atwater! Oh how I wish we could follow him around more, he is always dropping nuggets of golden information that blow my mind nonchalantly without even trying.

Great episode, Nick! Fabulous conversation and discovery about Ice Age Floods! Thank you!

[@spamletspamley672]

Was this all one day! You guys sure pack a lot into a day. I'm worn out and looking for a drink and a lie down! :)

[@johnplong3644]

This is Soo much better of my new Flat Screen TV . Jerome and Brian Got to Love it 😍

[@LowellThomas-tv5sj]

Your friends are complex Nick Z, wow'sa ❤

[@Rachel.4644]

San Poil Arm: I am cracking up between bright shiny bits and perturbations! It's great to see the layers/varves with Joel, Brian and Jerome, but the discussions about distinctions confused me. Tricky walking, both days. Moses Coulee: Jerome has interesting specific awareness. Joel's comment about water wells is curious. Maybe stories to come? Thank you! Really fun to tag along. As well, Joel's walking out the fan we see larger rocks dropped then smaller, to finer. That was cool. Both sites I'd like to ID on global earth.

[@KelleyRinehart]

Great episode! I think I'll have to watch it again though, because I'm not getting it all. The interplay between Brian and Jerome is just outstanding. (I continue to think that Jerome's use of the English language is just as good as it gets.)

[@sdmike1141]

“Squirrel!” Hard not to be drawn into this conversation between some really smart people. Trying to make sense of the past by looking at deposition clues from a bank! Thanks Nick.

[@randallfarmer2340]

I love this stuff. From someone with a geophysics background this is essentially magic to me. It's wonderful. I learned so much. More of this, please!

[@rebeccas.8036]

Hi Nick!

[@billstronk4321]

Is that an earthen dam in the background, or a glacial moraine? The lake looks similar to Lake Wallowa in Oregon which is impounded by a moraine.

[@billstronk4321]

Hello from southern New England!

[@HobbiesHobo]

Canada calling! First you got our Rocks, then apparently you also got some of our Water? Lay off EH! haha 🙂

[@hiker1658]

I love this kind of video where I feel my understanding being stretched. What fascinating people. Riveting!

[@ksea9146]

Webster's word of the year- perturbations. You gotta love it!

[@wishbon77]

This was awesome!!!! Thanks Nick

[@paulbrallier7028]

My wife is peturbed that I keep saying, “Battery fully charged” when I start watching these. I guess I’m just a Zentnerd.

[@kban77]

Both these guys on one video. Nice

[@Donna_G]

This was fun. It's almost like going on a field trip.

[@user-ph6vz6qx3x]

Atwater is a card. Thanks, Nick, for this ride, Was this the "A" session for the fall series?

[@anaritamartinho1340]

Seeing the way of Geologists think about floods pretty cool

[@hertzer2000]

I'm thankful there is no hip-hop background music.

[@Poppageno]

Fascinating! So much I don't know.....Nick, I know you have embraced your role as teacher and documentarian, Do field trips like this make you feel like doing field work again? I shivered at 30:39 when you walked right through the poison oak.......

[@robertdiehl1281]

Very much a pleasure to hear the wealth of knowledge and experience your guests have on the glacial movements the hydraulics and power of water flows and sediment placement. Even if i have no idea what they are saying talking about. Its fun to try and learn. Great video

[@DEK1206]

Two ways to look at fieldwork. Have a theory and look for evidence to fit. The other is to use the data to drive the interpretation. Maybe I see both here? Video was great. You are great. An educator at his best!

[@Kevin-Tice]

Jerome has a great paddle stroke! You can tell he’s Canadian 😂

[@rabidbigdog]

Nick, how often do you find yourself saying "damn, I wish I could have *seen* it happening"? Your ability to help us understand and imagine what must have occured is incredible, but I have to say I *really* would have liked to have seen it. From a significant distance, I suppose. :)

[@davidniemi4051]

Great video, thanks. At around 11:00 in looking at the bedding, could there have been 2 flows intersection at 90 degrees creating constructive and destructive interference patterns forming in the deposits? Kind of like with sound or waves in water 😉.

[@Snappy-ut4bj]

Amazing!

[@789563able]

Nick, some time would you give us a summation of all the ideas presented here so we can grasp the big picture of what occurred here? 🧐

[@peonerw]

Just upriver from the first spot you was at across from the park you would have seen alot more up by the mouth of the river! And down by the ferry you can still see faint shore lines on the hills!

[@metal--babble346]

smart people getting dirty, this is good stuff

[@boba9253]

Wonderful discussions and banter between some serious minds in geology. But did anyone else notice that Brian Atwater is sporting a strong similarity to Winston Rothschild from the Red Green Show? 🤭🤭😂😂😂

[@rabidbigdog]

Colleagues seem to enjoy teasing you Nick ....

[@nihil1]

So, that's why he's called Atwater!

[@JMCote112]

I think Brian is driving the 1993 Honda Accord I drove back in high school in 2002.

[@101rotarypower]

Possible anyone has a source for those mapped seismic reflection lines? Is that type of information publicly available for sections of the Columbia River flood basin? If we were interested in how much fill there is in our specific area?

[@drhyshek]

Amazing how they just stand on a precipice while I’d be doing cartwheels down to the lake. Atwater is a mountain goat. 😂

[@robtippin9111]

😎

[@ritaswedia399]

👍👍

[@mrtony1985]

Jerome ➡️ 😑 when Nick told him he had to film instead of paddling 😉

[@earthbiker]

Unequaled

[@rogerdudra178]

I think it (the water) all came from Canada, personally.

[@scottowens1535]

Late as usual here. 👍

[@triple_A_rockhound]

🤣 Those 2

[@jeffbyrd424]

😂

[@vebnew]

Word salad