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Songs about science part III: geology - February 19, 2008

The latest installment of our occasional series celebrating songs about science comes via the Green Gabbro blog (a gabbro is a type of rock). Geologist Maria Brumm has a rundown of love songs for geoscientists.

Sadly, she finds “As it turns out, geological love songs are hard to find - and when you do find them, they’re likely to be depressing (or else they’re a ‘hot lava’ orogeny). Plate tectonics for some reason always moves us apart, never together.”

Here’s one of her selections, Uncle Tupelo performing their song New Madrid:

Posted by Daniel Cressey on February 19, 2008
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