'Nick On the Rocks' star tours the Ginkgo Flow | Oregon Field Guide

Geologist Nick Zentner ‪@GeologyNick‬ (of “Nick on the Rocks” fame) takes us on an entertaining road trip to explore the Ginkgo lava flow that erupted in central Washington and flowed all the way to the Oregon Coast 16 million years ago.
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  • @GeologyNick
    @GeologyNick5 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Oregon Field Guide! It was fun to be part of this episode. Special thanks to talented producer Jule and imaginative videographer Brandon. The three of us spent three days together in March of 2023 filming this video.

  • @steveanimatrix3887

    @steveanimatrix3887

    5 ай бұрын

    Absolutely love your content and channel! Your passion is contagious!

  • @SCW1060

    @SCW1060

    4 ай бұрын

    Nick, you keep getting better and better as time goes on.i I've been a sub of yours since when you only had your 4 Downtown Lectures. Keep Rockin the Rocks my friend

  • @BAR162O

    @BAR162O

    3 ай бұрын

    You gotta love it!!

  • @AvanaVana

    @AvanaVana

    2 ай бұрын

    Didn’t know about this video…excellent as usual!

  • @GregsGeologyChannel

    @GregsGeologyChannel

    10 күн бұрын

    @GeologyNick Could you post coordinates or give directions to the Ginkgo dike (shown at 2:37)? I'd love to see it myself.

  • @NotDrDre
    @NotDrDre5 ай бұрын

    Nick is the real deal, one of the best science communicators out there. Zentnerds stand up!

  • @mattcwatkins

    @mattcwatkins

    5 ай бұрын

    Standing up! I drive up to Ellensburg one Tuesday night for a lecture about the Bridge of the Gods (the geology version..not the steel bridge) and talked with him a couple of minutes before the presentation. He's like a professor, geology''s answer to Mr. Wizard, and giant cartoon version of a Weebelo all rolled into one.

  • @BAR162O

    @BAR162O

    3 ай бұрын

    Zentnerds in the house!

  • @DogWhoFilms
    @DogWhoFilms5 ай бұрын

    Nick is what ALL teachers should strive to be like. He not only gets you excited to learn about said subject, but his excitement is contagious.

  • @terraflora7030

    @terraflora7030

    2 ай бұрын

    I totally agree.

  • @davelane1773
    @davelane17735 ай бұрын

    At this point in life I am able to look back and see the people that have made an impact on the way I view the world around me, most of these people were teachers. I can tell that this gentleman was one of those few that was made to educate others about something he has a great love of. I feel smarter every video of his I watch.

  • @ksea9146
    @ksea91465 ай бұрын

    My greatest (and only) geologic find in the PNW was stumbling on Nick videos about 10 years ago. I fell into immediate fandom, and now he can't get shed of me. I truly never thought about geology until he unknowingly foisted it upon me; now I'm addicted to rock. I was fortunate to be able to attend his 2023 Downtown Lecture Series, which was a dream realized, and I'm counting the days to his 2024 Series. Two dreams in one lifetime, which is so more than my fair share, but I'll take it!

  • @stevengeorge5605
    @stevengeorge56055 ай бұрын

    Cool-Nick Zentner (aka, Ned Zinger) featured in an OPB|Oregon Field Guide video! You gotta love it! Thank you OPB, and Nick. 😊

  • @OPB

    @OPB

    5 ай бұрын

    Our pleasure!

  • @jamesdriscoll_tmp1515
    @jamesdriscoll_tmp15155 ай бұрын

    It's a rare talent that can take the concepts, find the evidence, and present it in a manner so accesable. Thank you for your spirit Nick, my world is more interesting from having heard your stories. Thanks also to the folks that have invested in bringing these stories to the view of of the public. Just the information makes it worth while, but because of the interest it generates, it benefits the region and all who reside in it and enjoy its wonders.

  • @Mephistopholies

    @Mephistopholies

    5 ай бұрын

    Like Carl Sagan...

  • @Unsolicited-Info
    @Unsolicited-Info5 ай бұрын

    He’s a certifiable national treasure. Love his lectures!

  • @UncleBildo
    @UncleBildo5 ай бұрын

    Nick's a helluva guy, and one of the best lecturers I've seen.

  • @35ABSTRACT
    @35ABSTRACT5 ай бұрын

    How can you not love Nick; he’s the best. He got me back into geology years after college. Thanks for doing this video!

  • @Townie001
    @Townie0015 ай бұрын

    We (Zentnerds) have ventured into Oregon a few times, but this is one of the best. Thanks, Nick and Oregon field Guide.❤

  • @laraemitchell9064
    @laraemitchell90645 ай бұрын

    I love this information about the lava flows. All over the states of the PNW! My favorite part of the world - where I’m from. I would like learning more of this volcanic history!

  • @OPB

    @OPB

    5 ай бұрын

    Geology is a regular feature of "Oregon Field Guide", so keep an eye out here for more.

  • @RusTsea196T
    @RusTsea196T5 ай бұрын

    Her personality is a good foil for Nick's delivery. They make an interesting duo.

  • @heathertaylor4677
    @heathertaylor46775 ай бұрын

    I'm always excited by a Nick Zentner video! He makes geology understandable and fun. Congratulations, OPB, on an excellent show! More, please!

  • @Steviepinhead
    @Steviepinhead5 ай бұрын

    Yaquina Head and the nearby town, etc., are named for the Yaquina native people. They spoke a dialect of the Alsean language, thought to fall within the Penutian language family. Nick and OPB captured this episode beautifully.

  • @SirFloofy001
    @SirFloofy0015 ай бұрын

    My favorite thing about Nick is just how much he takes away from his own teaching experiences. "whats that look like" "like coppery gems" "coppery gems, i like that" "whats that look like" "Kinda like a Christmas tree" "yeah it kinda does" You know hes going to use these to help describe what these formations look like in the future. Smart as heck scientists yest still always learning.

  • @RichGilpin
    @RichGilpin5 ай бұрын

    I have begun watching Nick’s lectures on you tube this last year, they are great. He brings such energy and enthusiasm to the teaching and learning. I took a couple of geology classes with the wonderful John Allen at PSU in Portland a long long time ago. He changed forever the way I look at my native Pacific Northwest. Nick is doing wonders to enlarge our understanding of our surroundings and geologic times. Thank you for presenting this!

  • @joshuakent6865
    @joshuakent68655 ай бұрын

    Been watching Nick Z for a long time. He is the GOAT.

  • @bothellkenmore
    @bothellkenmore5 ай бұрын

    "It's rock science" clever! Glad the OPB presenter got to go on a road trip(s) with him. The geology of Oregon and Washington, Idaho , BC are intertwined.

  • @Vickie-Bligh
    @Vickie-Bligh4 ай бұрын

    Nick is a powerful educator. I've learned so much from him over the past almost 4 years.

  • @marsharose2301
    @marsharose23015 ай бұрын

    Love Nick explaining and demonstrating that lava flow!

  • @bigfoot7.350
    @bigfoot7.3503 ай бұрын

    Nick is the man!!! So much positive energy and information!!!

  • @geargeekpdx3566
    @geargeekpdx356617 күн бұрын

    Nick Zentner is the best. A local treasure! Also the most Oregonian person i know of.

  • @Engineer1980
    @Engineer19804 ай бұрын

    Love this new set of “Nick on the Rocks”!! Nick has matured and evolved from the original series and the video is stunningly beautiful! Thank you KCTS and Nick!! ❤❤

  • @brianruff1133
    @brianruff11335 ай бұрын

    Wow, two of my favorites together in one episode! Oregon Field Guide excells at showing the natural beauty of this wonderful area, and Nick's lectures excel at showing "what's behind the curtain", or , rather, what's under the ground, at the side of the road cuts, and right under our feet. Nick really helped me understand the depth and breadth of the ancient lava flows and how they changed the course of rivers.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair81515 ай бұрын

    Prof Zentner is a terrific teacher of things geologic! the very picture of a modern rockaholic...

  • @jkgardner1933
    @jkgardner19335 ай бұрын

    I have been waiting for 5 months for this edition. Great job for all , thanks for the drawings, and effects. What a great job Nick does. I'm calling my friends and family to let them know.

  • @Mephistopholies
    @Mephistopholies5 ай бұрын

    Mr Zentner the ROCK STAR geologist on OPB! AWSM!!! Im subscribed now...

  • @majapa
    @majapa5 ай бұрын

    Fantastic host, interviews, footage, production. Thanks!

  • @jimmymartinez9994
    @jimmymartinez99945 ай бұрын

    My heart is melting! I love this so much!

  • @Azxnrjsle
    @Azxnrjsle5 ай бұрын

    I am always awestruck at how Nick can take a bunch of rocks and make me feel so connected to the geologic history of the PNW. Incredible stuff.

  • @Kevin-Tice
    @Kevin-Tice5 ай бұрын

    You gotta love it, Nick!

  • @oscarmedina1303
    @oscarmedina13035 ай бұрын

    A VERY enjoyable video. Thank you Nick and Oregon PBS for teaching us about the Ginkgo Flow.

  • @neebeeshaabookwayg6027
    @neebeeshaabookwayg6027Ай бұрын

    Very nice, again, dear professor nick!!!! 🤗🥰🥳🥳🥳

  • @dancooper8551
    @dancooper85515 ай бұрын

    Excellent content and production!🌋

  • @sdmike1141
    @sdmike11415 ай бұрын

    Nicely done! That Ned Zinger seems to know his stuff! Thanks!!

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn84445 ай бұрын

    Very interesting! Thanks Oregon Filed Guide and Nick Zentner.

  • @topher1332
    @topher13325 ай бұрын

    Ive been watching both Nick and OPB for a while. Its so cool to see them team up

  • @zazouisa_runaway4371
    @zazouisa_runaway43715 ай бұрын

    Great episode with Prof Nick Zentner! Love it! Thanks !

  • @nvskywalker651
    @nvskywalker6515 ай бұрын

    Excellent, Nick is why I got interested in Geology!

  • @CorndogJoe
    @CorndogJoe5 ай бұрын

    Some impressive great flood evidence.

  • @rogercotman1314
    @rogercotman13144 ай бұрын

    Another geology educational video ................Thanks Nick ................

  • @cmeyers3231
    @cmeyers32315 ай бұрын

    Another awsome video, my mind got blown again, thanks Nick you always come thru.

  • @davec9244
    @davec92445 ай бұрын

    SEND MORE thank you ALL stay safe

  • @Snappy-ut4bj
    @Snappy-ut4bj5 ай бұрын

    I just finished reading roadside geology of Oregon. How cool to see those places that I just read about. Thanks!

  • @gsansoucie
    @gsansoucieАй бұрын

    Learned about Nick at Dry Falls SP on an Airstream caravan in 2023 and I’m hooked. Absolutely fascinating videos and information. Can’t get enough.

  • @RoxnDox
    @RoxnDox5 ай бұрын

    At Yaquina Head, when you descend those stairs they ended at, you're on a beach full of lovely black basalt cobbles eroded from the Gingko by the surf. As the waves shift the rocks around, it's almost musical listening to them. One of my favorite stops along the Oregon coast (we toured all the lighthouses a few years back).

  • @yourfeckinmom
    @yourfeckinmom5 ай бұрын

    I would love to go hiking with Nick! This is so fascinating.

  • @zam6877
    @zam68775 ай бұрын

    I always love OFG, a cozy exploration of my NW home

  • @amacuro
    @amacuro5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this. I have heard of the Ginkgo lava flow thanks to the petrified wood within it, but had never actually thought about the actual flow that petrified those trees. Fascinating!

  • @Taskerofpuppets
    @Taskerofpuppets26 күн бұрын

    Very nicely done. Fantastic journey of discovery. Enjoyed your lecture in Portland earlier this month at OHSU.

  • @Pidxr
    @Pidxr3 ай бұрын

    Yay Nick !

  • @williampacey9194
    @williampacey91944 ай бұрын

    Awsome, the earth is such an exciting place of how everything formed and eventually will be formed.

  • @abegab
    @abegab5 ай бұрын

    Wow learn something every day

  • @McSippy
    @McSippy5 ай бұрын

    I love Nick on the Rocks!

  • @noahb4225
    @noahb42255 ай бұрын

    I didn't know I'd be a time traveler this morning. Thanks for the great video.

  • @TinkerinWithTim
    @TinkerinWithTim5 ай бұрын

    Found some of the same flow along the Molalla river!

  • @Anne5440_
    @Anne5440_5 ай бұрын

    How cool, I didn't know the Ginkgo flow was part of Silver Falls State Park. I got go there just one time but have remembered that park fondly. Seeing it at the ocean is a surprise, too. This is a wonderful video. I'm very glad to have watched it.

  • @c.f.7408
    @c.f.74084 ай бұрын

    Can't wait to watch this we were just there on the coast

  • @InzHills
    @InzHills5 ай бұрын

    Well done well liked, great job!

  • @cmpe43
    @cmpe435 ай бұрын

    Yellow pants rattle snake video is still my favorite Nick flick but this is a close second!

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85814 ай бұрын

    Wow. I've collected pieces of that rock from all my trips to Newport. (Not knowing the story behind it) This was such a well put together video. Nick is doing amazing content on geological activity in the Pacific Northwest. It's insanely refreshing to see it covered in such detail and with genuine curiosity and passion

  • @deannekwon6822
    @deannekwon68225 ай бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @spelunkerd
    @spelunkerd4 ай бұрын

    This deserves its own Wikipedia page.

  • @wendygerrish4964
    @wendygerrish49645 ай бұрын

    Delightful.

  • @irenewaldron9802
    @irenewaldron98024 ай бұрын

    Great video adventure.

  • @joshnorthwoods
    @joshnorthwoods5 ай бұрын

    Wow I want to take classes from nick. Super interesting

  • @markg1490
    @markg14905 ай бұрын

    Very cool

  • @theck672
    @theck6722 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this educational video!

  • @SirFloofy001
    @SirFloofy0015 ай бұрын

    9:30 half expected him to say "lets go hop in the submersible and take a look" yall went all over the place for this!

  • @francesacoy4730
    @francesacoy47305 ай бұрын

    He deserves a BIG rock🎉 menorial

  • @rcnyoplait
    @rcnyoplait4 ай бұрын

    Excellent

  • @willybrisbois5926
    @willybrisbois59265 ай бұрын

    Amazing

  • @joeleoleo
    @joeleoleo5 ай бұрын

    I’ve wondered for a while if this is the same basalt that forms the bedrock underneath the Luckiamute River north of Hoskins. Next time I’m there in the summer I’ll bring a rock hammer to look for the orange crystal.

  • @BP_in_OR

    @BP_in_OR

    5 ай бұрын

    The geology of the Luckiamute River is its own thing compared to the flood basalts and totally worth diving into on its own! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5l_3MxpndvTk9o.html

  • @robertjmillerma1059
    @robertjmillerma10592 ай бұрын

    Pretty cool 👍

  • @user-lh5fp7bf2c
    @user-lh5fp7bf2c29 күн бұрын

    That eruption had to be extremely consistent. I think were still possibly in doubt in how so much very hot very fluid magma could continue to assend and erupt over such a large area.

  • @lorenzosegote
    @lorenzosegote5 ай бұрын

    Nick looks a bit younger in this video. I am curious as to when was this produced?

  • @wayneyd2
    @wayneyd25 ай бұрын

    We all just saw this happened in Iceland couple of weeks age.

  • @brandonholt6717

    @brandonholt6717

    5 ай бұрын

    Similar in some respects and different in others. The biggest difference is that these flows were mind bogglingly massive in scale. The lava flowed for hundreds of miles across the land. They filled valleys miles deep and buried mountain ranges.

  • @briane173

    @briane173

    5 ай бұрын

    @@brandonholt6717 Yes, the SCALE of these fissure eruptions is hard to wrap your head around. It has an apparent connection to the Yellowstone hotspot, so the entire PNW has been a busy place geologically for about the last 50 million years or so. Initially I couldn't believe that a flow of this magnitude could travel 300 or so miles without cooling enough to harden and stop flowing; but while that might be true for the top fringe of the flow, the lava flowing BELOW that top "rind" was able to maintain its soupy, runny nature for all that distance. It IS a relatively thick flow (almost 200 ft on average), so plenty of volume as long as it maintains its white-hot temperature the whole way out to the coast.

  • @richb2229
    @richb22294 ай бұрын

    There must have been tremendous volume of lava for this flow to reach so far.

  • @jonathanblubaugh5049

    @jonathanblubaugh5049

    2 ай бұрын

    > 167,000 cubic kilometers per Dr. Ho's dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow. All I can get my hands on so far is the abstract. Ho (1999)

  • @garysmith1381
    @garysmith13813 ай бұрын

    Wonderful presentation. Are the Gingko flow dikes along the Snake River accessible to the public?

  • @markschluter8015
    @markschluter80155 ай бұрын

    From the sequence and graphics I now wonder how would lava encounter ginkgo trees as it rose up UP thru other layers of the "cake"?

  • @JohnDoe-jq5wy
    @JohnDoe-jq5wyАй бұрын

    SR 263....KAHLOTUS AREA .... MP 5.... DOMINATE VENT DURING THIS VOLCANIC CYCLE.... PROBABLY, THE BEST DEMONSTRATION OF SHEET VOLCANICS

  • @briane173
    @briane1735 ай бұрын

    1:20 Hey, my bald head made it on OPB! I want residuals.

  • @jamiewilson8338
    @jamiewilson83382 ай бұрын

    Silver Falls (Silverton, Oregon) State Park offer’s a excellent a GIFT SHOP & Eatery.

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe13693 ай бұрын

    Hope you stopped at Moe's for the clam chowder.

  • @scottowens1535
    @scottowens15355 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @ChrisAnnasMom
    @ChrisAnnasMom4 ай бұрын

    Please forgive me if I missed this. But, did Nick ever say what the orange crystals are made of and how they came to be in the basalt flow? I went back through the transcript and I can't find that information.

  • @jonathanblubaugh5049

    @jonathanblubaugh5049

    2 ай бұрын

    Great question. I went to Google and found we need to purchase Dr. Ho's dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow. Her abstract mentions plagioclase phenocrysts from .5 to >3mm. That's about the right size range from the video, but the orange color throws me. It doesn't really match the specimens illustrated in the Wikipedia article on plagioclase. More research required I guess. Maybe Dr. Ho can be contacted directly? Her dissertation on the Ginkgo Flow was 25 years ago.

  • @PhilTomson
    @PhilTomson5 ай бұрын

    So what are the orange crystals? Are they pieces of petrified gingko?

  • @LotsofStuffYT
    @LotsofStuffYT5 ай бұрын

    Is the cave behind the waterfall a lava tube? What are the orange crystals? Peridot? Olivine?

  • @jonathanblubaugh5049

    @jonathanblubaugh5049

    2 ай бұрын

    my question exactly!

  • @MrCounselorman
    @MrCounselorman5 ай бұрын

    I didn't catch what the gold crystals actually are and why the Gingko flow is characterized by them as opposed to other flows?

  • @patinsley
    @patinsley5 ай бұрын

    Proud to say i have the same hammer. Wish i had his same brain

  • @CoIoneIPanic

    @CoIoneIPanic

    2 ай бұрын

    Actually Nick will be the first to tell you hes rather a moron. But a very very enthusiastic moron.

  • @russellzauner
    @russellzauner5 ай бұрын

    Next day: *Nick receives approval for SCUBA gear and drysuits for his team*

  • @TheCaphits
    @TheCaphits3 ай бұрын

    This guy ginky.

  • @nengthao5618
    @nengthao56182 ай бұрын

    Silver falls is awesome. No dogs on the trail though. Very narrow trails and lots of people during the warm seasons