Michael Manga on Wet Eruptions
Episode · Jan 20, 2026
Geology Bites · 40 min
About
Vic Baker investigates megafloods, catastrophic events that differ from ordinary weather-driven flooding. He discusses proposed mechanisms and the geological evidence left by exceptionally large flows, including the Channeled Scablands of Washington State and the Mediterranean. The episode connects landscape interpretation with reconstruction of past extreme events.
Topics
- megafloods, search World Wide
- weather-driven flooding, broader topic: flooding
- geological evidence, search World Wide
- exceptionally large flows, search World Wide
- Channeled Scablands, search World Wide
- Washington State, search World Wide
- Mediterranean, search World Wide
- landscape interpretation, search World Wide
- past extreme events, search World Wide