Mud Volcanoes & Jungle Expeditions Gone Wrong with Dr Mark Tingay

About this episode

This episode features Dr Mark Tingay discussing mud volcanoes and his adventures in the Malaysian jungle.

Bubbling mud? The origins of life? Field expeditions into Malaysian jungle? On this episode of Wonder, we're joined by the Mud Volcano Guy himself and we cover it all! With Dr Mark Tingay we expore the weird and wonderful world of mud volcanoes, and Mark shares his unbelievable saga to find a long-lost mud volcano hidden in the thicket of Malaysian jungle... This episode is supported by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Geological Society of Australia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thegeoco.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegeoco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Got questions? Get in touch- ⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@thegeoco.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠ GeoCo connects to you from the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, South Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

People in this episode

Host: GeoCo

Guest: Dr Mark Tingay

Topics covered

• mud volcanoes
• field expeditions
• origins of life
• Malaysian jungle
• geology
• science

Keywords

• mud volcanoes
• jungle expeditions
• geology
• Dr Mark Tingay
• Geological Society of Australia

Sponsors

Geological Society of Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Malaysian jungle, Adelaide Plains, South Australia

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