10 Things To Know About Metals
Geological Survey Ireland featured in the third episode of the 2019 series of 10 Things to Know About… on RTĒ One.
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, Kathriona Devereux and Jonathan McCrea investigate with Siobhán Power and Eoin McGrath the geology of metals, finding out about the technology and techniques used to locate and safely extract them from the ground to be used in everything from toothpaste to phones.
The ground beneath our feet
Eoin reveals the diversity of mineral deposits in Ireland and the methods used to understand the ground beneath our feet from drilling cores, to airborne surveying and sampling.
Metals in everyday life
Siobhán explains how metals are widely present in our everyday life objects.