Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 11, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Icy Jupiter moon shows tectonic activity Quote A recently published study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) reveals Ganymede, an icy moon of Jupiter, appears to have undergone complex periods of geologic activity, specifically strike-slip tectonism, as is seen in Earth’s San Andreas fault. This is the first study to exhaustively consider the role of strike-slip tectonism in Ganymede’s geologic history. Plate tectonics is the process on Earth that has created many familiar large-scale features—oceanic and continental crust, mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges—and phenomena such as earthquakes. Read More: University of Hawaiʻi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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