Tag: tectonics

Iron-Rich Rocks Unlock New Insights Into Earth’s Planetary History

MessageToEagle.com | May 26, 2023

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Visually striking layers of burnt orange, yellow, silver, brown and blue-tinged black are characteristic of banded iron formations, sedimentary rocks that may

The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, is captured here alongside the planet Jupiter in a color picture taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 3, 2000. CREDIT NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Astronomy

Ganymede – Heavily Fractured Surface Of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Is Evidence Of Past Strike-Slip Faulting

MessageToEagle.com | October 12, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – 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, shows