A new study from U of T Mississauga earth science researchers reveals surprising new information about how powerful winds shape the landscape in a remote part of the Andes mountain range.
Earth Sciences
Nov 03, 2020
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Have you ever wondered why the Earth's surface is separated into two distinct worlds—the oceans and large tracts of land?
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2020
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Which forces and mechanisms determine the height of mountains? A group of researchers from Münster and Potsdam has now found a surprising answer: It is not erosion and weathering of rocks that determine the upper limit of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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The Hillary Step, a rocky outcrop at 8,770m, just beneath the summit of Everest (8,850m), has finally succumbed to gravity and partially collapsed. At least it has according to mountaineer Tim Mosedale, who climbed the mountain ...
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2017
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Earthquakes may be rare in Australia, but an analysis of WA coastline suggests our landscape isn't as tectonically stable as previously thought.
Earth Sciences
May 04, 2015
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A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2015
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For the past 5 million years, erosion rates in the Alps have been higher than before. A new study links the increase to processes within the Earth's interior, thus refuting the hypothesis that the phenomenon is related to ...
Earth Sciences
May 02, 2014
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If there were any lingering doubts that Washington state is earthquake country, a new set of scenarios developed by state and federal geologists makes it clear that no part of the state is immune to seismic mayhem.
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2013
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Stretching from the Persian Gulf up through Turkey, the northwest-southeast running Zagros fold-and-thrust belt is a region of extensive crustal deformation and seismic activity. Near the Zagros Mountains the structure of ...
Earth Sciences
May 09, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Giant landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces are behind this dynamic scene captured recently by ESA's Mars Express of a region scarred by the Solar System's largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
Space Exploration
May 03, 2013
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