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Structural Geology
Structural Geology: the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover information about the history of deformation (strain) in the rocks, and ultimately, to understand the stress field that resulted in the observed strain and geometries. This understanding of the dynamics of the stress field can be linked to important events in the geologic past; a common goal is to understand the structural evolution of a particular area with respect to regionally widespread patterns of rock deformation (e.g., mountain building, rifting) due to plate tectonics.
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OCT 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
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Have you ever heard of a speleothem? Even if you haven’t you’ve probably heard of a stalactite or a stalagmi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
NASA’s sent its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2019Space & Astronomy
It seems like it wasn’t too long ago that NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter, but don&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2019Space & Astronomy
The lunar surface might not look like much at first glance, but new research published just this week in the journal Nat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
Moons occur throughout our solar system. The Earth only has one, but other sport several, including Mars, Jupiter, and S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2019Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 mission is chock-full of firsts. Upon landing on the asteroid 162173 Ryugu last September, it b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
Many different NASA-made landers, orbiters, and rovers have been sent to Mars over the years to study our red planetary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2019Space & Astronomy
It’s been almost exactly one year since a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 24, 2019Space & Astronomy
Space agencies from around the globe have sent a plethora of spacecraft to Venus over the past several decades in an att ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s long-lived Opportunity rover mission came to an unfortunate end mid-last month after nearly 15 years’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface at the end of November, and less than a month later, de ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Let’s face it, mountains are awesome. They’re awesome to look at and even more awesome to climb. There are f
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2022
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is a wonderful place full of both beauty and mystery. While it’s easy to both study and explore the Eart
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snapped a photograph of a flower-like rock artifact on the surface of Mars.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 31, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Water can assume an astonishing array of conformations. It can be a liquid, vapor, or different kinds of solids. Scienti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It takes 27,322 days for it to orbit Earth and 27 days for the Moon to rotate once on its axis. We can't detect that mot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Houston reevaluates the role of the asthenosphere in tectonic plate movement. Accord
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Long ago, fungi colonized the impact crater of an ancient meteor. It seems they may have begun working in partnership wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
New research has identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that are thought to have been active recently.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Plastics and microplastics are certainly not recent developments in ocean pollution. However, scientists continue to inv
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of a speleothem? Even if you haven’t you’ve probably heard of a stalactite or a stalagmi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s sent its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It seems like it wasn’t too long ago that NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter, but don&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The lunar surface might not look like much at first glance, but new research published just this week in the journal Nat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Moons occur throughout our solar system. The Earth only has one, but other sport several, including Mars, Jupiter, and S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 mission is chock-full of firsts. Upon landing on the asteroid 162173 Ryugu last September, it b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Many different NASA-made landers, orbiters, and rovers have been sent to Mars over the years to study our red planetary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s been almost exactly one year since a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Space agencies from around the globe have sent a plethora of spacecraft to Venus over the past several decades in an att
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s long-lived Opportunity rover mission came to an unfortunate end mid-last month after nearly 15 years’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission touched down on the Martian surface at the end of November, and less than a month later, de
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard