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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MAR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
MAR 12, 2021
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
FEB 24, 2021
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
AUG 21, 2020
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
JUL 26, 2020
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
JUN 16, 2020
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
MAY 23, 2020
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
FEB 23, 2020
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
SEP 10, 2019
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
MAY 14, 2019
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
APR 28, 2019
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
APR 28, 2019
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
APR 24, 2019
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
APR 16, 2019
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
MAR 24, 2019
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
MAR 13, 2019
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
FEB 04, 2019
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
DEC 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 12, 2018
After a two-year journey through space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 02, 2018
Following a six-month journey through space, NASA’s InSight spacecraft made a safe-and-sound landing on Mars&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NOV 26, 2018
If you’ve been paying any attention to NASA lately, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about the space agency&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
JUN 19, 2018
The European Space Agency plans to send its ExoMars rover to Mars in 2020 to explore the red planet’s surface for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2017
Videos
DEC 13, 2017
If you were to glance at the dwarf planet Ceres, you'd see speckles of bright spots throughout its surface. Many of thes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
SEP 20, 2017
This fist-sized, glassy rock collected by Micheal Zanetti. Credit: Micheal Zanetti About 38 million years ago, an estima
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
JUL 05, 2017
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Videos
APR 21, 2017
While most people see an ocean, and don't really think twice about it, the reality is we've only explored a relatively s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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