Figure 1: Galileo image mosaic of mountains on Io. Mountain formation on Io is assumed to occur when the subsidence and thermoelastic stresses exceed the failure strength of the lithosphere, but the ...
Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the formation and uplift of large, elevated landforms, known as mountains. The term "orogenesis" comes from Greek ...
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