I am a structural geologist, one who studies how and why the crust of Earth and other terrestrial planets deform in response to stresses arising from plate motions, loading and erosion. My research ...

"Additionally, the crust can move in directions perpendicular to the compression (extrusion) or undergo erosion. If crustal mass is conserved, the mass of the shortened crust should balance with ...

Research led by C.B. Keller in 2019 first proposed that widespread erosion by continental ice ... as well as their position in the continental crust given a particular cooling path.

Similarly, when the crust becomes lighter… it can float a ... because the isostatic rebound is raising them up faster than erosion is wearing them down,” fellow co-author of the study Dr ...

The magma rises into the Earth’s crust, where it can get trapped underground or erupt from volcanoes as molten lava. As magma or lava cools it forms a tough rock that is resistant to erosion ...

Biocrust, also called cryptobiotic soil, is a "community of tiny, dirt-dwelling organisms that form a distinct crust on the top ... by preventing soil erosion and helping to retain water.

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or ... active areas and sediments deposited by erosion on the land surface. Zealandia fits all those ...