#deformation

Planetary Ecologistplanetaryecologist
2025-05-25

Deformation (volcanology) (Volcanology 🌋)

In volcanology, deformation refers to the change in the shape of a volcano or the surrounding landscape due to the movement of magma. This can be in the form of inflation, which is a response to pressurization, or deflation, which is a response to depressurization. Inflation is represented by swelling of the ground surface, a volcanic edifice, or a ...

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John Vaccaro (johniac)johniac
2025-05-16
John Vaccaro (johniac)johniac
2025-05-15
John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot
2025-05-09

#FridayFold An old picture of a limpet enjoying some beautiful folded greenschist-facies pelite in a rock pool near Thundergay, on the west coast of Arran. The pale bands are rich in fine-grained muscovite; the dark bands also have chlorite. The few rusty spots mark the position of pyrite crystals.

#Geology #Deformation #Folding #Metamorphic #Dalradian #Arran

A smooth clean rock surface in a rock pool showing pale and dark banding. There is a large V-shaped fold on the left, with the point of the V at the bottom of the image. A healthy-looking limpet sits on the rock in the centre of the field of view..
John Vaccaro (johniac)johniac
2025-05-07

SciTech Chronicles . . . . . .May 7th, 2025

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John Vaccaro (johniac)johniac
2025-02-11
John Vaccaro (johniac)johniac
2025-02-11

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