Montañas del sistema solar
ISSN: 1132-9157
Datum der Publikation: 2018
Titel der Ausgabe: La formación de las montañas
Ausgabe: 26
Nummer: 1
Seiten: 77-84
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Enseñanza de las ciencias de la tierra: Revista de la Asociación Española para la Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra
Zusammenfassung
Solar System mountain-like reliefs are reviewed. Regarding their morphology, volcanoes are the most Earth-like landforms, while the extra-terrestrial mountain chains are rare and controversial. This difference has led to a recurrent discussion on the specificity of earthly plate tectonics. Landforms due to impacts, scarce on Earth, are on the contrary very common, especially on Mercury and the Moon. In the outer Solar System, some strange mountain chains are still waiting for a convincing explanation