How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze!

Monday, May 23, 2016 - 17:27 in Earth & Climate

On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains — how did they form?

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