Plate tectonics on super-Earths: Equally or more likely than on Earth

2011/09/30 by H. J. van Heck, H.J. van Heck, Paul Tackley +1 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #High-pressure geophysics and materials

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.029

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Citations

• Some mineral physics constraints on the rheology and geothermal structure of Earth’s lower mantle
• The effect of rheological parameters on plate behaviour in a self-consistent model of mantle convection
• Strength of the lithosphere: Constraints imposed by laboratory experiments
• Convection scaling and subduction on Earth and super-Earths
• Geological consequences of super‐sized Earths
• Inevitability of Plate Tectonics on Super-Earths

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