A climate induced transition in the tectonic style of a terrestrial planet
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The lack of water on Venus is cited as one possible reason that plate tectonics is not presently occurring; water weakens the lithosphere, so a lithosphere devoid of water may not be able to break, inhibiting subduction and plate tectonics like Earth's.
“Therefore, the lack of water on Venus is cited as one possible reason that plate tectonics is not presently occurring; water weakens the lithosphere, so a lithosphere devoid of water may not be able to break, thus inhibiting the initiation of subduction (when one plate begins to sink into the mantle) and plate tectonics like that of Earth (e.g., Smrekar and Stofan, 2007; Lenardic et al., 2008, and”
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“…weakens the lithosphere, so a lithosphere devoid of water may not be able to break, thus inhibiting the initiation of subduction (when one plate begins to sink into the mantle) and plate tectonics like that of Earth (e.g., Smrekar and Stofan, 2007; Lenardic et al., 2008, and references therein).”
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“…why plate tectonics is maintained on Earth but not on other planets [e.g., Moresi and Solomatov, 1998; Regenauer-Lieb et al., 2001; Korenaga, 2007; Lenardic et al., 2008; Landuyt and Bercovici, 2009; Foley et al., 2012], with most studies pointing to the role of liquid water or a cool climate on…”
BackgroundA regime diagram of mobile lid convection with plate-like behavior
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- Authors
- Lenardic, A., Jellinek, A. M., & Moresi, L.-N.
- Affiliations
- Rice University (US)
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Lenardic, A.
- Venue
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-07
- Volume
- 271
- Issue
- 1-4
- Pages
- 34-42
- ISSN
- 0012-821X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1975985993
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters (publishedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Keywords
- plate tectonics, stagnant lid, mantle convection, mantle viscosity, surface temperature change, greenhouse gases, solar luminosity, surface heat flow, scaling theory
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