Conditions for the onset of plate tectonics on terrestrial planets and moons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 20-32

  O'Neill, C ^a   Jellinek, A M ^b   Lenardic, A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

lithosphere; mantle convection; plate tectonics; terrestial planets

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; SCALING THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; YIELD STRESS;

TECTONICS;

EARTH; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANET; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 34548212377     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.038     Document Type: Article

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