Stagnant lid tectonics: Perspectives from silicate planets, dwarf planets, large moons, and large asteroids
To better understand Earth's present tectonic style–plate tectonics–and how it may have evolved from single plate (stagnant lid) tectonics, it is instructive to consider how common it is among similar bodies in the Solar System. Plate tectonics is a style of convection for an active planetoid w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117301135 |