Constraints on plate tectonics initiation from scaling laws for single-cell convection
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- 作者：Teresa Wong ; twong@levee.wustl.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Viatcheslav S. Solomatov slava@wustl.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Plate tectonics ; Subduction ; Mantle convection ; Lithosphere ; Stress ; Terrestrial planets
- 刊名：Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：257
- 期：Complete
- 页码：128-136
- 全文大小：778 K
文摘
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A method is developed to apply the scaling laws of critical yield stress for single-cell convection to multi-cell time-dependent convection.
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Lithospheric failure on terrestrial planets require a very low yield stress of the lithosphere.
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The aspect ratio of a sub-cell defined by the lid relief in a multi-cell convective system is the key in the application of the critical yield stress scaling laws.