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Plate tectonics, damage and inheritance

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  • David Bercovici

    (Yale University)

  • Yanick Ricard

    (Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France)

Abstract

Lithospheric damage, combined with transient mantle flow and migrating proto-subduction, is proposed to explain the apparent emergence of plate tectonics three billion years ago; modelling confirms that tectonic plate boundaries and fully formed tectonic plates can arise under conditions characteristic of Earth but not of Venus.

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  • David Bercovici & Yanick Ricard, 2014. "Plate tectonics, damage and inheritance," Nature, Nature, vol. 508(7497), pages 513-516, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:508:y:2014:i:7497:d:10.1038_nature13072
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13072
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    1. Yaguang Chen & Hanlin Chen & Mingqi Liu & Taras Gerya, 2023. "Vertical tearing of subducting plates controlled by geometry and rheology of oceanic plates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Junxing Chen & Hehe Jiang & Ming Tang & Jihua Hao & Meng Tian & Xu Chu, 2022. "Venus’ light slab hinders its development of planetary-scale subduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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