From Mobile Lid to Stagnant Lid Mantle Convection: Variations in Solar Luminosity, Climate Evolution, and the Temporal Variability in Tectonic Style on Venus
Abstract
The evolution in tectonic style on Venus from mobile to stagnant lithosphere was likely caused by changes in solar luminosity and loss of liquid surface water. A similar transition is possible in some "Earth-like" extrasolar planet systems.
- Publication:
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Exoplanets in Our Backyard: Solar System and Exoplanet Synergies on Planetary Formation, Evolution, and Habitability
- Pub Date:
- February 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020LPICo2195.3020K