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On volcanism and thermal tectonics on one-plate planets (1978)

Solomon, S. C.

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Publication Date: 2019-06-27

Description: For planets with a single global lithospheric shell or 'plate', the thermal evolution of the interior affects the surface geologic history through volumetric expansion and the resultant thermal stress. Interior warming of such planets gives rise to extensional tectonics and a lithospheric stress system conductive to widespread volcanism. Interior cooling leads to compressional tectonics and lithospheric stresses that act to shut off surface volcanism. On the basis of observed surface tectonics, it is concluded that the age of peak planetary volume, the degree of early heating, and the age of youngest major volcanism on the one-plate terrestrial planets likely decrease in the order Mercury, Moon, Mars.

Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION

Type: Geophysical Research Letters; 5; June 197

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