Plate tectonics is a particular mode of tectonic activity that characterizes the present-day
Earth. It is directly linked to not only tectonic deformation but also magmatic/volcanic activity …

Shear zones are the most ubiquitous features observed in planetary surfaces. They appear
as a jagged network of faults at the observable brittle surface of planets and, in geological …

Archean passive margins. In When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?(eds KC
Condie & V. Pease.), pp. 149–56. Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 440 …

Here it is documented how an existing code for modelling mantle convection in a cartesian
domain, Stag3D, has been converted to model a 3D spherical shell by using the recently …

The global geodynamic regime of early Earth, which operated before the onset of plate
tectonics, remains contentious. As geological and geochemical data suggest hotter Archean …

Weakening and shear localization in the lithosphere are essential ingredients for
understanding how and whether plate tectonics is generated from mantle convection on …

Large low shear-wave velocity provinces (LLSVPs) in the lowermost mantle are the largest
geological structures on Earth, but their origin and age remain highly enigmatic. Geological …

Earth's near‐surface layer, its lithosphere, is broken into quasi‐rigid plates that form the
upper thermal boundary layer for mantle convection. Since the discovery of plate tectonics, it …

Earth's lithosphere is characterized by the relative movement of almost rigid plates as part of
global mantle convection. Subduction zones on present‐day Earth are strongly asymmetric …

The discovery of extra-solar super-Earths has prompted interest in their possible mantle
dynamics and evolution, and in whether their lithospheres are most likely to be undergoing …