EGU22-6028, updated on 28 Mar 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6028
EGU General Assembly 2022
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An overview of modeled dynamic histories of rocky planets

Nicolas Coltice
Nicolas Coltice
  • Ecole Normale Supérieure, Geology laboratory, France (nicolas.coltice@ens.fr)

Every planet is singular, with scars and bumps at their surface. One planet, one history. But the physics at play is common to them, connecting planetary bodies together. Tectonics is a common theme of what we can observe on planets of the solar system, and a central question for explanets. More than 20 years of geodynamic modelling has resulted in  identifying a diversity of tectonic regimes for mantle convection, from very active, like heat-pipe (Monnereau and Dubuffet, 2002 among others) and squishy lid (Lourenço et al., 2020) to almost inert, like stagnant lid (Schmeling and Jacoby, 1982). Tectonics is an emergent property deriving from the intimate structure and composition of a planet. It is also a fundamental piece shaping the surface environment. This presentation will attempt to give an overview of tectonic regimes of planets and propose typical evolutional scenari, connecting structural and compositional histories from the depth to the surface.

 

References

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Monnereau, M., & Dubuffet, F. (2002). Is Io's mantle really molten?. Icarus, 158, 450-459.

Schmeling, H., & Jacoby, W. R. (1982). On modelling the lithosphere in mantle convection with non-linear rheology. Journal of Geophysics, 50, 89-100.

How to cite: Coltice, N.: An overview of modeled dynamic histories of rocky planets, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-6028, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6028, 2022.