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Tectonic Regimes of Terrestrial Planets & Exoclimes

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Will Super Sized Earths Have Plate <strong>Tectonic</strong>s or Not ?<br />

If Convective Stress < Lithosphere Yield Then Upper Layer Stagnates<br />

Single Plate Planet (e.g., Present Day Venus and Mars)<br />

For Mobile Plate Regime: Convective Stress > Lithosphere Yield

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