Effects of Stellar Flux on Tidally Locked Terrestrial Planets: Degree-1 Mantle Convection and Local Magma Ponds

Effects of Stellar Flux on Tidally Locked Terrestrial Planets: Degree-1 Mantle Convection and Local Magma Ponds

We model the geodynamical evolution of super-Earth exoplanets in synchronous rotation about their star. While neglecting the effects of a potential atmosphere, we explore the parameter spaces of both the Rayleigh number and intensity of incoming stellar flux, and identify two main stages of mantle c...

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Main Authors: Gelman, S. E., Seager, Sara, Elkins Tanton, Linda T.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74161
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-1098
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74161
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-1098
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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