Earth's tectonic processes regulate the formation of continental crust, control its unique deep water and carbon cycles, and are vital to its surface habitability. A major driver of steady-state plate tectonics on Earth is the sinking of the cold subducting plate into the underlying mantle. This sinking is the result of the combined effects of the thermal contraction of the lithosphere and of metamorphic transitions within the basaltic oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle. The latter of these effects is dependent on the bulk composition of the planet, e.g., the major, terrestrial planet-building elements Mg, Si, Fe, Ca, Al, and Na, which vary in abundance across the Galaxy. We present thermodynamic phase-equilibria calculations of planetar...
In developing the concept that chemical plumes have a deep-mantle origin, I propose that plumes resu...
The thickness of the brittle lithosphere—the outer portion of a planetary body that fails via fractu...
We provide estimates of volcanism versus time for planets with Earth-like composition and masses 0.2...
The increasing exoplanet catalogue of terrestrial to super-Earth sized rocky planets has necessitate...
Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle properties, a...
The melt productivity of a differentiated planet's mantle is primarily controlled by its iron conten...
Aims. The secondary atmospheres of terrestrial planets form and evolve as a consequence of interacti...
Context. The chemical composition of stars that have orbiting planets provides important clues about...
Mathematical and Physical SciencesRecent technological advances in exoplanet detection have led to p...
The proportions of oxygen, carbon and major rock-forming elements (e.g. Mg, Fe, Si) determine a plan...
The compositional variations among the chondrites inform us about cosmochemical fractionation proces...
The abundances of elements in the Earth and the terrestrial planets provide the initial conditions f...
The composition of the protoplanetary disc is thought to be linked to the composition of the host st...
The liquid state dominates terrestrial and planetary processes. The history of the early solar syste...
The bulk chemical composition and interior structure of rocky exoplanets are of fundamental importan...
In developing the concept that chemical plumes have a deep-mantle origin, I propose that plumes resu...
The thickness of the brittle lithosphere—the outer portion of a planetary body that fails via fractu...
We provide estimates of volcanism versus time for planets with Earth-like composition and masses 0.2...
The increasing exoplanet catalogue of terrestrial to super-Earth sized rocky planets has necessitate...
Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle properties, a...
The melt productivity of a differentiated planet's mantle is primarily controlled by its iron conten...
Aims. The secondary atmospheres of terrestrial planets form and evolve as a consequence of interacti...
Context. The chemical composition of stars that have orbiting planets provides important clues about...
Mathematical and Physical SciencesRecent technological advances in exoplanet detection have led to p...
The proportions of oxygen, carbon and major rock-forming elements (e.g. Mg, Fe, Si) determine a plan...
The compositional variations among the chondrites inform us about cosmochemical fractionation proces...
The abundances of elements in the Earth and the terrestrial planets provide the initial conditions f...
The composition of the protoplanetary disc is thought to be linked to the composition of the host st...
The liquid state dominates terrestrial and planetary processes. The history of the early solar syste...
The bulk chemical composition and interior structure of rocky exoplanets are of fundamental importan...
In developing the concept that chemical plumes have a deep-mantle origin, I propose that plumes resu...
The thickness of the brittle lithosphere—the outer portion of a planetary body that fails via fractu...
We provide estimates of volcanism versus time for planets with Earth-like composition and masses 0.2...