Fig. 2: Time-dependent evolution of key parameters in the six tectonic regimes. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Time-dependent evolution of key parameters in the six tectonic regimes.

From: Dissecting the puzzle of tectonic lid regimes in terrestrial planets

Fig. 2

Plateness, mobility, root-mean-square surface velocity, average mantle temperature, and lithospheric thickness over model time in the statistical steady state (the last 4 Gyr of a much longer model evolution) for the same six cases as in Fig. 1: column a mobile lid, b stagnant lid, c episodic lid, d sluggish lid, e plutonic-squishy lid, and f episodic-squishy lid. Note that the vertical axes of mobility and surface velocity are rescaled among cases for visibility.

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