Stagnant-lid tectonics Archives

Early, Energetic Collisions Could Have Fueled Venus Volcanism: Study

By News Staff July 20, 2023

New research shows that long-lived volcanism, driven by early, energetic collisions on Venus, offers an explanation of its young surface age with stagnant-lid tectonics. This volcanic activity is fuelled by…

Study: Plate Tectonics is not a Requirement for Life to Originate on Earth-Like Planet

By News Staff June 15, 2023

Plate tectonics is a fundamental factor in the sustained habitability of Earth, but its time of onset is unknown, with ages ranging from the Hadean to Proterozoic eon. University of…

Early, Energetic Collisions Could Have Fueled Venus Volcanism: Study

Study: Plate Tectonics is not a Requirement for Life to Originate on Earth-Like Planet

AMS Detector Reveals Surprising Surplus of Cosmic Rays Made of Deuterons

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt