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Planetary Tectonics

Planetary Tectonics is a subfield of planetary geology and geophysics that investigates the deformation of the lithospheres and cryospheres of solid planetary bodies, including the stresses, mechanical processes, and resulting tectonic structures and landforms that govern their structural and tectonic evolution.

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Rheology of the Upper Mantle: A Synthesis

Shun‐ichiro Karato, Patrick Wu · Science · 1993 · 1.8K citations

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Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus

C. C. Porco, P. Helfenstein, P. C. Thomas et al. · Science · 2006 · 1.2K citations

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Composition and development of the continental tectosphere

T. H. Jordan · Nature · 1978 · 840 citations

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The generation and evolution of the continental crust

Chris J. Hawkesworth, Bruno Dhuime, Anna Pietranik et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 2010 · 788 citations

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Geologic history of Mars

M. H. Carr, J. W. Head · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2009 · 701 citations

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  1. JW
    J. W. Head

    Brown University, United States

    89 publications · 8.6K citations

    47

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  2. SC
    Sean C. Solomon

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    44 publications · 4.6K citations

    34

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  3. RJ
    R. J. Phillips

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    38 publications · 4K citations

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  4. TR
    T. R. Watters

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    36 publications · 2.8K citations

    27

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  5. MT
    M. T. Zuber

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    31 publications · 3.4K citations

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Institutions

958

  1. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    55 h-index

    244 publications

    22K citations

  2. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    52 h-index

    194 publications

    17.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    49 h-index

    316 publications

    30.7K citations

  4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    49 h-index

    483 publications

    82.2K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    43 h-index

    180 publications

    16.7K citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    41 h-index

    111 publications

    12.7K citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    40 h-index

    139 publications

    38.8K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    39 h-index

    133 publications

    14.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 243 publications · 22.2K citations

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  2. Icarus

    217 publications · 14.1K citations

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  3. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    96 publications · 7.5K citations

    46

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    120 publications · 5.8K citations

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  5. Science

    41 publications · 8.6K citations

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