The habitability of a stagnant-lid Earth
The habitability of a stagnant-lid Earth
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静止盖地球的宜居性
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201730728
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Breuer
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文献类型:
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作者:
Godolt;Stracke;Ruedas;Grenfell;Höning;Nikolaou;Breuer
ContextPlate tectonics is considered a fundamental component for the habitability of the Earth. Yet whether it is a recurrent feature of terrestrial bodies orbiting other stars or unique to the Earth is unknown. The stagnant lid may rather be the most common tectonic expression on such bodies.AimsTo understand whether a stagnant-lid planet can be habitable, i.e. host liquid water at its surface, we model the thermal evolution of the mantle, volcanic outgassing of H2O and CO2, and resulting climate of an Earth-like planet lacking plate tectonics.MethodsWe used a 1D model of parameterized convection to simulate the evolution of melt generation and the build-up of an atmosphere of H2O and CO2over 4.5 Gyr. We then employed a 1D radiative-convective atmosphere model to calculate the global mean atmospheric temperature and the boundaries of the habitable zone (HZ).ResultsThe evolution of the interior is characterized by the initial production of a large amount of partial melt accompanied by a rapid outgassing of H2O and CO2. The maximal partial pressure of H2O is limited to a few tens of bars by the high solubility of water in basaltic melts. The low solubility of CO2instead causes most of the carbon to be outgassed, with partial pressures that vary from 1 bar or less if reducing conditions are assumed for the mantle to 100–200 bar for oxidizing conditions. At 1 au, the obtained temperatures generally allow for liquid water on the surface nearly over the entire evolution. While the outer edge of the HZ is mostly influenced by the amount of outgassed CO2, the inner edge presents a more complex behaviour that is dependent on the partial pressures of both gases.ConclusionsAt 1 au, the stagnant-lid planet considered would be regarded as habitable. The width of the HZ at the end of the evolution, albeit influenced by the amount of outgassed CO2, can vary in a non-monotonic way depending on the extent of the outgassed H2O reservoir. Our results suggest that stagnant-lid planets can be habitable over geological timescales and that joint modelling of interior evolution, volcanic outgassing, and accompanying climate is necessary to robustly characterize planetary habitability.
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影响因子:
3.2
作者:
J. Kasting
通讯作者:
J. Kasting
影响因子:
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作者:
A. F. K. Groos
通讯作者:
A. F. K. Groos
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
M. Kunze;M. Godolt;U. Langematz;J. Grenfell;A. Hamann;H. Rauer
通讯作者:
H. Rauer
影响因子:
1.7
作者:
J. Horner;B. Jones
通讯作者:
B. Jones
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Stagno, Vincenzo;Ojwang, Dickson O.;Frost, Daniel J.
通讯作者:
Frost, Daniel J.