From: Towards scaling laws for subduction initiation on terrestrial planets: constraints from two-dimensional steady-state convection simulations
α
3×10−5
κ
10−6 m2 s −1
δ lid
100 km
k
3 W m −1 K −1
E
430 kJ mol −1
d
approximately 500 km
g
10 m s −2
ρ
3,300 kg m −3
T 0
300 K
T i
1,700 K
l hor