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Table 3 Elastic thickness (km) calculated using strain-rate of 10^-17 s^-1

From: Strength models of the terrestrial planets and implications for their lithospheric structure and evolution

Model	Thermal gradient (K/km)
Model	5	7.5	10	12.5	15	17.5	20
Mercury
dry	52.6	36.0	27.5	21.8	17.5	15.0	13.3
wet	33.4	12.6	10.1	8.4	7.2	6.3	5.7
Venus
dry	29.2	19.9	15.3	12.3	8.4	7.8	7.2
Earth
dry	88.8	59.9	45.5	36.7	30.8	26.6	23.4
wet	59.4	41.0	32.6	25.8	22.0	19.0	16.8
clay	47.3	31.7	24.1	19.4	16.2	14.0	12.3
Mars
dry	74.9	51.4	39.2	31.4	24.9	21.5	19.0
wet	52.1	36.0	19.0	15.7	13.4	11.7	10.4
clay	38.0	25.5	13.2	10.9	9.2	8.0	7.1

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