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astro-ph2007★ 251 cited
Inevitability of Plate Tectonics on Super-Earths
Diana Valencia, Richard J. O'Connell, Dimitar D. Sasselov
The recent discovery of super-Earths (masses less or equal to 10 earth-masses) has initiated a discussion about conditions for habitable worlds. Among these is the mode of convecti…
astro-ph2007★ 318 cited
Detailed Models of super-Earths: How well can we infer bulk properties?
Diana Valencia, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Richard J. O'Connell +1
The field of extrasolar planets has rapidly expanded to include the detection of planets with masses smaller than that of Uranus. Many of these are expected to have little or no hy…