[Rockhounds] Is Plate Tectonics Needed for the Evolution of Intelligent Life?

[Paul]

  Stern, R.J., 2016. Is plate tectonics needed to evolve technological
species on exoplanets?. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(4), pp. 573-580.

Abstract:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115300062

PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290029980_Is_Plate_Tectonics_needed_to_Evolve_Technological_Species_on_Exoplanets
https://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/pdfs/SternGF16.pdf
http://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/publications.html

Yours.

Paul H.