Thermal cracking and the deep hydration of oceanic lithosphere: A key to the generation of plate tectonics?

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Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review (2017, background): “…has also been suggested that weak serpentinized zones in the cooling oceanic lithosphere may form by deep water penetration associated with normal faulting at mid-ocean ridges (e.g., Escartín et al., 2001), thermal cracking of the lithosphere (Korenaga, 2007), and plate bending (Iyer et al., 2012).”
Mechanisms for the generation of plate tectonics by two-phase grain-damage and pinning (2012, background): “…author Email addresses: david.bercovici@yale.edu (David Bercovici), yanick.ricard@ens-lyon.fr (Yanick Ricard) Lenardic and Kaula, 1994; Korenaga, 2007; Hilairet et al., 2007), the Earth’s lithosphere might be as dry as that of Venus, because of dehydration melting at ridges (Hirth…”
Rheology of the Earth's mantle: A historical review (2010, background): “In this context, Korenaga (2007) suggested that thermal cracking could transfer water down to∼20 km depth of the oceanic lithosphere.”
Subduction initiation by thermal–chemical plumes: Numerical studies (2008, background): “…whole lithosphere in most of our experiments, implying ignificant weakening of the lithosphere caused by accumulated racturing and deep thermal cracking (Korenaga, 2007) and/or fluid nd melt activity (e.g., Hall et al., 2003; Sobolev and Babeyko, 005; Gerya et al., 2008) related to the plume…”