Core formation in planetesimals triggered by permeable flow

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6928, 2003, Pages 154-157

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Walter, Michael J ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON ALLOYS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

PERMEABLE FLOW;

METEORITES;

CORE (PLANETARY); FORMATION MECHANISM; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETESIMAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HEATING; MELTING POINT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037434995     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01459     Document Type: Article

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