Percolative core formation in planetesimals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Terasaki, Hidenori ^a,b   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Rubie, David C ^a   Langenhorst, Falko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

core formation; dihedral angle; interfacial energy; percolation; planetesimal

Indexed keywords

CORE FORMATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICATES; DIHEDRAL ANGLE; HEAT PRODUCTION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUID IRON; PERCOLATION; PLANETESIMAL; RADIOACTIVE DECAYS; SMALL BODIES;

ALLOYS; LIQUID METALS; METALS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ORGANOCLAY; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CORE (PLANETARY); FORMATION MECHANISM; FUGACITY; HEAT SOURCE; PERCOLATION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

EID: 49149109821     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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