Rheological controls on the terrestrial core formation mechanism

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Golabek, G J ^a   Gerya, T V ^a,b   Kaus, B J P ^a,c   Ziethe, R ^d   Tackley, P J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective diapirism; Core formation; Fragmentation; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649976241     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002552     Document Type: Article

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