Numerical modeling of protocore destabilization during planetary accretion: Methodology and results

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 732-748

  Lin, Ja Ren ^a,b   Gerya, Taras V ^b   Tackley, Paul J ^b   Yuen, David A ^c   Golabek, Gregor J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Geophysics   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350622864     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.035     Document Type: Article

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