Size of the group IVA iron meteorite core: Constraints from the age and composition of Muonionalusta

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 410-416

  Moskovitz, Nicholas A ^a   Walker, Richard J ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Solar System; Iron meteorites; Planetary differentiation

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CORE FORMATION; CORE SIZE; DIVERSE RANGE; EARLY SOLAR SYSTEMS; FORMATION MODEL; HEAT SOURCES; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; IRON METEORITES; IVA IRON METEORITES; METALLIC CORES; PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASTRONOMY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; LEAD; METALLOGRAPHY; METEORITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

IRON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; IRON METEORITE; METALLOGENESIS; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 79960557896     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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