Experiments on turbulent metal-silicate mixing in a magma ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Deguen, Renaud ^a   Olson, Peter ^a   Cardin, Philippe ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Core formation; Fragmentation; Magma ocean; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT PLUME; CONSTANT ENTRAINMENT COEFFICIENTS; CORE FORMATION; DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS EXPERIMENT; FRAGMENTATION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; IMPACTORS; IRON CORES; MAGMA OCEAN; METAL CORE; METAL FRAGMENTS; METAL PHASE; SILICATE LIQUIDS; SIMILARITY MODELS; SINGLE PHASE FLUIDS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TURBULENT ENTRAINMENT; TURBULENT GRAVITY; TURBULENT LIQUIDS; TURBULENT MIXING; TURBULENT PLUME; TWO STAGE;

BUOYANCY; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; LAKES; LIQUID METALS; METALS; SILICATES; THERMAL PLUMES;

MIXING;

ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; MAGMA; METAL; MODELING; PLANETESIMAL; SILICATE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENT MIXING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 80053358188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.041     Document Type: Article

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