Magma oceans in the inner solar system

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-139

  Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Atmospheric degassing; Crust formation; Differentiation; Planetesimal; Volatile

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUST FORMATIONS; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE CONVECTION; METALLIC MATERIAL; MULTIPLE MAGMAS; PLANETESIMAL; SILICATE MAGMA; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; VOLATILE; VOLATILE CONTENTS;

DEGASSING; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); PLANETS; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCRETION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; DEGASSING; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; MANTLE CONVECTION; MELTING; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETESIMAL; PLATE TECTONICS; SILICATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 84860525309     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105503     Document Type: Article

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