Thermal evolution of early solar system planetesimals and the possibility of sustained dynamos

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 214, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-73

  Glenn Sterenborg, M ^a   Crowley, John W ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamos; Early solar system; Meteorite parent body; Planetary magnetic fields; Planetesimals; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

EARLY SOLAR SYSTEMS; PARENT BODIES; PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLANETESIMALS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

COOLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

DC GENERATORS;

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; METEORITE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENT BODY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETESIMAL; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84872390292     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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