Thermal evolution of trans-Neptunian objects, icy satellites, and minor icy planets in the early solar system
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12952 First published: 8 September 2017 LINK “Numerical simulations are performed to understand the early thermal evolution and planetary scale differentiation of icy bodies…
Origin of uranium isotope variations in early solar nebula condensates
By François L. H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas, Lawrence Grossman Science Advances 04 Mar 2016: Vol. 2, no. 3, e1501400 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501400 PDF (open access) abstract Supplementary Materials (PDF) “High-temperature condensates found in meteorites display uranium…
No evidence for a decrease of nuclear decay rates with increasing heliocentric distance based on radiochronology of meteorites
Meier MMM and Wieler R Astroparticle Physics Volume 55, March 2014, Pages 63–75 LINK Constraints on the age of the Earth and the oldest meteorite phases obtained by the U–Pb dating technique give no hints…