Core segregation during pebble accretion
Peter Olson, Zachary Sharp, Susmita Garai Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 587, 1 June 2022, 117537 LINK “Highlights • Pebble accretion builds terrestrial protoplanets in a few million years.• Core segregation is synchronized to the…
Isotopic evidence for the formation of the Moon in a canonical giant impactOPEN ACCESS
Sune G. Nielsen, David V. Bekaert & Maureen Auro Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 1817 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotopic measurements of lunar and terrestrial rocks have revealed that, unlike any other…
Highly reduced accretion of the Earth by large impactors? Evidence from elemental partitioning between sulfide liquids and silicate melts at highly reduced conditions
E.S.Steenstraa, E.Kelderman, E. Kelderman, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, E.S.Bullock, W. van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 July 2020 LINK “The Earth may have formed at very reducing conditions through…
Chips Off the Old Block: Enstatite Chondrites as Samples of the Proto-Earth
Gaidos E. * Yin Q.-Z. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5145 abstract (PDF)
