Early planetary differentiation: Geophysical consequences

Details Early planetary differentiation: Geophysical consequences Early planetary differentiation: Geophysical consequences

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992pcmo.work...49s&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of Magma Oceans from 1 Bar to 4 Mbar p 49-50 (SEE N92-28587

Physics

Geophysics

Cooling, Geophysics, Magma, Mars (Planet), Moon, Oceans, Crystal Growth, Tectonics, Water Depth

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Differentiation of a planet can have profound consequences for its structure and thermal evolution, including core formation and crystal growth. Recent theories for the origin and evolution of the terrestrial planets and the Moon have all these bodies forming hot and cooling thereafter. Early core formation, and in the cases of Earth and Moon, a deep magma ocean possibly encompassing the entire mantle are characteristic features of these models. Secular cooling of Mars from a hot origin and cooling of Moon from a hot initial state with a deep magma ocean have been criticized on the basis of their tectonic implications. The cases of Mars and the Moon are discussed.

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