Origin and Differentiation of the Earth: Past to Present

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0221
PMID: 18826915

Authors: Andrew Jephcoat (Diamond Light Source) , Alex N. Halliday (University of Oxford)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Book Chapter

State: Published (Approved)
Published: November 2008

Abstract: The Solar system as we know it formed some 4.5 billion years ago. Our understanding of the timescales of planet formation, the material make-up of the Earth, and deep planetary processes has improved dramatically with advances in several broad, largely separate, areas of science - cosmochemistry, extreme conditions and seismology, and the simulation of planetary growth and mixing. This issue brings together scientists from all disciplines in order to reconcile views on the internal structure and early chemical evolution of the Earth and the relationship with the formation of the moon.

Subject Areas: Environment, Materials, Chemistry


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