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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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