| date: | 2010 October 20 (Wed) 16:00-17:00 |
| room: |
Kobe University, Science and Technology Research Building #4-809 |
| speaker: | Hiroki Ichikawa (Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Global COE Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| organizer: | Ayako Suzuki |
| title: | Metal-Silicate equilibrium in the magma ocean |
| abstract: |
The formation of the core transforms gravitational energy
into heat and the distribution of the energy within the Earth is
still debated and depends on the core
formation process considered. Iron rain in the surface magma ocean is supposed to be the first mechanism of separation for Earth-like planets. In the presentation, we treat the metal-silicate separation process in the magma ocean by numerical simulation and clarify the evolution of the thermal and chemical structure. |