MOSIR Project

Metal-Silicate equilibrium in the magma ocean

Speaker	Hiroki Ichikawa (Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Global COE Postdoctoral Fellow)
Date	2010/10/20 - 2010/10/20
Seminar	CPS Seminar

Place	Kobe University, Science and Technology Research Building #4-809
Documents	Presentation (10.35MB)

Abstract	The formation of the core transforms gravitational energyinto heat and the distribution of the energy within the Earth isstill debated and depends on the coreformation process considered.Iron rain in the surface magma ocean is supposed to be thefirst mechanism of separation for Earth-like planets.In the presentation, we treat the metal-silicate separation process inthe magma ocean by numerical simulation and clarify the evolution of the thermal and chemical structure.
Keywords	magma ocean