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Early Planetary Differentiation

Early Planetary Differentiation is a geological process paradigm in planetary science denoting the initial large-scale separation of a planet's constituent materials into chemically distinct layers—such as core, mantle, and crust—driven primarily by density contrasts and convective instabilities during the early stages of planetary formation.

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Calibration of the Lutetium-Hafnium Clock

Erik E. Scherer, Carsten Münker, Klaus Mezger · Science · 2001 · 2.5K citations

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The generation and evolution of the continental crust

Chris J. Hawkesworth, Bruno Dhuime, Anna Pietranik et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 2010 · 788 citations

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What we have learned about Mars from SNC meteorites

H. Y. McSween · Meteoritics · 1994 · 618 citations

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Planetary crusts: their composition, origin and evolution

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 428 citations

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The persistent myth of crustal growth

R. L. Armstrong · Australian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1991 · 344 citations

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Authors

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  1. KM
    Klaus Mezger

    University of Münster, Germany

    6 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. LE
    L. E. Borg

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 570 citations

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  3. SS
    S. Sahijpal

    Panjab University, India

    4 publications · 76 citations

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  4. CM
    Carsten Münker

    University of Cologne, Germany

    4 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. GK
    Gurpreet Kaur Bhatia

    Panjab University, India

    3 publications · 43 citations

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Institutions

143

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    840 citations

  4. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    8.6K citations

  5. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    315 citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    338 citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    612 citations

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Venues

  1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    13 publications · 988 citations

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  2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    11 publications · 892 citations

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  3. Meteoritics and Planetary Science

    10 publications · 666 citations

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  4. Science

    5 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 261 citations

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