Iron snow, crystal floats, and inner-core growth: modes of core solidification and implications for dynamos in terrestrial planets and moons

Iron snow dynamo models for Ganymede

(2015) Ulrich R. Christensen   ICARUS

Mercury’s inner core size and core-crystallization regime

(2015) Mathieu Dumberry et al.   ICARUS

Magnetic field generation in the lunar core: The role of inner core growth

(2015) A. Scheinberg et al.   ICARUS

Effects of electron correlations on transport properties of iron at Earth’s core conditions

(2015) Peng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Low-altitude magnetic field measurements by MESSENGER reveal Mercury's ancient crustal field

(2015) C. L. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Tides on the Moon: Theory and determination of dissipation

(2015) James G. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

The Fe snow regime in Ganymede's core: A deep-seated dynamo below a stable snow zone

(2015) T. Rückriemen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Decline of the lunar core dynamo

(2014) Sonia M. Tikoo et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A long-lived lunar dynamo powered by core crystallization

(2014) M. Laneuville et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Experimental constraints on Mercury's core composition

(2014) Nancy L. Chabot et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A dynamo explanation for Mercury's anomalous magnetic field

(2014) Hao Cao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Mercury’s global contraction much greater than earlier estimates

(2014) Paul K. Byrne et al.   Nature Geoscience

A seismologically consistent compositional model of Earth's core

(2014) J. Badro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The lunar dynamo

(2014) Benjamin P. Weiss et al.   SCIENCE

A spherical harmonic model of the lithospheric magnetic field of Mars

(2014) A. Morschhauser et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

A wet, heterogeneous lunar interior: Lower mantle and core dynamo evolution

(2014) A. J. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Composition and State of the Core

(2013) Kei Hirose et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The interior structure of Mercury constrained by the low-degree gravity field and the rotation of Mercury

(2013) A. Rivoldini et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Effects of lunar cumulate mantle overturn and megaregolith on the expansion and contraction history of the Moon

(2013) Nan Zhang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Dynamics of core merging after a mega-impact with applications to Mars’ early dynamo

(2013) J. Monteux et al.   ICARUS

A hemispherical dynamo model: Implications for the Martian crustal magnetization

(2013) W. Dietrich et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

The high conductivity of iron and thermal evolution of the Earth’s core

(2013) Hitoshi Gomi et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Persistence and origin of the lunar core dynamo

(2013) C. Suavet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Core-mantle differentiation in Mars

(2013) Nachiketa Rai et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

An assemblage of lava flow features on Mercury

(2013) Paul K. Byrne et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Thermochemical evolution of Mercury's interior

(2013) N. Tosi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Magnetic fidelity of lunar samples and implications for an ancient core dynamo

(2012) Sonia M. Tikoo et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

(2012) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

High pressure and temperature electrical resistivity of iron and implications for planetary cores

(2012) Liwei Deng et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Constraint on the lunar core size from electromagnetic sounding based on magnetic field observations by an orbiting satellite

(2012) Hisayoshi Shimizu et al.   ICARUS

Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth’s core conditions

(2012) Monica Pozzo et al.   NATURE

Electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of liquid Fe alloys at high P and T, and heat flux in Earth's core

(2012) N. de Koker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Long-Lived Lunar Core Dynamo

(2012) E. K. Shea et al.   SCIENCE

Gravity Field and Internal Structure of Mercury from MESSENGER

(2012) D. E. Smith et al.   SCIENCE

Thermo-chemical evolution and global contraction of mercury

(2011) M. Grott et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Fe-rich liquidus in the Fe–FeS system from 1bar to 10GPa

(2011) Antonio S. Buono et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A long-lived lunar dynamo driven by continuous mechanical stirring

(2011) C. A. Dwyer et al.   NATURE

An impact-driven dynamo for the early Moon

(2011) M. Le Bars et al.   NATURE

Very preliminary reference Moon model

(2011) Raphaël F. Garcia et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

The influence of degree-1 mantle heterogeneity on the past dynamo of Mars

(2011) Hagay Amit et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Mars mantle convection: Influence of phase transitions with core cooling

(2011) Nathalie Michel et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Seismic Detection of the Lunar Core

(2011) R. C. Weber et al.   SCIENCE

The Global Magnetic Field of Mercury from MESSENGER Orbital Observations

(2011) B. J. Anderson et al.   SCIENCE

Radioactive Elements on Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet's Formation and Evolution

(2011) P. N. Peplowski et al.   SCIENCE

The Major-Element Composition of Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry

(2011) L. R. Nittler et al.   SCIENCE

THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS ON MAGNETODYNAMOS IN ROCKY EXOPLANETS

(2010) Eric Gaidos et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Pressure–temperature cartography of Fe–S–Si immiscible system

(2010) G. Morard et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Iron snow zones as a mechanism for generating Mercury’s weak observed magnetic field

(2010) R. Vilim et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The effects of nickel and sulphur on the core–mantle partitioning of oxygen in Earth and Mars

(2010) Kyusei Tsuno et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Gravity Field, Shape, and Moment of Inertia of Titan

(2010) L. Iess et al.   SCIENCE

Thermal Evolution and Magnetic Field Generation in Terrestrial Planets and Satellites

(2010) Doris Breuer et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Bottom-up versus top-down solidification of the cores of small solar system bodies: Constraints on paradoxical cores

(2009) Quentin Williams   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A dynamo model with double diffusive convection for Mercury's core

(2009) Ajay Manglik et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Modelling the palaeo-evolution of the geodynamo

(2009) Julien Aubert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Size and compositional constraints of Ganymede's metallic core for driving an active dynamo

(2009) Jun Kimura et al.   ICARUS

Early martian dynamo generation due to giant impacts

(2009) C.C. Reese et al.   ICARUS

Highly reducing conditions during core formation on Mercury: Implications for internal structure and the origin of a magnetic field

(2009) Valérie Malavergne et al.   ICARUS

Early Lunar Magnetism

(2009) I. Garrick-Bethell et al.   SCIENCE

Dynamo Scaling Laws and Applications to the Planets

(2009) U. R. Christensen   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

In situ determination of Fe–Fe3S phase diagram and liquid structural properties up to 65 GPa

(2008) G. Morard et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Fe–C system at 5GPa and implications for Earth’s core

(2008) Nancy L. Chabot et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The production of Ganymede's magnetic field

(2008) Michael T. Bland et al.   ICARUS

Models of magnetic field generation in partly stable planetary cores: Applications to Mercury and Saturn

(2008) U CHRISTENSEN et al.   ICARUS

Eutectic temperatures and melting relations in the Fe–O–S system at high pressures and temperatures

(2008) Kyusei Tsuno et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS

Mars' Paleomagnetic Field as the Result of a Single-Hemisphere Dynamo

(2008) S. Stanley et al.   SCIENCE