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The Diversity of Exoplanets: From Interior Dynamics to Surface Expressions
Maxim D. Ballmer, Lena Noack
The coupled interior-atmosphere system of terrestrial exoplanets remains poorly understood. Exoplanets show a wide variety of sizes, densities, surface temperatures, and interior s…
The influence of bulk composition on long-term interior-atmosphere evolution of terrestrial exoplanets
Rob J. Spaargaren, Maxim D. Ballmer, Dan J. Bower +2
Aims: The secondary atmospheres of terrestrial planets form and evolve as a consequence of interaction with the interior over geological time. We aim to quantify the influence of p…
Constraints on the composition and temperature of LLSVPs from seismic properties of lower mantle minerals
Kenny Vilella, Thomas Bodin, Charles-Edouard Boukaré +4
Here, we provide a reappraisal of potential LLSVPs compositions based on an improved mineralogical model including, for instance, the effects of alumina. We also systematically inv…
Primordial Earth mantle heterogeneity caused by the Moon-forming giant impact
Hongping Deng, Maxim D. Ballmer, Christian Reinhardt +4
The giant impact hypothesis for Moon formation successfully explains the dynamic properties of the Earth-Moon system but remains challenged by the similarity of isotopic fingerprin…
Persistence of Strong Silica-Enriched Domains in the Earth's Lower Mantle
Maxim D. Ballmer, Christine Houser, John W. Hernlund +2
The composition of the lower mantle comprising 56% of Earth's volume remains poorly constrained. Among the major elements, Mg/Si ratios ranging from 0.91.1, such a…
Reconciling Magma-Ocean Crystallization Models with the present-day Structure of the Earth's mantle
Maxim D. Ballmer, Diogo L. Lourenço, Kei Hirose +2
Terrestrial planets are thought to experience episode(s) of large-scale melting early in their history. Fractionation during magma-ocean freezing leads to unstable stratification w…