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Plausible constraints on the range of bulk terrestrial exoplanet compositions in the Solar neighbourhood
Rob J. Spaargaren, Haiyang S. Wang, Stephen J Mojzsis +2
Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle properties, and melting behaviours. Yet, quantitative treatments of this aspect of exoplanet…
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…
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…