chondritic model

geophysics

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analysis of planetary evolution

  • Earth
    In Earth: Accretion of the early Earth

    …is the basis for the chondritic model, which holds that Earth (and presumably the other terrestrial planets) was essentially built up from bodies made of such meteoritic material. This idea is corroborated by isotopic studies of rocks derived from interior regions of Earth considered to be little changed throughout the…

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