Periodic Reporting for period 3 - SEIC (Setting Earth's Initial Conditions: A fluid dynamics study of core-mantle differentiation)

The initial conditions of the Earth and other terrestrial planets were set 4.5 Gy ago during their accretion from the solar nebula and their concomitant differentiation into an iron-rich core and a silicate mantle. Accretion in the solar system went through several different...