Carbonatites are familiar to students of petrology as rare igneous rocks formed
predominantly of carbonate, whose only modern expression is a single active volcano that …

We review the origin and evolution of the atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars from the
time when their accreting bodies were released from the protoplanetary disk a few million …

The thermal evolution of magma oceans produced by collision with giant impactors late in
accretion is expected to depend on the composition and structure of the atmosphere through …

The viscosity of magma plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the Earth: from the
crystallization of a magma ocean during its initial stages to modern-day volcanic processes …

Planetary atmospheres are commonly thought to result from the efficient outgassing of
cooling magma oceans. During this stage, vigorous convective motions in the molten interior …

The atmospheric noble gas isotope and elemental bulk ratios on Venus and Earth provide
important information on their origin and evolution. If the protoplanets grew to a certain mass …

How the volatile content influences the primordial surface conditions of terrestrial planets
and, thus, their future geodynamic evolution is an important question to answer. We simulate …

Abstract Properties of molten salts are of interest for a wide-range of applications, including
nuclear waste partitioning, heat transfer fluids, and synthesis methods. While there has been …

Thermochemical heterogeneities detected today in the Earth's mantle could arise from
ongoing partial melting in different mantle regions. A major open question, however, is the …

The energy sources involved in the early stages of the formation of terrestrial bodies can
induce partial or even complete melting of the mantle, leading to the emergence of magma …