Giant impacts on Earth heavily influenced core formation and may have contributed to late accretion of material, but many details of these processes and their influence on the geochemical signature of Earth`s mantle remain unclear. The aim of the project is to model how the material delivered by giant impacts was dispersed upon impact into particles or clumps, and how the metallic components settled in a magma ocean. The combined impact and magma ocean modelling approach including solidification processes will shed new light on how accreted material was incorporated in Earth`s mantle and core.
| Hansen, Ulrich |
| Hansen, Ulrich |
Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster |
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |