Numerical simulation of the final stages of terrestrial planet formation.

Numerical simulation of the final stages of terrestrial planet formation.

Thesis. 1978. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cox, Larry Paul
Other Authors:	John S. Lewis.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
Subjects:	Earth and Planetary Sciences Planets Mathematical models Cosmogony Computer simulation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51401

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