Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Hydrodynamic instability at impact interfaces and planetary implications

  • Avi Ravid,
  • Robert I. Citron,
  • Raymond Jeanloz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22052-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The authors describe a dynamic surface instability between impacting materials, showing that a region of mixing grows between two media. The study implies that this can explain mixed compositions and textures in certain meteorites.