Equation 3 · Part 1 · From Origins to Frontier: A History of Planetary Science and Exploration
Symbol rho_s
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…as a slow-moving fluid over geological time. The basic settling physics is captured by a Stokes-law sinking velocity for a dense blob of radius r and density moving through a less dense, viscous mantle of density and viscosity :
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