In preparation:

(c) Lichtenberg, T., G. J. Golabek, P. J. Tackley, T. G. Meier and D. J. Bower, Magma oceanography of the sub-Earth exoplanet GJ 367 b.

(b) Neri, A., E. Kubik, G. J. Golabek, A. Bouvier and N. P. Walte, On the peculiar separation of metal and troilite pockets in acapulcoites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci.


Under review:

(a) Meier, T. G., R. T. Pierrehumbert, J. Birkby, R. D. Chatterjee, C. E. Fisher, C. M. Guimond, G. J. Golabek, M. Hammond, T. D. Komacek, T. Lichtenberg, A. McGinty, E. Meier Valdes, H. Nicholls, L. T. Parker, R. J. Spaargaren and P. J. Tackley, Mantle Convection and Nightside Volcanism on Lava World K2-141 b. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. [Data]


Peer reviewed:

(54) Dorn, C., G. J. Golabek and D. J. Bower (2025). Interior-atmosphere interactions for terrestrial Solar System objects, Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes. Handbook of Exoplanets 2nd ed., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30648-3_66-2 [link]

(53) McGregor, N. J., F. Nimmo, C. Gillmann, G. J. Golabek, A. M. Plattner and J. W. Conrad (2025). Probing the viscosity of Venus's mantle from dynamic topography at Baltis Vallis. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 130, e2024JE008581, https://doi.10.1029/2024JE008581 [link] [SOM] [Data]

(52) Rubie, D. C., G. Nathan, K. I. Dale, M. Nakajima, E. S. Jennings, G. J. Golabek, S. A. Jacobson and A. Morbidelli (2025). Tungsten isotope evolution during Earth's formation and new constraints on the viability of accretion simulations. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 651, 119139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119139 [link] [arXiv]

(51) Hamano, K., C. Gillmann, G. J. Golabek, D. Lourenco and F. Westall (2025). The evolutionary divergence of Mars, Venus and Earth. Treatise on Geochemistry 3rd ed. Vol. 7, 541-574, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00104-2 [link] [arXiv]

(50) Gillmann, C., G. N. Arney, G. Avice, M. D. Dyar, G. J. Golabek, A. J. P. Guelcher, N. M. Johnson, M. Lefevre and T. Widemann (2025). Venus. Treatise on Geochemistry 3rd ed. Vol. 7, 289-323, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00099-1 [link] [arXiv]

(49) Paul, J., G. J. Golabek, A. B. Rozel, P. J. Tackley, T. Katsura and H. Fei (2024). Effect of bridgmanite-ferropericlase grain size evolution of Earth's average mantle viscosity: Implications for mantle convection in early and present-day Earth. Prog. Earth Planet Sc. 11, 64, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00658-3 [link]

(48) Fujita, W., M. Nakamura, K. Uesugi, P. Eichheimer, M. Thielmann and G. J. Golabek (2024). Imaging flow focusing and isolation of aqueous fluids in synthetic quartzite: Implications for permeability and retained fluid fraction in deep-seated rocks. Prog. Earth Planet. Sc. 11, 40, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00632-z [link]

(47) Cheng, K. W., H. A. Ballantyne, G. J. Golabek, M. Jutzi, A. B. Rozel and P. J. Tackley (2024). Combined impact and interior evolution models in three dimensions indicate a southern impact origin of the Martian Dichotomy. Icarus 420, 116137, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116137 [link]

(46) Cheng, K. W., A. B. Rozel, G. J. Golabek, H. A. Ballantyne, M. Jutzi and P. J. Tackley (2024). Mars's crustal and volcanic structure explained by southern giant impact and resulting mantle depletion. Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2023GL105910, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105910 [link] [SOM]

(45) Kislyakova, K. G., L. Noack, E. Sanchis, L. Fossati, G. G. Valyavin, G. J. Golabek and M. Guedel (2023). Induction heating of planetary interiors in white dwarf systems. Astron. Astrophys. 677, A109, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245225 [link]

(44) Dale, K. I., D. C. Rubie, M. Nakajima, S. Jacobson, G. Nathan, G. J. Golabek, S. Cambioni and A. Morbidelli (2023). An improved model of metal/silicate differentiation during Earth's accretion. Icarus 406, 115739, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115739 [link] [arXiv]

(43) Walte, N. P., C. M. Howard and G. J. Golabek (2023). Mantle fragmentation and incomplete core merging of colliding planetesimals as evidenced by pallasites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 617, 118247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118247 [link]

(42) Ballantyne, H. A., M. Jutzi, G. J. Golabek, L. Mishra, K. W. Cheng, A. Rozel and P. J. Tackley (2023). Investigating the feasibility of an impact-induced Martian Dichotomy. Icarus 392, 115395, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115395 [link] [arXiv]

(41) Gillmann, C., M. J. Way, G. Avice, D. Breuer, G. J. Golabek, D. Hoening, J. Krissansen-Totton, H. Lammer, J. G. O'Rourke, M. Persson, A.-C. Plesa, A. Salvador, M. Scherf and M. Y. Zolotov (2022). The long-term evolution of the atmosphere of Venus: Processes and feedback mechanisms. Space Sci. Rev. 218, 56, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00924-0 [link] [arXiv]

(40) Guelcher, A. J. P., G. J. Golabek, M. Thielmann, M. D. Ballmer and P. J. Tackley (2022). Narrow, fast, and "cool" mantle plumes caused by strain-weakening rheology in Earth's lower mantle. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 23, e2021GC010314, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010314 [link] [SOM] [Video Summary]

(39) Eberhard, L., M. Thielmann, P. Eichheimer, A. Neri, A. Suzuki, M. Ohl, W. Fujita, K. Uesugi, M. Nakamura, G. J. Golabek and D. J. Frost (2022). A new method for determining fluid flux at high pressures applied to the dehydration of subduction zone serpentinites. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 23, e2021GC010062, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010062
[link] [SOM_A] [SOM_B] [microCT_Data]

(38) Walte, N. P. and G. J. Golabek (2022). Olivine aggregates reveal a complex collisional history of the Main Group Pallasite Parent Body. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 57, 1098-1115, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13810 [link] (*highlighted* on cover)

(37) Nakajima, M., G. J. Golabek, K. Wuennemann, D. C. Rubie, C. Burger, H. J. Melosh, L. Manske, S. A. Jacobson and S. D. Hull (2021). Scaling laws for the geometry of an impact-induced magma ocean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 568, 116983, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116983 [link] [SOM] [arXiv] [Melt Model]

(36) Golabek, G. J. and M. Jutzi (2021). Modification of icy planetesimals by early thermal evolution and collisions: Constraints for formation time and initial size of comets and small KBOs. Icarus 363, 114437, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114437 [link] [arXiv]

(35) Lichtenberg, T., J. Drążkowska, M. Schoenbaechler, G. J. Golabek and T. O. Hands (2021). Bifurcation of planetary building blocks during Solar System formation. Science 371, 365-370, doi:10.1126/science.abb3091 [link] [SOM] [arXiv] [Summary] [Video Summary]

(34) Schierjott, J. C., M. Thielmann, A. B. Rozel, G. J. Golabek and T. V. Gerya (2020). Can grain size reduction initiate transform faults? - Insights from a 3D numerical study. Tectonics 39, e2019TC005793, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005793 [link] [Data]

(33) Marzotto, E., W.-P. Hsieh, T. Ishii, K.-H. Chao, G. J. Golabek, M. Thielmann and E. Ohtani (2020). Effect of water on lattice thermal conductivity and its implications for the thermal evolution of descending slabs. Geophys. Res. Lett. 47, e2020GL087607, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087607 [link] [SOM]

(32) Walte, N. P., G. F. D. Solferino, G. J. Golabek, D. Silva Souza and A. Bouvier (2020). Two-stage formation of pallasites and the evolution of their parent bodies revealed by deformation experiments. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 546, 116419, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116419 [link]

(31) Eichheimer, P., M. Thielmann, W. Fujita, G. J. Golabek, M. Nakamura, S. Okumura, T. Nakatani and M. O. Kottwitz (2020). Combined numerical and experimental study of microstructure and permeability in porous granular media. Solid Earth 11, 1079-1095, https://doi.org/10.5194.se-11-1079-2020 [link] [SOM] [CT_Data]

(30) Gillmann, C., G. J. Golabek, S. Raymond, P. J. Tackley, M. Schoenbaechler, V. Dehant and V. Debaille (2020). Dry late accretion inferred from Venus's coupled atmosphere and internal evolution. Nat. Geosci. 13, 265-269, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0561-x [link] [SOM] [SOM2] [arXiv]

(29) Thielmann, M., G. J. Golabek and H. Marquardt (2020). Ferropericlase control of lower mantle rheology: Impact of phase morphology. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 21, e2019GC008688, doi:10.1029/2019GC008688 [link]

(28) Eichheimer, P., M. Thielmann, A. Popov, G. J. Golabek, W. Fujita, M. O. Kottwitz and B. J. P. Kaus (2019). Pore-scale permeability prediction for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Solid Earth 10, 1717-1731, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1717-2019 [link] [SOM]

(27) Keppler, H. and G. J. Golabek (2019). Graphite floatation on a magma ocean and the fate of carbon during planetary core formation. Geochem. Persp. Let. 11, 12-17, doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1918 [link]

(26) Lichtenberg, T., G. J. Golabek, R. Burn, M. R. Meyer, Y. Alibert, T. V. Gerya and C. A. Mordasini (2019). A water budget dichotomy of rocky protoplanets from ²⁶Al-heating. Nat. Astron. 3, 307-313, doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0688-5 [link] [arXiv] [Summary]

(25) Lichtenberg, T., T. Keller, R. F. Katz, G. J. Golabek and T. V. Gerya (2019). Magma ascent in planetesimals: Control by grain size. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 507, 154-165, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.034 [link] [arXiv] [Summary]

(24) Solferino, G. F. D. and G. J. Golabek (2018). Olivine grain growth in partially molten Fe-Ni-S: A proxy for the genesis of pallasite meteorites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 504, 38-52, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.09.027 [link]

(23) Monteux, J., G. J. Golabek, D. C. Rubie, G. Tobie and E. D. Young (2018). Water and the interior structure of terrestrial planets and icy bodies. Space Sci. Rev. 214, 39, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0473-x [link] [arXiv]

(22) Hunt, A. C., D. L. Cook, T. Lichtenberg, P. M. Reger, M. Ek, G. J. Golabek and M. Schoenbaechler (2018). Late metal-silicate separation on the IAB parent asteroid: Constraints from combined W and Pt isotopes and thermal modelling. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 482, 490-500, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.034 [link]

(21) Lichtenberg, T., G. J. Golabek, C. P. Dullemond, M. Schoenbaechler, T. V. Gerya and M. R. Meyer (2018). Impact splash chondrule formation during planetesimal recycling. Icarus 302, 27-43, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.11.004 [link] [arXiv] [Summary]

(20) Golabek, G. J., A. Emsenhuber, M. Jutzi, E. I. Asphaug and T. V. Gerya (2018). Coupling SPH and thermochemical models of planets: Methodology and example of a Mars-sized body. Icarus 301, 235-246, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.003 [link] [arXiv]

(19) Rozel, A. B., G. J. Golabek, C. Jain, P. J. Tackley and T. Gerya (2017). Continental crust formation on early Earth controlled by intrusive magmatism. Nature 545, 332-335, doi:10.1038/nature22042 [link]

(18) Lichtenberg, T., G. J. Golabek, T. V. Gerya and M. R. Meyer (2016). The effects of short-lived radionuclides and porosity on the early thermo-mechanical evolution of planetesimals. Icarus 274, 350-365, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.004 [link] [arXiv]

(17) Gillmann, C., G. J. Golabek and P. J. Tackley (2016). Effect of a single large impact on the coupled atmosphere-interior evolution of Venus. Icarus 268, 295-312, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.024 [link]

(16) Rozel, A., G. J. Golabek, R. Naef and P. J. Tackley (2015). Formation of ridges in a stable lithosphere in mantle convection models with a visco-plastic rheology. Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 4770-4777, doi:10.1002/2015GL063483 [link] [SOM]

(15) Solferino, G. F. D., G. J. Golabek, F. Nimmo and M. W. Schmidt (2015). Fast grain growth of olivine in liquid Fe-S and the formation of pallasites with rounded olivine grains. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 162, 259-275, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.20 [link]

(14) Consolmagno G. J., G. J. Golabek, D. Turrini, M. Jutzi, S. Sirono, V. Svetsov and K. Tsiganis (2015). Is Vesta an intact and pristine protoplanet? Icarus 254, 190-201, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.029 [link]

(13) Golabek, G. J., B. Bourdon and T. V. Gerya (2014). Numerical models of the thermomechanical evolution of planetesimals: Application to the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 49, 1083-1099, doi:10.1111/maps.12302 [link]

(12) Rozel, A., J. Besserer, G. J. Golabek, M. Kaplan and P. J. Tackley (2014). Self-consistent generation of single-plume state for Enceladus using non-Newtonian rheology. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 119, 416-439, doi:10.1002/2013JE004473 [link]

(11) Morishima, R., G. J. Golabek and H. Samuel (2013). N-body simulations of oligarchic growth of Mars: Implications for Hf-W chronology. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 366, 6-16, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.036 [link] [arXiv]

(10) Tkalcec, B. J., G. J. Golabek and F. E. Brenker (2013). Solid-state plastic deformation in the dynamic interior of a differentiated asteroid. Nat. Geosci. 6, 93-97, doi:10.1038/ngeo1710 [link] [SOM]

(9) Crameri, F., H. Schmeling, G. J. Golabek, T. Duretz, R. Orendt, S. J. H. Buiter, D. A. May, B. J. P. Kaus, T. V. Gerya and P. J. Tackley (2012). A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling: an evaluation of the 'sticky air' method. Geophys. J. Int. 189, 38-54, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05388.x [link]

(8) Golabek, G. J., T. Keller, T. V. Gerya, G. Zhu, P. J. Tackley and J. A. D. Connolly (2011). Origin of the martian dichotomy and Tharsis from a giant impact causing massive magmatism. Icarus 215, 346-357, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.012 [link]

(7) Lin, J.-R., T. V. Gerya, P. J. Tackley, D. A. Yuen and G. J. Golabek (2011). Protocore destabilization in planetary embryos formed by cold accretion: Feedbacks from non-Newtonian rheology and energy dissipation. Icarus 213, 24-42, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.021 [link] (*highlighted* in Nat. Geosci.)

(6) Golabek, G. J., T. V. Gerya, B. J. P. Kaus, R. Ziethe and P. J. Tackley (2009). Rheological controls on the terrestrial core formation mechanism. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 10, Q11007, doi:10.1029/2009GC002552 [link]

(5) Bagdassarov, N., G. J. Golabek, G. Solferino and M. W. Schmidt (2009). Constraints on the Fe-S melt connectivity in mantle silicates from electrical impedance measurements. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 177, 139-146, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.08.003 [link]

(4) Bagdassarov, N., G. Solferino, G. J. Golabek and M. W. Schmidt (2009). Centrifuge assisted percolation of Fe-S melts in partially molten peridotite: Time constraints for planetary core formation. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 288, 84-95, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.010 [link]

(3) Lin, J.-R., T. V. Gerya, P. J. Tackley, D. A. Yuen and G. J. Golabek (2009). Numerical modeling of protocore destabilization during planetary accretion: methodology and results. Icarus 204, 732-748, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.035 [link]

(2) Schmeling, H., A. Y. Babeyko, A. Enns, C. Faccenna, F. Funiciello, T. V. Gerya, G. J. Golabek, S. Grigull, B. J. P. Kaus, G. Morra, S. M. Schmalholz and J. van Hunen (2008). A benchmark comparison of spontaneous subduction models - Towards a free surface. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 171, 198-223, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.028 [link]

(1) Golabek, G. J., H. Schmeling and P. J. Tackley (2008). Earth's core formation aided by flow channelling induced by iron diapirs. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 271, 24-33, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.033 [link] (*highlighted* in Science)


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