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(b) 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.

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

[link] [SOM] [Data]
(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]

(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)

PhD thesis:

Golabek, G. J. (2010). Numerical models of terrestrial core formation and early planetary evolution. 212 pp., http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-006425224, ETH Zurich. [Abstract]

Diploma thesis:

Golabek, G. J. (2007). Entstehung des Erdkerns: Laborexperimente und numerische Modelle zum Perkolationsmechanismus und zum Rayleigh-Taylor Diapirismus. 160 pp., Univ. Frankfurt. (in German) [pdf]

Popular articles:

Dude, S. and G. J. Golabek (2/2023). Deutsch-Schweizerischer Geodynamik Workshop 2023 in Haltern am See, 27.08-30.08.2023. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 30-31. (in German) [pdf]

Golabek, G. J., D. Breuer & K. Wuennemann (2/2022). 3rd Workshop on Giant Collisions and their Effects on the Thermochemical Evolution of Planets in Berlin-Adlershof, 15.09.-16.09.2022. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 34. (in German) [pdf]

Noack, L. & G. J. Golabek (2/2021). Deutsch-Schweizerischer Geodynamik Workshop in Bad Belzig, 29.08-1.09.2021. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 43-44. (in German) [pdf]

Golabek, G. J. & B. J. P. Kaus (1/2021). Harro-Schmeling-Symposium in Frankfurt am Main, 3. September 2020. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 34. (in German) [pdf]

Ruepke, L. & G. J. Golabek (1/2019). Deutsch-Schweizerischer Geodynamik-Workshop auf Schloss Noer bei Kiel, 19.-22. August 2018. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 46-47. (in German) [pdf]

Golabek, G. J. & M. Thielmann (3/2016). Deutsch-Schweizerischer Geodynamik-Workshop auf Schloss Schney in Lichtenfels, 11.-14.09.2016. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 37-38. (in German) [pdf]

Golabek, G. J. & T. Keller (3/2011). Neue Einblicke in die Mars-Geschichte / Nouvel aperc u de l'histoire de Mars. Geosciences Actuel, 18-22. (in German and French) [pdf]