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Lithium destruction induced by planetary accretion in solar-type stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2010
Abstract
Accretion of planetary (metal-rich) material onto a star in its early phases can produce episodes of thermohaline convection below the outer convective zone. These extra-mixing phases lead to rapid lithium destruction. The observed dispersion of lithium abundances in solar-type stars can be related to such events.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S268: Light Elements in the Universe , November 2009 , pp. 427 - 428
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