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MODERN ideas on the origin of the planets suggest that the Earth began as a cool solid body, and on this basis the development of a liquid core, of gradually increasing size, would be ascribed to subsequent radioactive heating.
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LYTTLETON, R. Formation of Mountains by Radial Contraction of the Earth. Nature 197, 276 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197276a0
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