Fig. 9.
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Mean metallicity of the stellar debris for the five most significant mergers as a function of the total energy (top row) and galactocentric distance (bottom row). The chemical abundance variations within dwarf galaxies before the accretion result in the negative radial metallicity gradients in the main progenitors stellar halos once they are accreted.
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