Nitrogen isotope evidence for Earth’s heterogeneous accretion of volatiles

How and when Earth acquired its major volatiles N-C-H-S remains unclear. Here the authors show that Earth may have acquired its major volatiles from both reduced and oxidized impactors before and during the Moon-forming giant impact.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Principais autores: Lanlan Shi, Wenhua Lu, Takanori Kagoshima, Yuji Sano, Zenghao Gao, Zhixue Du, Yun Liu, Yingwei Fei, Yuan Li
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
coleção:Nature Communications
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32516-5
Descrição
Resumo:How and when Earth acquired its major volatiles N-C-H-S remains unclear. Here the authors show that Earth may have acquired its major volatiles from both reduced and oxidized impactors before and during the Moon-forming giant impact.
ISSN:2041-1723