Primordial Origins of Earth’s Carbon (Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2013)



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Full Citation:
Marty, B., Alexander, C. M. O., & Raymond, S. N. (2013). Primordial Origins of Earth’s Carbon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 75(1), 149–181. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2013.75.6

Abstract:
It is commonly assumed that the building blocks of the terrestrial planets were derived from a cosmochemical reservoir that is best represented by chondrites, the so-called chondritic Earth model. This view is possibly a good approximation for refractory elements (although it has been recently questioned; e.g., Caro et al. 2008), but for volatile elements, other cosmochemical reservoirs might have contributed to Earth, such as the solar nebula gas and/or cometary matter (Owen et al. 1992; Dauphas 2003; Pepin 2006). Hence, in order to get insights into the origin of the carbon in Earth, it is...

URL:
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/rimg/article-abstract/75/1/149/140936/Primordial-Origins-of-Earth-s-Carbon?redirectedFrom=fulltext

VPL Research Tasks:
Task C: The Habitable Planet