Nitrogen isotope evidence for Earth’s heterogeneous accretion of volatiles

oleh: Lanlan Shi, Wenhua Lu, Takanori Kagoshima, Yuji Sano, Zenghao Gao, Zhixue Du, Yun Liu, Yingwei Fei, Yuan Li

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01

Deskripsi

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.