Earth's water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites

L Piani, Y Marrocchi, T Rigaudier, LG Vacher… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The origin of Earth's water remains unknown. Enstatite chondrite (EC) meteorites have
similar isotopic composition to terrestrial rocks and thus may be representative of the …

Loss and fractionation of noble gas isotopes and moderately volatile elements from planetary embryos and early Venus, Earth and Mars

H Lammer, M Scherf, H Kurokawa, Y Ueno… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Here we discuss the current state of knowledge on how atmospheric escape processes can
fractionate noble gas isotopes and moderately volatile rock-forming elements that populate …

Comprehensive geoneutrino analysis with Borexino

M Agostini, K Altenmüller, S Appel, V Atroshchenko… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
This paper presents a comprehensive geoneutrino measurement using the Borexino
detector, located at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. The analysis is the …

Volatile element chemistry during accretion of the Earth

B Fegley Jr, K Lodders, NS Jacobson - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
We review some issues relevant to volatile element chemistry during accretion of the Earth
with an emphasis on historical development of ideas during the past century and on issues …

Constraining the early evolution of Venus and Earth through atmospheric Ar, Ne isotope and bulk K/U ratios

H Lammer, M Leitzinger, M Scherf, P Odert, C Burger… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
The atmospheric noble gas isotope and elemental bulk ratios on Venus and Earth provide
important information on their origin and evolution. If the protoplanets grew to a certain mass …

The influence of bulk composition on the long-term interior-atmosphere evolution of terrestrial exoplanets

RJ Spaargaren, MD Ballmer, DJ Bower, C Dorn… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. The secondary atmospheres of terrestrial planets form and evolve as a consequence
of interaction with the interior over geological time. We aim to quantify the influence of …

Oxygen fugacity and melt composition controls on nitrogen solubility in silicate melts

J Boulliung, E Füri, C Dalou, L Tissandier… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of N solubility in silicate melts is key for understanding the origin of
terrestrial N and the distribution and exchanges of N between the atmosphere, the silicate …

The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models

J Yan, MD Ballmer, PJ Tackley - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
A better understanding of the Earth's compositional structure is needed to place the
geochemical record of surface rocks into the context of Earth accretion and evolution …

Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucrites

F Moynier, J Chen, K Zhang, H Cai, Z Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Variations in the abundances of moderately volatile elements (MVE) are one of the most
fundamental geochemical differences between the terrestrial planets. Whether these …

Six 'must-have'minerals for life's emergence: Olivine, pyrrhotite, bridgmanite, serpentine, fougerite and mackinawite

MJ Russell, A Ponce - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Life cannot emerge on a planet or moon without the appropriate electrochemical
disequilibria and the minerals that mediate energy-dissipative processes. Here, it is argued …