Earth's carbon, derived from planetesimals in the 1 AU region during accretion of the Solar
System, still retains similarities to carbon found in meteorites (Marty et al. 2013) even after …

The concentration and distribution of water in the Earth has influenced its evolution
throughout its history. Even at the trace levels contained in the planet's deep interior (mantle …

Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into
physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The …

Earth is unique among the terrestrial planets in our solar system in having a fluid envelope
that fosters life. The secrets behind Earth's habitable climate are well-tuned cycles of carbon …

Carbonatites are familiar to students of petrology as rare igneous rocks formed
predominantly of carbonate, whose only modern expression is a single active volcano that …

Europa likely contains an iron‐rich metal core. For it to have formed, temperatures within
Europa reached 1250 K. Going up to that temperature, accreted chondritic minerals—for …

Volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are essential ingredients
to build habitable worlds like Earth, but their origin and evolution on terrestrial planets …

Earth's core is likely the largest reservoir of carbon (C) in the planet, but its C abundance has
been poorly constrained because measurements of carbon's preference for core versus …

The nature and extent of Earth's deep carbon cycle remains uncertain. This chapter
considers high-pressure carbon-bearing minerals, including those of Earth's mantle and …

Geochemical, cosmochemical, geophysical, and mineral physics data suggest that iron (or
iron–nickel alloy) is the main component of the Earth's core,,. The inconsistency between the …