The origin of inner Solar System water
Of the potential volatile sources for the terrestrial planets, the CI and CM carbonaceous chondrites are closest to the planets' bulk H and N isotopic compositions. For the Earth, the addition of approximately 2–4 wt% of CI/CM material to a volatile-depleted proto-Earth can explain the abundanc...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
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| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394251/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28416723 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0384 |