The origin and degassing history of the Earth's atmosphere revealed by Archean xenon

The composition of the early Earth’s atmosphere remains unclear. Here, the authors using fluid inclusions trapped within quartz crystals show that at 3.3 Ga the atmosphere had a lower129Xe excess than today, and suggest that comets may have brought xenon to the Earth’s atmosphere during terrestrial...

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Autores principales: Guillaume Avice, Bernard Marty, Ray Burgess
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/436e070699f1466089e7e1365b652089
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Sumario:The composition of the early Earth’s atmosphere remains unclear. Here, the authors using fluid inclusions trapped within quartz crystals show that at 3.3 Ga the atmosphere had a lower129Xe excess than today, and suggest that comets may have brought xenon to the Earth’s atmosphere during terrestrial accretion.