Numerous chondritic impactors and oxidized magma ocean set Earth's volatile depletion.

ABSTRACT: Earth's surface environment is largely influenced by its budget of major volatile elements: carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and hydrogen (H). Although the volatiles on Earth are thought to have been delivered by chondritic materials, the elemental composition of the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) shows depletion in the order of N, C, and H. Previous studies have concluded that non-chondritic materials are needed for this depletion pattern. Here, we model the evolution of the volatile abundances in the atmosphere, oceans, crust, mantle, and core through the accretion history by considering elemental partitioning and impact erosion. We show that the BSE depletion pattern can be reproduced from continuous accretion of chondritic bodies by the partitioning of C into the core and H storage in the magma oc

SUBMITTER: Sakuraba H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature