Abstract
Noble gas isotopes offer a uniquely comprehensive, multi-faceted story of Earth's interior, from accretion to the present-day. Signatures of volatile delivery, extensive gas loss during accretion, early-formed heterogeneity, and differential mantle processing on billion-year timescales are all superimposed in the noble gas record. The large array of noble gas isotopes available for study enables systematic investigation of each of these signatures. A story of early separation of terrestrial reservoirs and divergent paths of mantle outgassing and atmospheric influx emerges from these investigations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Treatise on Geochemistry, Third Edition, 8 Volume Set |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | V1:513-V1:564 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780323997638 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780323997621 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
Keywords
- Accretion
- Argon
- Degassing
- Helium
- Influx
- Krypton
- Neon
- Noble gas
- Outgassing
- Regassing
- Volatiles
- Xenon