Volatiles in the Earth and Moon
Subtitle: Constraints on planetary formation and evolution
Contributors: Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy; Jacobsen, Stein B.; O'Connell, Richard J.; Langmuir, Charles H.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: The volatile inventories of the Earth and Moon reflect unique histories of volatile acquisition and loss in the early Solar System. The terrestrial volatile inventory was established after the giant impact phase of accretion, and the planet subsequently settled into a regime of long-term volatile exchange between the mantle and surface reservoirs in association with plate tectonics. Therefore, volatiles in the Earth and Moon shed light on a diverse array of processes that shaped planetary bodies in the Solar System as they evolved to their present-day states.
Notes: Keywords: lunar, noble gas, strontium, volatile, water, xenon.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014