The origin of volatile elements in the Earth–Moon system

Borg, Lars E.; Brennecka, Gregory A.; Kruijer, Thomas S.

doi:10.1073/pnas.2115726119

Title: The origin of volatile elements in the Earth–Moon system

Journal Article · 13 February 2022 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115726119 · OSTI ID:1845032

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^[1]; Kruijer, Thomas S. ^[2]

Nuclear and Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
Nuclear and Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, Department of Solar System, Impacts &, Meteorites, Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin 10115, Germany

Significance Understanding the history of volatile species such as water in the Earth–Moon system is a major objective of planetary science. In this work, we use the moderately volatile element Rb, which has a long-lived isotope ( ⁸⁷ Rb) that decays to ⁸⁷ Sr, to show that lunar volatile element depletion was not caused by the Moon-forming impact. The Rb–Sr systematics of lunar rocks mandate that the bodies involved in the impact that formed the Earth–Moon system were depleted in volatile elements relative to the bulk solar system prior to the impact. As such, Earth’s relatively small proportion of water is either primarily indigenous or was added after the Giant Impact from a source that contained essentially no moderately volatile elements.

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OSTI ID:: 1845032

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 119; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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