Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000ssrv...92..341l&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, v. 92, Issue 1/2, p. 341-354 (2000).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
The oxygen isotope systematics in planetary and nebular matter are used to constrain the types of nebular material accreted to form a planet. The basic assumption of this model is that the mean oxygen isotopic composition of a planet is determined by the weighted mean oxygen isotopic composition of nebular matter accreted by the planet. Chondrites are taken as representatives of nebular matter. The chemical composition (which determines core size, mantle oxidation state, density, moment of inertia) of a planet results from the weighted mean compositions of the accreted nebular material, once the mass fractions of the different types of accreting matter are known. Here some results for Earth, Moon, Mars, and Vesta are discussed. The model implies that loss of volatile elements, such as alkalis and halogens, occurs during accretion and early planetary differentiation ( e. g., by catastrophic impacts). The possible depletion mechanisms of moderately volatile elements are discussed.
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