Noble gases in planetary atmospheres - Implications for the origin and evolution of atmospheres

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Aug 1982

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(International Conference on the Venus Environment, Palo Alto, CA, Nov. 1-6, 1981.) Icarus, vol. 51, Aug. 1982, p. 169-198.

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Atmospheric Composition, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Evolution, Rare Gases, Argon Isotopes, Earth Atmosphere, Krypton Isotopes, Mars Atmosphere, Neon Isotopes, Venus Atmosphere

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The radiogenic and primordial noble gas contents of the Venus, earth, and Mars atmospheres are compared with one another and with the noble gas content of other extraterrestrial samples, particularly meteorites. Key trends in the primordial noble gas content of terrestrial planetary atmospheres are shown to include: (1) a several-orders-of-magnitude decrease in Ne-20 and Ar-36 from Venus to earth to Mars; (2) a nearly constant Ne-20/Ar-36 ratio, which is comparable to that found in the more primitive carbonaceous chondrites and which is two orders of magnitude smaller than the solar ratio; (3) a sizable fractionation of Ar, Kr, and Xe from their solar ratios, though the degree of fractionation (especially for Ar-36/Xe-132) appears to decrease systematically from carbonaceous chondrites to Mars to earth to Venus; and (4) large differences in Ne and Xe isotopic ratios among earth, meteorites, and the sun. It is suggested that the grain-accretion hypothesis can explain all four trends, though the assumptions needed to achieve this agreement are far from proven.

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