Reading Terrestrial Planet Evolution in Isotopes and Element Measurements
Reading Terrestrial Planet Evolution in Isotopes and Element Measurements

Author: Helmut Lammer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2022-06-17

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9789402420968

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This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to the evolution of terrestrial planets, addressing the topic from the perspectives of planetary sciences, geochemistry, geophysics and biology, and solar and astrophysics. The review papers analyze the chemical, isotopic and elemental evolution of the early Solar System, with specific emphasis on Venus, Earth, and Mars. They discuss how these factors contribute to our understanding of accretion timescales, volatile delivery, the origin of the Moon and the evolution of atmospheres and water inventories of terrestrial planets. Also explored are plate tectonic formation, the origin of nitrogen atmospheres and the prospects for exoplanet habitability.The papers are forward-looking as well, considering the importance of future space missions for understanding terrestrial planet evolution in the Solar System and beyond. Overall, this volume shall be useful for academic and professional audiences across a range of scientific disciplines. Previously published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "Reading Terrestrial Planet Evolution in Isotopes and Element Measurements"

The Early Earth
The Early Earth

Author: James Badro

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1118860578

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The Early Earth: Accretion and Differentiation provides a multidisciplinary overview of the state of the art in understanding the formation and primordial evolution of the Earth. The fundamental structure of the Earth as we know it today was inherited from the initial conditions 4.56 billion years ago as a consequence of planetesimal accretion, large impacts among planetary objects, and planetary-scale differentiation. The evolution of the Earth from a molten ball of metal and magma to the tectonically active, dynamic, habitable planet that we know today is unique among the terrestrial planets, and understanding the earliest processes that led to Earth’s current state is the essence of this volume. Important results have emerged from a wide range of disciplines including cosmochemistry, geochemistry, experimental petrology, experimental and theoretical mineral physics and geodynamics. The topics in this volume include: Condensation of primitive objects in the solar nebula, planetary building blocks Early and late accretion and planetary dynamic modeling Primordial differentiation, core formation, Magma Ocean evolution and crystallization This volume will be a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, and researchers in the fields of geophysics, geochemistry, cosmochemistry, and planetary science.

The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets
The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets

Author: J.M. Trigo-Rodriguez

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-05-29

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1461451914

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“The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets” presents the main processes participating in the atmospheric evolution of terrestrial planets. A group of experts in the different fields provide an update of our current knowledge on this topic. Several papers in this book discuss the key role of nitrogen in the atmospheric evolution of terrestrial planets. The earliest setting and evolution of planetary atmospheres of terrestrial planets is directly associated with accretion, chemical differentiation, outgassing, stochastic impacts, and extremely high energy fluxes from their host stars. This book provides an overview of the present knowledge of the initial atmospheric composition of the terrestrial planets. Additionally it includes some papers about the current exoplanet discoveries and provides additional clues to our understanding of Earth’s transition from a hot accretionary phase into a habitable world. All papers included were reviewed by experts in their respective fields. We are living in an epoch of important exoplanet discoveries, but current properties of these exoplanets do not match our scientific predictions using standard terrestrial planet models. This book deals with the main physio-chemical signatures and processes that could be useful to better understand the formation of rocky planets.

Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets
Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets

Author: Kathryn E. Fishbaugh

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-07

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0387742883

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Given the universal interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed or could eventually develop, it is vital that an examination of planetary habitability go beyond simple assumptions. This book has resulted from a workshop at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) which brought together experts to discuss the multi-faceted problem of how the habitability of a planet co-evolves with the geology of the surface and interior, the atmosphere, and the magnetosphere.

Planets and Their Atmospheres
Planets and Their Atmospheres

Author: John S. Lewis

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0080924263

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This work is addressed to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in astronomy, geology, chemistry, meteorology, and the planetary sciences as well as to researchers with pertinent areas of specialization who desire an introduction to the literature across the broad interdisciplinary range of this important topic. Extensive references to the pre-spacecraft literature will be particularly useful to readers interested in the historical development of the field during this century.

Saturn in the 21st Century
Saturn in the 21st Century

Author: Kevin H. Baines

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 110710677X

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A detailed overview of Saturn's formation, evolution and structure written by eminent planetary scientists involved in the Cassini Orbiter mission.

Geochemical Constraints for Mechanisms of Planetary Differentiation and Volatile Depletion
Geochemical Constraints for Mechanisms of Planetary Differentiation and Volatile Depletion

Author: Jasmeet Kaur Dhaliwal

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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The evolution of the terrestrial planets involved a range of complex processes, including accretion, core formation, post-core formation accretion, mantle differentiation and volatile depletion. The earliest processes of accretion and core formation have largely been overprinted on Earth and Mars, but can be investigated using geochemical measurements of extraterrestrial materials. Highly siderophile elements (HSE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd, Re, Au) preferentially partition into metal phases and are therefore powerful tracers for examining mechanisms of core formation on partially differentiated bodies, and differentiation and post-core formation late accretion on fully differentiated planetesimals. Chapter 2 examines the partially-melted, primitive acapulcoite and lodranite meteorites for insight into metal segregation and metal-sulfide partitioning. This work examines the effects of sulfur on HSE partitioning during the earliest stages of core formation, and allows identification of samples that may have derived near the nascent core of the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body. Chapter 3 consists of detailed measurements of the HSE and Os isotopes in eucrite meteorites, revealing new insight into metal-silicate and differentiation of the Asteroid-4 Vesta. These data are used to identify pristine eucrite samples that may represent the first natural examples of metal-silicate signatures of primary planetary differentiation in the Solar System. The fourth chapter transitions to volatile depletion, and investigates the potential for volatile loss using a model of magma ocean differentiation and constraints from zinc abundance and isotope data in lunar samples. The models constructed demonstrate that the lunar zinc signature, which reflects wholesale volatile depletion from the Moon, can be explained by surface volatile depletion and subsequent homogenization in a magma ocean. The continuum from core formation, to metal-silicate differentiation and late accretion, to volatile loss provides an overview of planet formation through detailed measurements and analysis of these fundamental mechanisms that occurred during terrestrial planet evolution in the Solar System.

Readings from the Treatise on Geochemistry
Readings from the Treatise on Geochemistry

Author: Heinrich D Holland

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2010-05-25

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 0123813921

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Readings from the Treatise on Geochemistry offers an interdisciplinary reference for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students that is more affordable than the full Treatise. For professionals, this volume will provide an overview of the field as a whole. For students, it will provide more in-depth introductory content than is found in broad-based geochemistry textbooks. Articles were selected from chapters across all volumes of the full Treatise, and include: The Origin and Earliest History of the Earth, Compositional Evolution of the Mantle, Evolution of Sedimentary Rocks, Soil Formation, Geochemistry of Groundwater, Geologic History of Seawater, Hydrothermal Processes, and Biogeochemistry of Primary Production in the Sea. Comprehensive, interdisciplinary and authoritative content selected by leading subject experts Robust illustrations, figures and tables Affordably priced sampling of content from the full Treatise on Geochemistry