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On the origin(s) and evolution of Earth’s carbon

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Date
01/10/2019
Author
Mikhail, Sami
Füri, Evelyn
Funder
NERC
Grant ID
NE/P012167/1
Keywords
Cosmochemistry
Carbon isotope
Geochemistry
Meteoritics
Planetary Science
GE Environmental Sciences
QE Geology
QD Chemistry
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Abstract
The isotopic “flavor” of Earth’s major volatiles, including carbon, can be compared to the known reservoirs of volatiles in the solar system and so determine the source of Earth’s carbon. This requires knowing Earth’s bulk carbon isotope value, which is not straightforward to determine. During Earth’s differentiation, carbon was partitioned into the core, mantle, crust, and atmosphere. Therefore, although carbon is omnipresent within the Earth system, scientists have yet to determine its distribution and relative abundances. This article addresses what we know of the processes involved in the formation of Earth’s carbon reservoirs, and, by deduction, what we know about the possible origins of Earth’s carbon.
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Mikhail , S & Füri , E 2019 , ' On the origin(s) and evolution of Earth’s carbon ' Elements , vol. 15 , no. 5 , pp. 307-312 . https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.5.307
Publication
Elements
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.5.307
ISSN
1811-5209
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of America. Open Access article. This is licenced under a CC BY-SA Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Any subsequent reuse of this content must be licenced under the same Creative Commons Share Alike licence.
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SM acknowledges support from the National Environmental Research Council (grant no. NE/PO12167/1) and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (grant no. RIG007794). EF acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 715028).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18615

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