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Isotopic Signatures of Volatiles in Terrestrial Planets - Working Group Report

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Variations in the isotopic ratios of volatile elements in different reservoirs on the terrestrial planets carry information about processes that operated on the planets since their formation. Comparisons between primordial planetary compositions, to the extent they can be determined, may help us understand the planetary formation process. This working group report summarizes our knowledge of terrestrial planet volatile inventories.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    R.H. Becker & R.O. Pepin

  2. Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    R.N. Clayton

  3. V.I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117975, Moscow, 19, Russia

    E.M. Galimov

  4. Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8042, Graz, Austria

    H. Lammer

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    B. Marty

  6. Isotopengeologie, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    R. Wieler

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Becker, R., Clayton, R., Galimov, E. et al. Isotopic Signatures of Volatiles in Terrestrial Planets - Working Group Report . Space Science Reviews 106, 377–410 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024610325914

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