When and How Did Volatile Elements Arrive on Earth? (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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When and How Did Volatile Elements Arrive on Earth? (1 of 1)

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Schematic view of Earth's accretion that led to the origin of Earth's life-essential volatile elements including carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 23rd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by D.S. Grewal at Rice University in Houston, TX, and colleagues was titled, "Delivery of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur to the silicate Earth by a giant impact."

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Figure courtesy Rajdeep Dasgupta. Background image of the Milky Way galaxy was taken by Deepayan Mukhopadhyay.

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