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The formation of Venus (and Earth) as told by isotopes
Jennika Greer, Planetary Seminar Fall 2015
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Similarities: size, mass, distance from Sun- early history Differences: satellites, magnetic fields, tectonics, rotation, atmosphere
Image: ESA
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Noble Gases
• Inert • Depleted in
planets; enriched in radiogenic component
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Composition of Interior
• Venus has 25% less 40Ar than Earth – 25% less 40K (?) – Less degassed
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Source of Volatiles
• 20Ne (primordial) • 21Ne (produced by 24Mg; cosmic rays) • 22Ne (produced by 25Mg) • Same δ21Ne and δ22Ne: same source of noble gas • Different δ21Ne and δ22Ne: different source of noble gas
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Source of Volatiles
• Venus enriched in Ar and Ne relative to Earth (5:1) – Implanted by
solar wind – Impacted by
large comet – Accreted, but
held on to
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Source of Volatiles
• Venus 20Ne/36Ar = 0.5 ± 0.3 • Earth 20Ne/36Ar = 0.57 • Solar Wind 20Ne/36Ar = 50 • Has solar wind flux changed? May not be
source of Ar enrichment
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Source of Volatiles
• Kr/Xe and Ar/Kr • Low Kr on Venus: solar wind, Jupiter’s
atmosphere • High Kr on Venus: meteorites, Earth, Mars
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Source of Volatiles
• High D/H ratio in atmosphere – 120x Earth • If Venus’ water is in a steady state, source
water must be 10x that on Earth – Massive escape
early in history – Continuous
outgassing
Modified from Hartogh, 2011
Venus
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Fractionation Processes
• Xe isotopic signature not inherited from solar nebula
• Xe loss => loss of all lighter gases • Earth’s Xe loss: Escape during accretion and
after giant impact
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Fractionation Processes
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Fractionation Processes Atmosphere Blowoff Erosion due to accretion
Exogenous Source Ionized Escape
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Fractionation Processes
• Atmospheric blowoff different Xe on Earth and Venus • Erosion due to accretion (can’t account for
mass fractionation) same Xe on Earth and Venus • Exogenous source of Xe (comets) same Xe on Earth and Venus • Ionized Xe escape different Xe on Earth and Venus
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U-Xe: primordial Xe
• Approximate solar wind composition, depleted in heavy isotopes- not found
• Venus- only place where U-Xe is still present? If 136Xe/130Xe 8% lower than solar wind
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Mixing History
Variations in O isotopic composition
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Mixing History
• Ground-based IR observation – 2645-2651 cm-1: 16O12C17O and 16O12C18O – 4577-4587 cm-1: 16O12C18O and 16O12C16O
• δ17O = 92 ± 158 ‰ • δ18O = -42 ± 85 ‰ (-3 ± 50 ‰) • Source of error
– Day to day variations – Uncertainty in temperature
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Mixing History
Agrees with Earth/Moon/Mars fractionation line within error- terrestrial planets from well-mixed protosolar nebula
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Wish List – in situ measurements
• 22Ne/20Ne and 21Ne/20Ne source of Ne, other volatiles • Xe isotopic measurements (136Xe/130Xe) source of Xe- solar or planetesimal; early
solar wind processes • Kr/Xe and Ar/Kr (bulk) distribution of materials in solar system
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Conclusions
• Isotopic measurements act as tracers for bulk composition of planet during formation
• Source of volatiles: – Solar wind – Comets, meteorites
• Distinguish between processes that affect Venus and Earth
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