Oxygen isotopic evidence for accretion of Earth’s water before a high-energy Moon-forming giant impact

Richard C. Greenwood

Planetary and Space Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Jean-Alix Barrat

Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Laboratoire Géosciences Océan (CNRS UMR 6538), Plouzané, France.
Martin F. Miller

Planetary and Space Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Mahesh Anand

Planetary and Space Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Nicolas Dauphas

Origins Laboratory, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Ian A. Franchi

Planetary and Space Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Patrick Sillard

Centre de recherche en économie et statistique, 5 avenue Henry Le Chatelier, 91120 Palaiseau, France.
Natalie A. Starkey

Planetary and Space Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.

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DOI

<jats:p>We show that the bulk of Earth’s water was delivered before the high-energy collision that led to the formation of the Moon.</jats:p>

Science Advances

Science Advances 4 (3), eaao5928-, 2018-03-02

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)