The Impact Environment of the Hadean Earth
Chemie der Erde 73 (2013) 227–248 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Chemie der Erde jou rnal homepage: www.elsevier.de/chemer Invited review The impact environment of the Hadean Earth a b c,d,e,∗ Oleg Abramov , David A. Kring , Stephen J. Mojzsis a United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA b USRA – Lunar and Planetary Institute, Center for Lunar Science & Exploration, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058-1113, USA c University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences, NASA Lunar Science Institute, Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE), 2200 Colorado Avenue, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, USA d Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5276, 2 rue Raphael Dubois, Villeurbanne 69622, France e Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, 45 Budaörsi ut, H-1112 Budapest, Hungary a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Impact bombardment in the first billion years of solar system history determined in large part the initial Received 1 July 2013 physical and chemical states of the inner planets and their potential to host biospheres. The range of Accepted 13 August 2013 physical states and thermal consequences of the impact epoch, however, are not well quantified. Here, we assess these effects on the young Earth’s crust as well as the likelihood that a record of such effects could be Keywords: preserved in the oldest terrestrial minerals and rocks.
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