Searching for biosignatures in sedimentary rocks from early Earth and Mars

T Bosak, KR Moore, J Gong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The recognition of past habitable environments on Mars has increased the urgency to
understand biosignature preservation in and characterize analogues of these environments …

Noble gases and stable isotopes track the origin and early evolution of the Venus atmosphere

G Avice, R Parai, S Jacobson, J Labidi… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
The composition the atmosphere of Venus results from the integration of many processes
entering into play over the entire geological history of the planet. Determining the elemental …

Strange messenger: A new history of hydrogen on Earth, as told by Xenon

KJ Zahnle, M Gacesa, DC Catling - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Atmospheric xenon is strongly mass fractionated, the result of a process that apparently
continued through the Archean and perhaps beyond. Previous models that explain Xe …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of atmospheric xenon and other noble gases inferred from Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks

G Avice, B Marty, R Burgess, A Hofmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
We have analyzed ancient atmospheric gases trapped in fluid inclusions contained in
minerals of Archean (3.3 Ga) to Paleozoic (404 Ma) rocks in an attempt to document the …

Hydrocarbon accumulation depth limit and implications for potential resources prediction

X Pang, T Hu, S Larter, Z Jiang, M Li, L Wu, K Liu… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
The horizontal distribution and periodic accumulation of hydrocarbon in reservoirs are well
understood. However, our understanding on the vertical distribution of hydrocarbon …

Perspectives on atmospheric evolution from noble gas and nitrogen isotopes on Earth, Mars & Venus

G Avice, B Marty - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
The composition of an atmosphere has integrated the geological history of the entire
planetary body. However, the long-term evolutions of the atmospheres of the terrestrial …

The origin and fate of volatile elements on Earth revisited in light of noble gas data obtained from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

DV Bekaert, MW Broadley, B Marty - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The origin of terrestrial volatiles remains one of the most puzzling questions in planetary
sciences. The timing and composition of chondritic and cometary deliveries to Earth has …

Interactions of Clay Minerals with Biomolecules and Protocells Complex Structures in the Origin of Life: A Review

Y Yan, H Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of life (OoL) has always been a mysterious and challenging topic that puzzles
human beings. Clay minerals have unique properties and wide distribution in early Earth …

High precision noble gas measurements of hydrothermal quartz reveal variable loss rate of Xe from the Archean atmosphere

MW Broadley, DJ Byrne, L Ardoin, MG Almayrac… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining the composition of the Archean atmosphere and oceans is vital to
understanding the environmental conditions that existed on the surface of the early Earth …

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

B Marty, DV Bekaert, MW Broadley, C Jaupart - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The exchange of volatile species—water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and halogens—between
the mantle and the surface of the Earth has been a key driver of environmental changes …