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Where Did Earth's Water Come From and How Do We Know?

GEO GIRL via YouTube

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This video surveys hypotheses about the origins of Earth’s water, including outgassing and impacts, and explains how isotopes are used to investigate possible sources and their contributions.

Syllabus

Water in the early solar system
Outgassing vs Impacts
Rocks containing water
Oceans in Earth’s interior
Where Earth’s water came from?
Isotopes for tracking Earth’s water origin
Another hypothesis
Water on other planets?
Why we care about water’s history
Complications w/isotope tracking
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