May 6, 2026

Selenium isotopes and the Late Veneer: where did Earth's volatiles come from?

Our 2019 Nature Geoscience paper showed that selenium isotopes in mantle peridotites record a contribution from outer Solar System bodies — the same objects that may have delivered water and life's building blocks to early Earth.

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The research described here refers to: Varas-Reus et al. (2019), Nature Geoscience 12, 779–782.