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(e) How much total carbon would be supplied by meteoritic matter in (i) ten years, (ii) a hundred years, and (iii) a hundred thousand years?

(e) How much total carbon would be supplied by meteoritic matter in (i) ten years, (ii) a hundred years, and (iii) a hundred thousand years?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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(e) How much total carbon would be supplied by meteoritic matter in (i) ten years, (ii) a hundred years, and (iii) a hundred thousand years?
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Table 1.7 Accretion rates on Earth today. Sources Mass range /kg Mass accretion rate Carbon % Carbon (estimated) /106 kg yr-l accretion rate /106kg yrl meteoritic matter meteors (from comets) 10-17 to 10-! 16.0 10.0 meteorites 10-2 to 10$ 0.058 1.3 crater-forming bodies 105 to 1015 62.0 4.2 unmelted material contributing organic matter meteors (from comets) 10-15 to 10-9 3.2 10.0 meteorites, non-carbonaceous 10-2 to 105 2.9 x 10-3 0.1 meteorites, carbonaceous 10-2 to 105 1.9 × 10–4 2.5
Transcribed Image Text:Table 1.7 Accretion rates on Earth today. Sources Mass range /kg Mass accretion rate Carbon % Carbon (estimated) /106 kg yr-l accretion rate /106kg yrl meteoritic matter meteors (from comets) 10-17 to 10-! 16.0 10.0 meteorites 10-2 to 10$ 0.058 1.3 crater-forming bodies 105 to 1015 62.0 4.2 unmelted material contributing organic matter meteors (from comets) 10-15 to 10-9 3.2 10.0 meteorites, non-carbonaceous 10-2 to 105 2.9 x 10-3 0.1 meteorites, carbonaceous 10-2 to 105 1.9 × 10–4 2.5
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