[meteorite-list] Earth's Atmosphere Came from Outer Space

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Earth's Atmosphere Came from Outer Space, Scientists Find
Science Daily, Dec. 11, 2009, 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210153538.htm

The paper is:

Holland, G., Chris J. Ballentine, and Martin Cassidy, 2009,
Meteorite Kr in Earth's Mantle Suggests a Late Accretionary 
Source for the Atmosphere. Science. vol. 326, no. 5959, 
pp. 1522 - 1525 DOI: 10.1126/science.1179518, 

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/326/5959/1522

Yours,

Paul H.