Which was NOT a heat source associated with differentiation of the Earth's interior into layers?
A) Heat produced by impacts with planetesimals.
B) Heat released as nuclei of radioactive substances split apart.
C) Heat produced from the vaporization of proto- Earth's light gases.
D) Compressional heating generated by the weight of the growing mass of overlying rock.
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