The gases trapped in Earth's interior at its formation probably had the same abundances as the solar nebula. What happened to the light elements hydrogen and helium?
A) They are still present in our atmosphere in approximately solar abundances.
B) They dissolved in the oceans.
C) They escaped into space.
D) They formed chemical compounds with minerals in rocks on the surface.
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