Nitrogen recycling in subduction zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2289-2292

  Sano, Yuji ^a,b   Takahata, Naoto ^b   Nishio, Yoshiro ^b,c   Marty, Bernard ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SUBDUCTION ZONES; BACK-ARC BASIN BASALTS; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; ELEMENTAL FRACTIONATION; INFORMATION CONCERNING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; PRISTINE DIAMOND;

PETROLOGY; NITROGEN;

NITROGEN DYNAMICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0032125044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01687     Document Type: Article

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