Sources and sinks for ammonia and nitrite on the early earth and the reaction of nitrite with ammonia

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-46

  Summers, David P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EARLY EARTH; NITRITE;

EID: 0032808693     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006517823004     Document Type: Article

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