Ammonium as a biomarker in Precambrian metasediments

Precambrian Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 159-173

  Boyd, Stuart R ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Continental crust; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen isotopes; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; BIOMARKER; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0035340203     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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