A possible nitrogen crisis for Archaean life due to reduced nitrogen fixation by lightning

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6842, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Navarro González, Rafael ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Mvondo, Delphine Nna ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARCHAEAN LIFE;

LIGHTNING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ARCHEAN; EARLY EARTH; LIGHTNING; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN FIXATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; LIFE; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; TIME;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0035811503     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35083537     Document Type: Article

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