The nitrogen record for crust-mantle interaction and mantle convection from Archean to Present

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 397-410

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Dauphas, Nicolas ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Archean; Mantle convection; Nitrogen isotopes; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAMOND; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NITROGEN; RECYCLING;

EID: 0037442057     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01108-1     Document Type: Article

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