Subduction and recycling of nitrogen along the Central American margin

Science

Volumn 297, Issue 5584, 2002, Pages 1154-1157

  Fischer, Tobias P ^a   Hitton, David R ^b   Zimmer, Mindy M ^a   Shaw, Alison M ^b   Sharp, Zachary D ^a   Walker, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS;

ARC VOLCANISM;

RECYCLING;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SUBDUCTION; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA;

EID: 0347457068     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1073995     Document Type: Article

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