Nitrogen fixation by corona discharge on the early precambrian earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-409

  Nna Mvondo, Delphine ^a,c   Navarro González, Rafael ^a   Raulin, François ^b   Coll, Patrice ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Energy yield; Experimental simulation; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrous oxide; Primitive Earth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

NITROGEN FIXATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PRECAMBRIAN; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHTNING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 26944478867     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-1972-9     Document Type: Article

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