Nitrogen isotopic evolution of carbonaceous matter during metamorphism: Methodology and preliminary results

Chemical Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 152-169

  Ader, Magali ^a   Cartigny, Pierre ^a   Boudou, Jean Paul ^b   Oh, Jae Ho ^c   Petit, Eddy ^a,d   Javoy, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous matter; Graphite; Kerogen; Metamorphism; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GRAPHITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

EID: 33746855942     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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