Inorganic nitrogen reduction and stability under simulated hydrothermal conditions

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1126

  Brandes, Jay A ^a   Hazen, Robert M ^b   Yoder Jr , Hatten S ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia, Astrobiology 8, 1113?1126; Hydrothermal; Nitrogen; Prebiotic; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MINERAL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINERALS; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PRESSURE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; WATER;

EID: 66149189584     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0187     Document Type: Article

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