Volcanic source for fixed nitrogen in the early Earth's atmosphere

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 905-908

  Mather, Tamsin A ^a   Pyle, David M ^a   Allen, Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric evolution; Masaya volcano (Nicaragua); Nitrogen cycle; Volcanic gases

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE; PREBIOTIC EARTH;

AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; NITRIC ACID; VOLCANOES;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

EARLY EARTH; NITROGEN; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 7444225175     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20679.1     Document Type: Article

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