Biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen on the early earth

Elements

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-351

  Thomazo, Christophe ^a   Papineau, Dominic ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Early life; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen isotope; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; EARLY LIFE; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEAN BIOSPHERE; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIAGENESIS; EARLY EARTH; METAMORPHISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 84890917203     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.9.5.345     Document Type: Article

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