Nitrogen in the silicate earth:Speciation and isotopic behavior during mineral-fluid interactions

Elements

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Busigny, Vincent ^a   Bebout, Gray E ^b  

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

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Continental and oceanic crust; Fractionation factors; Mantle composition; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen speciation

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMMONIUM; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; MANTLE COMPOSITION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN SPECIATION; OCEANIC CRUST;

SILICATES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OCEANIC CRUST; SILICATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84890933940     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.9.5.353     Document Type: Article

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