Interpretation of the nitrogen isotopic composition of Precambrian sedimentary rocks: Assumptions and perspectives

Chemical Geology

Volumn 429, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-110

  Ader, M ^a   Thomazo, C ^b   Sansjofre, P ^c   Busigny, V ^a   Papineau, D ^d   Laffont, R ^b   Cartigny, P ^a   Halverson, G P ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitrogen biogeochemical cycle; Nitrogen isotopes; Ocean oxygenation; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFFECT ANALYSIS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CENOZOIC; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EARLY EARTH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 84961223598     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.02.010     Document Type: Review

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