The origin and evolution of Earth's nitrogen

Y Li - National Science Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen is a vital element for life on Earth. Its cycling between the surface (atmosphere+
crust) and the mantle has a profound influence on the atmosphere and climate. However …

Environmental effects on ammonium adsorption onto clay minerals: Experimental constraints and applications

AJ Yu, X Lin, J Zhu, H He, L Li - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Adsorption of ammonium (NH 4+) by clay minerals in soil/sediment and altered
oceanic crust plays an important role in Earth's geological nitrogen cycle by transporting …

Inefficient nitrogen transport to the lower mantle by sediment subduction

W Huang, Y Yang, Y Li, Z Xu, S Yang, S Guo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The fate of sedimentary nitrogen during subduction is essential for understanding the origin
of nitrogen in the deep Earth. Here we study the behavior of nitrogen in slab sediments …

Alteration enrichment of nitrogen in the gabbroic oceanic crust: Implications for global subducting nitrogen budget and subduction-zone nitrogen recycling

K Li, L Li - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Uptake of nitrogen (N) during hydrothermal alteration of oceanic crust makes the altered
oceanic crust (AOC) a significant N reservoir in parallel to seafloor sediments. While N …

[HTML][HTML] Equilibrium partitioning and isotopic fractionation of nitrogen between biotite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar during magmatic differentiation

TJ Boocock, EE Stüeken, GM Bybee, R König… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
A significant portion of the continental crust is composed of plutonic igneous rocks. However,
little is known about the geochemical behaviour of N between the different minerals during …

Nitrogen behavior during fluid-rock interaction in a continental subduction zone: Results from the UHP Dora-Maira Massif whiteschists and Eastern Alps leucophyllites

JF Bustos-Moreno, GE Bebout, YX Chen, HP Schertl - Lithos, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep-Earth cycling of nitrogen (N) along the subduction pathway, remains relatively poorly
understood, particularly that related to deep subduction of continental crust. The ultrahigh …

Nitrogen isotopes as a robust tracer of fluid activities and mineral reactions in regional metamorphism

Y Li, K Li, Y Chen, T Chacko, T Stachel, L Li - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Regional metamorphism is characterized by complicated mineral-mineral reactions and fluid-
mineral interactions, which may promote elemental migration and ore genesis. A robust …

Magmatic N2 degassing dominates nitrogen loss during sediment subduction and granitoid genesis

Y Chen, P Wu, T Angelo, C Spencer, L Li - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Subducting sediments contain much more abundant nitrogen (N) than the other slab
components. The fate of sedimentary N along subduction directly determines the quantity of …

Metabasic rocks as important nitrogen carriers to forearc depths: Implications for deep nitrogen cycling

A Mallik, AM Rebaza, P Kapp, L Li, Y Du… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding deep nitrogen (N) cycling better requires investigating the delivery of N to
subduction systems via various lithologies. Input to subduction zones through mafic rocks is …

Deep Nitrogen fluxes and sources constrained by Arc Lava phenocrysts

MR Hudak, PH Barry, DV Bekaert… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) dominates Earth's atmosphere (78% N2) but occurs in trace abundances in
silicate minerals, making it a sensitive tracer of recycled surface materials into the mantle …