Convergent evidence for widespread rock nitrogen sources in Earth's surface environment

BZ Houlton, SL Morford, RA Dahlgren - Science, 2018 - science.org
Nitrogen availability is a pivotal control on terrestrial carbon sequestration and global
climate change. Historical and contemporary views assume that nitrogen enters Earth's land …

Exploring for a record of ancient Martian life

JD Farmer, DJ Des Marais - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The immediate task facing exopaleontology is to define a strategy to explore Mars for a fossil
record during the decade‐long exploration program that lies ahead. Consideration of the …

Interpretation of nitrogen isotope profiles in petroleum systems: a review

TM Quan, OO Adeboye - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bulk sedimentary nitrogen isotope profiles are often used as proxies for depositional redox
conditions, nitrogen cycling, and nutrient uptake in modern and ancient marine systems. The …

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 …

Ammonium in granites and its petrogenetic significance

A Hall - Earth-Science Reviews, 1999 - Elsevier
Ammonium is present as a trace constituent in all granites, with an average concentration of
45 ppm (NH4+), equivalent to 35 ppm of elemental N. It shows wide variations related to …

The light stable isotope (hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur) composition of orogenic gold deposits

B Quesnel, C Scheffer, G Beaudoin - Isotopes in economic geology …, 2023 - Springer
Orogenic gold deposits formed in various terranes of most ages since the Paleoarchean and
generally consist of quartz veins hosted in shear zones formed at the ductile brittle transition …

Nitrogen isotope geochemistry of organic matter and minerals during diagenesis and hydrocarbon migration

LB Williams, RE Ferrell Jr, I Hutcheon, AJ Bakel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 1995 - Elsevier
The magnitude of isotopic variations between organic and inorganic nitrogen was examined
in samples from three stacked hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Fordoche Field (Louisiana Gulf …

Regional patterns in the geochemistry of oil-field water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

PB McMahon, JT Kulongoski, A Vengosh… - Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical and isotopic data for water co-extracted with hydrocarbons in oil and gas fields are
commonly used to examine the source of the formation water and possible impacts on …

Stable isotope (O, H, S, C, and N) systematics of quartz vein systems in the turbidite-hosted Central and North Deborah gold deposits of the Bendigo gold field, central …

Y Jia, X Li, R Kerrich - Economic Geology, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Central and North Deborah gold deposits are located in one of 15 mining
centers of the Bendigo gold field, central Victoria, Australia, a major world-class gold …

The significance of fixed ammonium in Palaeozoic sediments for the generation of nitrogen-rich natural gases in the North German Basin

B Mingram, P Hoth, V Lüders, D Harlov - International Journal of Earth …, 2005 - Springer
In contrast to predominantly hydrocarbon-rich natural gases in the western part of the
Central European Basin (CEB), accumulations of natural gases from the eastern part of the …