The nitrogen budget of Earth

B Johnson, C Goldblatt - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
We comprehensively compile and review N content in geologic materials to calculate a new
N budget for Earth. Using analyses of rocks and minerals in conjunction with N–Ar …

The origins and concentrations of water, carbon, nitrogen and noble gases on Earth

B Marty - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The isotopic compositions of terrestrial hydrogen and nitrogen are clearly different from
those of the nebular gas from which the solar system formed, and also differ from most of …

Carbon Fluxes and Primary Magma CO2 Contents Along the Global Mid‐Ocean Ridge System

M Le Voyer, EH Hauri, E Cottrell… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The concentration of carbon in primary mid‐ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), and the
associated fluxes of CO2 outgassed at ocean ridges, is examined through new data …

Chemical characteristics of newly discovered black smoker fluids and associated hydrothermal plumes at the Rodriguez Triple Junction, Central Indian Ridge

T Gamo, H Chiba, T Yamanaka, T Okudaira… - Earth and Planetary …, 2001 - Elsevier
The chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids in the Indian Ocean have been revealed
for the first time. A hydrothermal field (called the Kairei field), including active black smoker …

Towards a consistent mantle carbon flux estimate: Insights from volatile systematics (H2O/Ce, δD, CO2/Nb) in the North Atlantic mantle (14 N and 34 N)

P Cartigny, F Pineau, C Aubaud, M Javoy - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
In order to better characterise mantle CO2/Nb-variability, we obtained and compiled major
and trace elements, content and isotope composition of both CO2 and water on two series of …

Volatile (C, N, Ar) variability in MORB and the respective roles of mantle source heterogeneity and degassing: the case of the Southwest Indian Ridge

P Cartigny, N Jendrzejewski, F Pineau, E Petit… - Earth and Planetary …, 2001 - Elsevier
In order to better constrain the origin of volatile variability of mid ocean ridge basalt (MORB),
we have performed crushing analyses on 33 fresh basaltic glasses. Most samples originate …

Evidence for deep mantle convection and primordial heterogeneity from nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in diamond

M Palot, P Cartigny, JW Harris, FV Kaminsky… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Diamond, as the deepest sample available for study, provides a unique opportunity to
sample and examine parts of the Earth's mantle not directly accessible. In order to provide …

Carbon stable isotope constraints on CO2 degassing models of ridge, hotspot and arc magmas

C Aubaud - Chemical Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide emissions from volcanoes are important parameters to constrain in order to
fully understand the Earth system, especially the effect of volcanic forcing on climate. The …

Nitrogen concentration and δ15N of altered oceanic crust obtained on ODP Legs 129 and 185: Insights into alteration-related nitrogen enrichment and the nitrogen …

L Li, GE Bebout, BD Idleman - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2007 - Elsevier
Knowledge of the subduction input flux of nitrogen (N) in altered oceanic crust (AOC) is
critical in any attempt to mass-balance N across arc-trench systems on a global or individual …

Lithium isotope variations in ocean island basalts—implications for the development of mantle heterogeneity

MS Krienitz, CD Garbe-Schönberg… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Lithium elemental and isotopic compositions of 33 glass and whole-rock samples from nine
oceanic island regions were determined to characterize the Li inventory of the deep mantle …