Nitrogen: Highly Volatile yet Surprisingly Compatible

Research Article| October 01, 2013 Nitrogen: Highly Volatile yet Surprisingly Compatible Gray E. Bebout; Gray E. Bebout 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USAE-mail: geb0@lehigh.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Marilyn L. Fogel; Marilyn L. Fogel 2School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USAE-mail: mfogel@ucmerced.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Pierre Cartigny Pierre Cartigny 3Laboratoire de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Univ. Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris, FranceE-mail: cartigny@ipgp.fr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Gray E. Bebout 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USAE-mail: geb0@lehigh.edu Marilyn L. Fogel 2School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USAE-mail: mfogel@ucmerced.edu Pierre Cartigny 3Laboratoire de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Univ. Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris, FranceE-mail: cartigny@ipgp.fr Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2013 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2013) 9 (5): 333–338. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.5.333 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Gray E. Bebout, Marilyn L. Fogel, Pierre Cartigny; Nitrogen: Highly Volatile yet Surprisingly Compatible. Elements 2013;; 9 (5): 333–338. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.5.333 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Nitrogen exhibits an intriguing combination of highly volatile behavior (particularly as N2), appreciable reactivity, and surprising compatibility in the deep Earth. Nitrogen is incorporated into the biosphere and then, through diagenesis and low-grade metamorphism, is conveyed into the lithosphere and the deeper Earth. The investigation of N behavior in the biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere has led to many important discoveries regarding biogeochemical pathways, including in areas such as trophic interactions and anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial and marine environments (e.g. nutrient pollution, eutrophication). Nitrogen can act as an excellent tracer of the transfer of sedimentary/organic materials into and within deep-Earth reservoirs and shows great potential as a tracer of life on early Earth and elsewhere in the Solar System. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.