Atmospheric nitrogen evolution on Earth and Venus
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In the Hadean, pN2 was initially low if nitrogen partitioned into a very reducing magma ocean.
“In the Hadean, pN2 either started high and then diminished (143) or was initially low if nitrogen partitioned into a very reducing magma ocean (39).”
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- Authors
- Wordsworth, R. D.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wordsworth, R.D.
- ORCID
- Wordsworth, R.D.
- Venue
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-08
- Volume
- 447
- Pages
- 103-111
- ISSN
- 0012-821X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2353701116
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Keywords
- atmospheric nitrogen, nitrogen cycling, Venus atmosphere, exoplanet atmospheres, atmospheric evolution
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