Nitrogen Isotopes and Mantle Geodynamics: The Emergence of Life and the Atmosphere-Crust-Mantle Connection
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Research Article| October 01, 2013 Nitrogen Isotopes and Mantle Geodynamics: The Emergence of Life and the Atmosphere–Crust–Mantle Connection Pierre Cartigny; Pierre Cartigny 1Équipe de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, F-75005 Paris, FranceE-mail: cartigny@ipgp.fr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bernard Marty Bernard Marty 2Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Université de Lorraine15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54501, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, FranceE-mail: bmarty@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Pierre Cartigny 1Équipe de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, F-75005 Paris, FranceE-mail: cartigny@ipgp.fr Bernard Marty 2Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Université de Lorraine15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54501, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, FranceE-mail: bmarty@crpg.cnrs-nancy.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): 359–366. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.5.359 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Pierre Cartigny, Bernard Marty; Nitrogen Isotopes and Mantle Geodynamics: The Emergence of Life and the Atmosphere–Crust–Mantle Connection. Elements 2013;; 9 (5): 359–366. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.5.359 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 shows unique features among the volatile elements. To be cycled, atmospheric di-nitrogen (N2) needs to be reduced, which is efficiently done by bacterial processes. Crustal uptake of nitrogen and its eventual recycling into the mantle is thus primarily mediated by the biosphere. There is also a marked isotopic contrast between the mantle (15N depleted) and the Earth's surface (15N enriched). Although the cause of such disequilibrium is not fully understood, it provides insights into mantle–surface interactions over geological time, including recycling of surface sediments into the deep mantle. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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Sedimentary organics have δ15N = 7 ± 1‰.
“Sedimentary organics have δ15N = 7 ± 1‰ compared to 0‰ in N2 in modern and ancient air and − 5 ± 2‰ in the mantle (151, 152).”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [151]
The mantle has δ15N = −5 ± 2‰.
“Sedimentary organics have δ15N = 7 ± 1‰ compared to 0‰ in N2 in modern and ancient air and − 5 ± 2‰ in the mantle (151, 152).”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [151]
N2 in modern and ancient air has δ15N = 0‰.
“Sedimentary organics have δ15N = 7 ± 1‰ compared to 0‰ in N2 in modern and ancient air and − 5 ± 2‰ in the mantle (151, 152).”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [151]
The very small atmospheric 14N/15N fractionation compared to the deep mantle suggests only minor escape of nitrogen.
“the very small atmospheric 14 N/ 15 N fractionation compared to the deep mantle (Cartigny and Marty 2013; F¨ uri and Marty 2015) on the other hand suggests only minor escape of nitrogen (Lammer et al. 2018).”
From The young Sun's XUV-activity as a constraint for lower CO2-limits in the Earth's Archean atmosphere (2021) · cites this paper as Cartigny and Marty 2013
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- Authors
- Cartigny, P., & Marty, B.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (FR)
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- Cartigny, P.
- Marty, B.
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- Elements
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- Mineralogical Society of America
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- 2013-10-01
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- 5
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- 359-366
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- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Keywords
- nitrogen isotopes, mantle dynamics, origin of life, nitrogen cycling, early Earth atmosphere, mantle convection, nitrogen isotope fractionation
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