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- Dalou, Celia, et al.
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Redox control on nitrogen isotope fractionation during planetary core formation
- 2019
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In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. - 0027-8424 .- 1091-6490. ; 116:29, s. 14485-14494
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The present-day nitrogen isotopic compositions of Earth's surficial (N-15-enriched) and deep reservoirs (N-15-depleted) differ significantly. This distribution can neither be explained by modern mantle degassing nor recycling via subduction zones. As the effect of planetary differentiation on the behavior of N isotopes is poorly understood, we experimentally determined N-isotopic fractionations during metal-silicate partitioning (analogous to planetary core formation) over a large range of oxygen fugacities (Delta IW -3.1 < logfO(2)
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