Nitrogen fixation on early Mars by volcanic lightning and other sources

A Segura, R Navarro‐González - Geophysical research letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we estimate the amount of reactive nitrogen available for the origin and maintenance
of life on early Mars. Lightning formed in explosive volcanic clouds is proposed as a source …

Mt. Erebus, the largest point source of NO2 in Antarctica

C Oppenheimer, PR Kyle, VI Tsanev… - Atmospheric …, 2005 - Elsevier
We report here the first observations of NO2 emission from Mt. Erebus, a volcano with an
active lava lake located on Ross Island, Antarctica. Erebus generates a persistent plume …

Emission spectra of a simulated Chicxulub impact-vapor plume at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

KF Navarro, J Urrutia-Fucugauchi, M Villagran-Muniz… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
A plume of vaporized sediments and basement rocks was ejected to the top of atmosphere
when a 10–15 km asteroid impacted on Yucatan in the Southern Gulf of Mexico about 66 …

A study of NOX production in air heated by laser discharges: Effect of energy, wavelength, multiple discharges and pressure

M Rahman, V Cooray - Optics & Laser Technology, 2008 - Elsevier
An experimental study on the production of NOX in air heated under the action of a
concentrated laser beam is presented. In this experiment laser induced plasma was …

A pressure measurement method for high‐temperature rock vapor plumes using atomic line broadening

K Kurosawa, S Sugita - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge of pressure conditions is essential in understanding phase changes and
chemical reactions. Although several methods have been proposed for the measurement of …