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Analytical results from lightning discharge experiments focusing on interactions between nitrogen oxides and pyrite

Dataset title Analytical results from lightning discharge experiments focusing on interactions between nitrogen oxides and pyrite
Dataset creators Annabel Long, University of St Andrews
Abu Baidya, University of St Andrews
Eva Stueeken, University of St Andrews
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

The dataset includes measurements of dissolved and gaseous nitrogen oxides (nitrite, nitrate, NO(g)) generated by lightning discharge in a glass container partially filled with water, as well as measurements of dissolves sulfate and iron liberated from pyrite that has interacted with the nitrogen oxides. The lightning discharge experiments were carried out with either anoxic gas mixture (5% or 20% CO2 and the rest N2) or modern air. Lightning has long been identified as a source of reactive nitrogen species to Earth's early biosphere. These experiments were therefore conducted in order to test how this reactive nitrogen would interact with minerals at the Earth's surface. The results reveal that lightning-generated nitrogen oxides could have contributed to a small degree to oxidative weathering.

Dataset content dates 01/09/2022 - 01/03/2024
Dataset spatial coverage Not applicable
Dataset supply format MS Excel
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date 23rd May 2024
Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) 10.5285/9d11f724-6abe-4b70-9471-dc298f8ff597
Dataset citation text Long, A., Baidya, A., Stueeken, E. (2024). Analytical results from lightning discharge experiments focusing on interactions between nitrogen oxides and pyrite. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/9d11f724-6abe-4b70-9471-dc298f8ff597
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
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Further information Associated manuscript: Long, A., Baidya, A., Stüeken, E.E. (in review) Lightning-driven pyrite oxidation under Archean atmosphere conditions.