California Rocks (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

California Rocks

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Nitrogen-rich marine rocks from Northern California. Globally, rocks of sedimentary origin contain on average about 400 parts-per-million nitrogen. Previous assumptions maintained that all nitrogen came from the atmosphere.

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Scott Morford/UC Davis

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