190ccd7d-ccf4-2478-e063-0937940a7dff English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-14 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608240 Analytical results from lightning discharge experiments focusing on interactions between nitrogen oxides and pyrite 2024-05-20 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608240 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. Eva Elisabeth Stueeken University of St Andrews not available originator Annabel Long University of St Andrews not available originator Abu Baidya University of St Andrews not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/190ccd7d-ccf4-2478-e063-0937940a7dff.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Nitrogen oxides Archaean Lightning BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data Citable Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. 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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2022-08-01 2024-03-01 Microsoft Excel witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item184999 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download https://doi.org/10.5285/9d11f724-6abe-4b70-9471-dc298f8ff597 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 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 information nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false The experimental setup was similar to that of Barth et al. (2023, Nature Geoscience). Pyrite was added to the reaction flask, along with 21ml of deoxygenated DI-water. Nitrite, nitrate and nitric oxide gas, as well as sulfate and iron were measured over time by extracting 3ml of liquid every 6 minutes with a syringe through a septum. The analyses were conduced with an ion chromatograph for nitrite, nitrate and sulfate. Iron was measured by spectrophotometry. Nitric oxide gas was measured with an quadrupole mass spectrometer. Analytical details are described in Long et al. (in review). The aqueous data were corrected for the volume change that occurred as fluid was extracted. All experiments were carried out in triplicates. Blank experiments were conducted where the spark generator was turned off.