A shell model for the simulation of rhombohedral carbonate minerals and their point defects

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 217-224

  Fisler, Diana K ^a,c   Gale, Julian D ^b   Cygan, Randall T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Johns Manville Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATION; IONS; POINT DEFECTS;

ANTI-SITE DEFECT; DIVALENT CATION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC POLARIZATION; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR IONS; POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; STACKING DEFECTS;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034026839     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0121     Document Type: Article

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