Pressure-induced changes in the compression mechanism of aluminous perovskite in the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 620-622

  Brodholt, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034609796     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036565     Document Type: Article

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