Laves phase in the first bidisperse CT opal;Phase de Laves dans la première opale CT bidisperse

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 336, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-196

  Gauthier, Jean Pierre ^a   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^b   Aguilar Reyes, Bertha ^b   Barreau, Alain ^b   Lasnier, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bidisperse structure; Laves phases; Precious opal CT; Silica

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPAL; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 1642382855     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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