Mineralogy at the extremes

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7176, 2008, Pages 269-270

  Duffy, Thomas S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; MINERALOGY; SILICATE;

ASTRONOMY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 38349096709     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06584     Document Type: Short Survey

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