Weakening of calcium iridate during its transformation from perovskite to post-perovskite

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 794-797

  Hunt, Simon A ^a   Weidner, Donald J ^b   Li, Li ^b   Wang, Liping ^b   Walte, Nicolas P ^c   Brodholt, John P ^a   Dobson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 70350766716     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo663     Document Type: Article

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