Non-traditional and emerging methods for characterizing diffusion in minerals and mineral aggregates

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2010, Pages 61-105

  Watson, E Bruce ^a   Dohmen, Ralf ^b,c  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 79952584205     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2010.72.3     Document Type: Article

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