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High pressure studies of Mantle minerals by ab initio variable cell shape molecular dynamics

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Wentzcovitch, R.M., Price, G.D. High pressure studies of Mantle minerals by ab initio variable cell shape molecular dynamics. Mol Eng 6, 39–61 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161722

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