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A simple wire-coil resistive heater for high temperature radial x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell
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Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation
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Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire
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Equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between olivine, pyroxene, spinel and MORB glass: Implications for mantle partial melting to generate MORBs
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Kingsport Limestone as a CO2 Caprock: Performance under Prolonged Laboratory scCO₂–Brine Exposure
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Calcium Solubility of Bridgmanite in Subducted Basalt in Earth’s Lower Mantle
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Interplay of Surface Energy and Rheology in Biopolymer Soil Enhancement
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Mitigating lead bioaccessibility in metal (loid) s contaminated alkaline soils using soil amendments: Evaluating efficacy using in vitro bioaccessibility, sequential extraction, and synchrotron techniques
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