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2.2. (a) Synthetic wadsleyite polycrystal in polarized light. (b, c) Unit cell of wadsleyite. Si-tetrahedra are shown in blue, Mg atoms-in orange, and O atoms-in red
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The research project Multiscale modelling of the rheology of mantle minerals (acronym RheoMan) was awarded by the European Research Council in response to its 2011 Advanced Grant call. Its aim was to provide a new approach of the rheology of the mantle from the mineral physics point of view which would take advantage of the most recent developments...
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