What happens to minerals under the conditions characteristic of the Earth at great depths? Experiments performed under such conditions illustrate how the main constituent of the lower mantle may behave.
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Merkel, S. The mantle deformed. Nature 428, 812–813 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428812a
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