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Deformation mechanisms of antigorite serpentinite at subduction zone conditions determined from experimentally and naturally deformed rocks by Auzende, Anne-Line, Escartin, Javier, Walte, Nicolas P., Guillot, Stéphane, Hirth, Greg, Frost, Daniel J.

“…We performed deformation-DIA experiments on antigorite serpentinite at pressures of 1–3.5 GPa and temperatures of between 400 and 650 °C, bracketing the…”
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Weakening of calcium iridate during its transformation from perovskite to post-perovskite by Dobson, David P, Hunt, Simon A, Weidner, Donald J, Li, Li, Wang, Liping, Walte, Nicolas P, Brodholt, John P

“…The lowermost part of the Earth's mantle-the ∼200-km-thick D′′ layer-shows anomalous seismic properties, and is rheologically distinct from the rest of the…”
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Olivine aggregates reveal a complex collisional history of the main group pallasite parent body by Walte, Nicolas P., Golabek, Gregor J.

“…Olivine aggregates, bodies found in pallasites that consist of olivines with coherent grain boundaries and minor amounts of Fe‐Ni and troilite, likely…”
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New cooling system for a three-axis multi-anvil press with 6-6 geometry by Howard, Christopher M., Walte, Nicolas P.

“…A new custom-designed cooling system is described that was developed for the SAPHiR three-axis multi-anvil press with MA6-6 anvil geometry at the FRM II…”
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Phase-field simulations of partial melts in geological materials by Wendler, Frank, Becker, Jens K., Nestler, Britta, Bons, Paul D., Walte, Nicolas P.

“…A diffuse interface description based on a multi-phase-field model for geological grain microstructures is introduced, especially useful in the treatment of…”
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Experimentally deformed lawsonite at high pressure and high temperature: Implication for low velocity layers in subduction zones by Iizuka-Oku, Riko, Soustelle, Vincent, Miyajima, Nobuyoshi, Walte, Nicolas P., Frost, Daniel J., Yagi, Takehiko

“…Lawsonite is considered to be one of the most likely hydrous minerals to explain the persistence of seismic low-velocity layers (LVLs) atop subducted slabs to…”
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Mantle fragmentation and incomplete core merging of colliding planetesimals as evidenced by pallasites by Walte, Nicolas P., Howard, Christopher M., Golabek, Gregor J.

“…Main group pallasites were likely formed by the collision of their parent body with a smaller impactor that caused a mixing of mantle and core material from…”
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Two-stage formation of pallasites and the evolution of their parent bodies revealed by deformation experiments by Walte, Nicolas P., Solferino, Giulio F.D., Golabek, Gregor J., Silva Souza, Danielle, Bouvier, Audrey

“…Pallasites, stony-iron meteorites predominantly composed of olivine crystals and Fe-Ni metal, are samples of the interior of early solar system bodies and can…”
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The effect of dynamic recrystallisation on the rheology and microstructures of partially molten rocks by Llorens, Maria-Gema, Gomez-Rivas, Enrique, Ganzhorn, Anne-Céline, Griera, Albert, Steinbach, Florian, Roessiger, Jens, Labrousse, Loic, Walte, Nicolas P., Weikusat, Ilka, Bons, Paul D.

“…The present study is based on a series of two-dimensional simple shear numerical simulations of two-phase non-linear viscous materials used to investigate the…”
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Deformation of melt-bearing systems—insight from in situ grain-scale analogue experiments by Walte, Nicolas P., Bons, Paul D., Passchier, Cees W.

“…The deformation behaviour of partially molten rocks was investigated using in situ analogue experiments with norcamphor+ethanol, as well as partially molten…”
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