Generation of tectonic over-pressure inside subducting oceanic lithosphere involving phase-loop of olivine–wadsleyite transition
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a School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, 3800 Victoria, Australia b Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea c Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA d Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA e School of Environment Studies, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
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