Compressibility of single-crystal zircon up to 19&thinsp;GPa: implications for the partitioning coefficient of trace elements

Maitani, Shuhou; Sinmyo, Ryosuke; Higuchi, Hikaru; Ikeda-Fukazawa, Tomoko; Kawaguchi-Imada, Saori

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Compressibility of single-crystal zircon up to 19 GPa: implications for the partitioning coefficient of trace elements

Shuhou Maitani, Ryosuke Sinmyo, Hikaru Higuchi, Tomoko Ikeda-Fukazawa, and Saori Kawaguchi-Imada

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