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Publications
2012
Number of items: 41.
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| Alfe, D and Pozzo, M and Desjarlais, MP (2012) Lattice electrical resistivity of magnetic bcc iron from first-principles calculations. PHYSICAL REVIEW B , 85 (2) , Article ARTN 024102. 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.024102. |
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| Cazorla, C and Alfe, D and Gillan, MJ (2012) Constraints on the phase diagram of molybdenum from first-principles free-energy calculations. PHYSICAL REVIEW B , 85 (6) , Article ARTN 064113. 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.064113. |
| Clift, PD and Carter, A and Giosan, L and Durcan, J and Duller, GAT and Macklin, MG and Alizai, A and Tabrez, AR and Danish, M and VanLaningham, S and Fuller, DQ (2012) U-Pb zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati River and capture of the Yamuna River. GEOLOGY , 40 (3) 211 - 214. 10.1130/G32840.1. |
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| Doerr, N and Lisker, F and Clift, PD and Carter, A and Gee, DG and Tebenkov, AM and Spiegel, C (2012) Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic exhumation history of northern Svalbard and its regional significance: Constraints from apatite fission track analysis. TECTONOPHYSICS , 514 81 - 92. 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.007. |
| Droghetti, A and Alfe', D and Sanvito, S (2012) The ground state of a spin-crossover molecule calculated by diffusion Monte Carlo. |
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| Farrell, SL and McAdoo, DC and Laxon, SW and Zwally, HJ and Yi, D and Ridout, A and Giles, K (2012) Mean dynamic topography of the Arctic Ocean. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 39 , Article ARTN L01601. 10.1029/2011GL050052. |
| Foley, A and Cachandt, G and Franklin, J and Willmore, F and Atkinson, T (2012) Tracer tests and the structure of permeability in the Corallian limestone aquifer of northern England, UK. Hydrogeology Journal , 20 (3) 483 - 498. |
| Foley, AE and Atkinson, TC and Zhao, Y (2012) Chlorofluorocarbons as tracers of landfill leachate in surface and groundwater. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY , 45 (1) 61 - 70. 10.1144/1470-9236/10-044. |
| Fortes, AD (2012) Titan's internal structure and the evolutionary consequences. PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE , 60 (1) 10 - 17. 10.1016/j.pss.2011.04.010. |
| Fortes, AD (2012) Titan's internal structure and the evolutionary consequences. Planetary and Space Science , 60 (1) 10 - 17. |
| Fortes, AD and Browning, F and Wood, IG (2012) Cation substitution in synthetic meridianiite (MgSO 4·11H 2O) I: X-ray powder diffraction analysis of quenched polycrystalline aggregates. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 1 - 23. |
| Fortes, AD and Browning, F and Wood, IG (2012) Cation substitution in synthetic meridianiite (MgSO 4·11H 2O) II: variation in unit-cell parameters determined from X-ray powder diffraction data. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 1 - 12. |
| Fortes, AD and Browning, F and Wood, IG (2012) Cation substitution in synthetic meridianiite (MgSO4 center dot 11H(2)O) I: X-ray powder diffraction analysis of quenched polycrystalline aggregates. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS , 39 (5) 419 - 441. 10.1007/s00269-012-0497-9. |
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| Galin, N and Worby, A and Markus, T and Leuschen, C and Gogineni, P (2012) Validation of Airborne FMCW Radar Measurements of Snow Thickness Over Sea Ice in Antarctica. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING , 50 (1) 3 - 12. 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2159121. |
| Giles, KA and Laxon, SW and Ridout, AL and Wingham, DJ and Bacon, S (2012) Western Arctic Ocean freshwater storage increased by wind-driven spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre. NATURE GEOSCIENCE , 5 (3) 194 - 197. 10.1038/NGEO1379. |
| Gillan, MJ and Manby, FR and Towler, MD and Alfè, D (2012) Assessing the accuracy of quantum Monte Carlo and density functional theory for energetics of small water clusters. |
| Grindrod, PM and West, M and Warner, NH and Gupta, S (2012) Formation of an Hesperian-aged sedimentary basin containing phyllosilicates in Coprates Catena, Mars. ICARUS , 218 (1) 178 - 195. 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.027. |
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| Hallett, B.M. (2012) The mineralogy of fluoride mobilisation to groundwater from the peninsular granite, Andhra Pradesh, India. Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London). |
| Howarth, RJ (2012) A petrologist in South Africa: Frederick Henry Hatch and the Witwatersrand Goldfield. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION , 123 (1) 189 - 209. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.06.001. |
| Hunt, SA and Davies, DR and Walker, AM and McCormack, RJ and Wills, AS and Dobson, DP and Li, L (2012) On the increase in thermal diffusivity caused by the perovskite to post-perovskite phase transition and its implications for mantle dynamics. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS , 319 96 - 103. 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.009. |
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| Li, Q and McArthur, JM and Atkinson, TC (2012) Lower Jurassic belemnites as indicators of palaeo-temperature. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY , 315 38 - 45. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.006. |
| Li, Q and McArthur, JM and Atkinson, TC (2012) Lower Jurassic belemnites as indicators of palaeo-temperature. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology , 315-316 38 - 45. |
| Luckman, A and Jansen, D and Kulessa, B and King, EC and Sammonds, P and Benn, DI (2012) Basal crevasses in Larsen C Ice Shelf and implications for their global abundance. CRYOSPHERE , 6 (1) 113 - 123. 10.5194/tc-6-113-2012. |
| Luo, F and Cai, L-C and Chen, X-R and Jing, F-Q and Alfe, D (2012) Ab initio calculation of lattice dynamics and thermodynamic properties of beryllium. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS , 111 (5) , Article ARTN 053503. 10.1063/1.3688344. |
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| Maslin, MA and Pancost, RD and Wilson, KE and Lewis, J and Trauth, MH (2012) Three and half million year history of moisture availability of South West Africa: Evidence from ODP site 1085 biomarker records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |
| McArthur, JM and Sikdar, PK and Nath, B and Grassineau, N and Marshall, JD and Banerjee, DM (2012) Sedimentological control on Mn, and other trace elements, in groundwater of the bengal delta. Environmental Science and Technology , 46 (2) 669 - 676. |
| Melott, AL and Bambach, RK and Petersen, KD and McArthur, JM (2012) An ~60-million-year periodicity is common to marine 87Sr/ 86Sr, fossil biodiversity, and large-scale sedimentation: What does the periodicity reflect? Journal of Geology , 120 (2) 217 - 226. |
| Meredith, PG and Main, IG and Clint, OC and Li, L (2012) On the threshold of flow in a tight natural rock. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 39 , Article ARTN L04307. 10.1029/2011GL050649. |
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| Najman, Y and Allen, R and Willett, EAF and Carter, A and Barfod, D and Garzanti, E and Wijbrans, J and Bickle, MJ and Vezzoli, G and Ando, S and Oliver, G and Uddin, MJ (2012) The record of Himalayan erosion preserved in the sedimentary rocks of the Hatia Trough of the Bengal Basin and the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Basin Research |
| Naliboff, JB and Lithgow-Bertelloni, C and Ruff, LJ and de Koker, N (2012) The effects of lithospheric thickness and density structure on Earth's stress field. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL , 188 (1) 1 - 17. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05248.x. |
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| Otegbade, O.A. (2012) Theoretical investigations of surface oxides on platinum and platinum alloy catalysts for fuel cell applications. Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London). |
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| Pozzo, M and Davies, C and Gubbins, D and Alfè, D (2012) Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth's core conditions. |
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| Rapley, CG (2012) The Science of Climate Change. BMJ: British Medical Journal , 344 (7849) , Article 21. |
| Robinson, SA and Vance, D (2012) Widespread and synchronous change in deep-ocean circulation in the North and South Atlantic during the Late Cretaceous. Paleoceanography , 27 , Article PA1102. 10.1029/2011PA002240. |
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| Stixrude, L (2012) Structure of Iron to 1 Gbar and 40 000 K. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS , 108 (5) , Article ARTN 055505. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.055505. |
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| Tsubouchi, T and Bacon, S and Garabato, ACN and Aksenov, Y and Laxon, SW and Fahrbach, E and Beszczynska-Moeller, A and Hansen, E and Lee, CM and Ingvaldsen, RB (2012) The Arctic Ocean in summer: A quasi-synoptic inverse estimate of boundary fluxes and water mass transformation. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS , 117 , Article ARTN C01024. 10.1029/2011JC007174. |
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| Ulstrup, S and Bianchi, M and Hatch, R and Guan, D and Baraldi, A and Alfè, D and Hornekær, L and Hofmann, P (2012) High-temperature behaviour of supported graphene: electron-phonon coupling and substrate-induced doping. |
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| Vallianatos, F and Benson, P and Meredith, P and Sammonds, P (2012) Experimental evidence of a non-extensive statistical physics behaviour of fracture in triaxially deformed Etna basalt using acoustic emissions. EPL , 97 (5) , Article ARTN 58002. 10.1209/0295-5075/97/58002. |
| van Summeren, J and Conrad, CP and Lithgow-Bertelloni, C (2012) The importance of slab pull and a global asthenosphere to plate motions. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS , 13 , Article ARTN Q0AK03. 10.1029/2011GC003873. |
| Vermeesch, P and Sherlock, SC and Roberts, NMW and Carter, A (2012) A simple method for in-situ U-Th-He dating. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA , 79 140 - 147. 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.042. |
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| Yan, Y and Carter, A and Huang, C-Y and Chan, L-S and Hu, X-Q and Lan, Q (2012) Constraints on Cenozoic regional drainage evolution of SW China from the provenance of the Jianchuan Basin. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS , 13 , Article ARTN Q03001. 10.1029/2011GC003803. |
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