Statistical analysis of mineral evolution and mineral ecology: The current state and a vision for the future

Mineral evolution, the study of the diversity and temporal distribution of Earth’s crystalline phases, posits that mineral species have diversified over the past 4.5 billion years as a result of varied physical, chemical, and biological processes. The complementary field of mineral ecology is the st...

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Main Authors: Grethe Hystad, Shaunna M. Morrison, Robert M. Hazen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Applied Computing and Geosciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590197419300059