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Strength under pressure

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Subducting oceanic crust is sometimes observed to stagnate in the lower mantle. Laboratory experiments show that high pressures in the deep Earth may strengthen mantle rocks, increasing their viscosity and halting the sinking slabs.

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Figure 1: Electronic structure of magnesium oxide.

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  1. Patrick Cordier is in the Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France,

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Cordier, P. Strength under pressure. Nature Geosci 8, 255–256 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2402

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