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    David A. Dixon

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Dixon, D.A. (2018). Ab Initio Calculations. In: White, W.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39312-4_16

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