A novel approach to quantify the structural distortions of U/Th snub-disphenoids and their role in zircon to reidite type phase transitions of uranothorite

Sudip Kumar Mondal, Pratik Kr. Das, Nibir Mandal +1

Our density functional study reveals a peculiar relation between the normalized Th content i.e. Th/(U+Th) and the hydrostatic pressure enforcing zircon to reidite type transition i…