Limits of the efficiency of isotope fractionation processes in the solar wind derived from the magnesium isotopic composition as observed with the WIND/MASS experiment

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 401-404

  Bochsler, Peter ^a,d   Balsiger, H ^a   Bodmer, R ^a   Kern, O ^a   Zurbuchen, Th ^a   Gloeckler, G ^b   Hamilton, D C ^b   Collier, M R ^b   Hovestadt, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d Physikalisches Institut ^*  (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001561202     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-1946(97)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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