The Generation of Lightning in the Solar Nebula

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-105

  Desch, S J ^a   Cuzzi, J N ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrules; Dust; Lightning; Meteorites; Origin; Solar nebula; Solar System; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002360249     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6245     Document Type: Article

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