On the possibility of lightning in the protosolar nebula

Icarus

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 517-533

  Gibbard, S G ^a   Levy, E H ^a   Morfill, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0031541460     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5846     Document Type: Article

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