On the bulk isotopic composition of magnesium and silicon during the May 1998 CME: ACE/SWIMS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Wimmer Schweingruber, Robert F ^e   Bochsler, Peter ^d,e   Gloeckler, George ^a,d   Ipavich, Fred M ^a,d   Geiss, Johannes ^b   Kallenbach, Reinald ^b   Fisk, Len A ^c   Hefti, Simon ^c   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IONS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SOLAR WIND;

ADVANCED COMPOSITION; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; HEAVY ELEMENTS; ION MASS SPECTROMETER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; WIND CONDITIONS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 0033556671     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900213     Document Type: Article

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