Possible configurations of the magnetic field in the outer magnetosphere during geomagnetic polarity reversals

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-27

  Willis, D M ^a,b,d   Holder, A C ^b,c   Davis, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism (reversals process, time scale, magnetostratigraphy); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034405506     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0011-4     Document Type: Article

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