Cosmic Ray Diffusion from the Galactic Spiral Arms, Iron Meteorites, and a Possible Climatic Connection

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Shaviv, Nir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEORITES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

COSMIC RAY DIFFUSION; GALACTIC SPIRAL ARMS; IRON METEORITES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037194083     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.051102     Document Type: Article

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