Comparison of cosmogenic radionuclide production and geomagnetic field intensity over the last 200 000 years

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1768, 2000, Pages 1089-1107

  Frank, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic radionuclide production rate; Geomagnetic field intensity; Orbital forcing; Palaeoclimatic disturbances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346112605     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0575     Document Type: Article

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