Changes in cosmic ray cut-off rigidities due to secular variations of the geomagnetic field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 734-739

  Bhattacharyya, A ^a   Mitra, B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 0642342661     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0734-6     Document Type: Article

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