Structure of the magnetic pileup boundary at Mars and Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Bertucci, C ^a,b   Mazelle, C ^a   Acuna M H ^c   Russell, C T ^d   Slavin, J A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 27944442459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010592     Document Type: Article

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