Driving galactic turbulence by supernova explosions

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-418

  Korpi, Maarit J ^a   Brandenburg, A ^b   Tuominen, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interstellar turbulence; Supernova explosions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042875268     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023381426082     Document Type: Article

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