Extended scaling factors for in situ cosmogenic nuclides: New measurements at low latitude

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 265-276

  Desilets, Darin ^a   Zreda, Marek ^a   Prabu, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

cosmic rays; cutoff rigidity; neutron monitor; production rates

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE; NUCLEON; PRODUCTION RATE;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS;

ISOTOPES;

COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; INDIA; KARNATAKA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744947075     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.051     Document Type: Article

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