Large variations in Holocene solar activity: Constraints from 10Be in the Greenland Ice Core Project ice core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Vonmoos, Maura ^a   Beer, Jürg ^a   Muscheler, Raimund ^b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 33947525222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011500     Document Type: Article

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