Galactic cosmic ray flux decline and periodicities in the interplanetary space during the last 3 centuries revealed by44Ti in meteorites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Taricco, C ^a,b   Bhandari, N ^c   Cane, D ^a,b   Colombetti, P ^a,b   Verma, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INAF   (Italy)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 33947591752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011459     Document Type: Article

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