Chemical properties of star-forming dwarf galaxies

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 604-616

  Vaduvescu, Ouidiu ^a,b   McCall, Marshall L ^c   Richer, Michael G ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; H II regions; Infrared: galaxies; Line: profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547970560     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518865     Document Type: Article

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