Prominence eruptions and coronal mass ejections triggered by newly emerging flux

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25053-25073

  Lin, J ^a,b   Forbes, T G ^b   Isenberg, P A ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 39449089347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000046     Document Type: Article

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