Dynamical investigation of three-dimensional reconnection in quasi-separatrix layers in a boundary-driven magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A3, 2000, Pages 5119-5134

  Galsgaard, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449139966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900398     Document Type: Article

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