Short-term effects of gamma ray bursts on Earth

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 321, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Martín, Osmel ^a   Galante, Douglas ^b   Cárdenas, Rolando ^a   Horvath, J E ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Ecosystem; Gammaray bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649872593     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-009-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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