Geodynamo, solar wind, and magnetopause 3.4 to 3.45 billion years ago

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5970, 2010, Pages 1238-1240

  Tarduno, John A ^a   Cottrell, Rory D ^a   Watkeys, Michael K ^b   Hofmann, Axel ^b   Doubrovine, Pavel V ^a,c   Mamajek, Eric E ^a   Liu, Dunji ^d   Sibeck, David G ^e   Neukirch, Levi P ^a   Usui, Yoichi ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AURORA; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SILICATE; SOLAR WIND;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; HEATING; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOARCHEAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; WATER LOSS; WIND;

EID: 77749254753     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1183445     Document Type: Article

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