Long-term variations in the galactic environment of the sun

Solar Journey: The Significance of Our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 99-131

  Shaviv, Nir J ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate; Cosmic Ray Flux; Interstellar Medium; Meteorites; Milky Way; Solar System; Spiral Arms; Star Formation Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952443442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4557-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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