The spiral structure of the Milky Way, cosmic rays, and ice age epochs on Earth

New Astronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-77

  Shaviv, Nir J ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Earth; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867958838     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00193-8     Document Type: Article

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