Causes of an ad 774-775 14 C increase

Nature

Volumn 491, Issue 7426, 2012, Pages

  Melott, Adrian L ^a   Thomas, Brian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; PROTON;

COSMIC RAY; ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CEDRUS; COSMIC RADIATION;

EID: 84870274574     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11695     Document Type: Article

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