The galactic cosmic ray intensity over the past 106-10 9 years as recorded by cosmogenic nuclides in meteorites and terrestrial samples

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Wieler, Rainer ^a   Beer, Jürg ^b   Leya, Ingo ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beryllium 10 in sediments; Cosmogenic nuclides; Exposure ages; Galactic cosmic ray intensity; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY FLUX; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EXPOSURE AGE; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; IRON METEORITES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; SOLAR MODULATION;

GALAXIES; METEORITES; RADIOISOTOPES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84879227829     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9769-9     Document Type: Review

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