Particle dynamics in the near-earth magnetotail and macroscopic consequences

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 105, Issue , 1998, Pages 193-209

  Delcourt, D C ^a   Belmont, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84882395434     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM105p0193     Document Type: Chapter

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