The role of magnetic reconnection in solar activity

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 109, Issue , 1999, Pages 113-120

  Antiochos, Spiro K ^a   DeVore, C Richard ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84891127134     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM109p0113     Document Type: Chapter

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