Helicity and its role in the varieties of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 111, Issue , 1999, Pages 33-46

  Montgomery, David C ^a   Bates, Jason W ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84905418991     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM111p0033     Document Type: Chapter

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