Initiation of coronal mass ejections

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-57

  Moore, Ronald L ^a   Sterling, Alphonse C ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84921870325     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/165GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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