Magnetic reconnection in the near-earth magnetotail

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 105, Issue , 1998, Pages 211-224

  Nagai, Tsugunobu ^a   Machida, Shinobu ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84989310288     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM105p0211     Document Type: Chapter

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