Accession Number:
AD0738064
Title:
Mechanism for Blow-Off of the Earth's Atmosphere: Population of the Van Allen Belt,
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Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
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Report Date:
1971-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
23.0
Abstract:
Rate of loss of terrestrial atmosphere from earthquake motions is estimated. Some of this atmosphere ionizes as it is blown off through the magnetosphere, and the amount so ionized seems to be abundantly ample to account for C, N, and O found in the Van Allen Belt. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Atmospheric Physics