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Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation Produced by a High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion on July 9, 1962

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O'BRIEN, B., LAUGHLIN, C. & VAN ALLEN, J. Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation Produced by a High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion on July 9, 1962. Nature 195, 939–943 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195939a0

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