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spellingShingle Gabrielse, Christine, Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Harris, Camilla, Artemyev, Anton, Kepko, Larry, Runov, Andrei, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles, Space and Planetary Science, Geophysics
title Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
title_full Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
title_fullStr Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
title_full_unstemmed Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
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title_sort extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
title_unstemmed Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles
topic Space and Planetary Science, Geophysics
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017ja023981