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As discussed in Sect. 5.4, and in Chap. 17, the cosmogenic data provide us with information about the past. In particular, we have studied the variability of the Sun, and in Chap. 21 will study the secular changes in the geomagnetic field.
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Beer, J., McCracken, K., von Steiger, R. (2012). Galactic Astronomy. In: Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14651-0_18
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