Abundance Gradients and Substructures in Disks

Freeman, K. C.

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Abundance Gradients and Substructures in Disks

Date

2008-06-01

Authors

Freeman, K. C.

Abstract

I will first discuss abundance gradients in the Milky Way and nearby disk galaxies, then the problem of substructures in the Galactic Disk, and finally some new opportunities for investigating substructure in disks.