Methodology in geomorphology: Traditions and hypocrisy

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-696

  Sherman, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00169     Document Type: Article

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