The mastodon matrix project: An experiment with large-scale public collaboration in paleontological research

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Ross, Robert M ^a   Harnik, Paul G ^a   Allmon, Warren D ^a   Sherpa, James M ^a   Goldman, Andrew M ^a   Nester, Peter L ^a   Chiment, John J ^b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education precollege; Education special clientele; Paleontology (general); Surficial geology Quaternary geology

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PALEONTOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0038329110     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-51.1.39     Document Type: Article

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