Scales and Explanations, Balances and Histories: Musings of a Physical Geography Teacher

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-270

  Vale, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; History; Scientific explanation

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM; HISTORY; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0442281308     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.3.248     Document Type: Article

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