The quantification of geology: From abacus to Pentium a chronicle of people, places, and phenomena

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-89

  Merriam, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Mathematics; Numerical geology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144322751     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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