Scientists and public outreach: Participation, motivations, and impediments

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-293

  Andrews, Elisabeth ^a   Weaver, Alex ^a   Hanley, Daniel ^a   Shamatha, Jeffrey ^b   Melton, Ginger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

EID: 22244465915     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-53.3.281     Document Type: Article

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