Reading and writing taught in a sophomore course on plate tectonics

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Bank, Carl Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 33344462184     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: 10899995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-54.1.25     Document Type: Article

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