Incorporating GPS technology with a campus geology walking tour

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-190

  Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Walters, James C ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; GPS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 33644976478     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-52.2.186     Document Type: Article

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