Fluvial geomorphology and semiotics: A Wittgensteinian perspective of the 'divide' between human and physical geography

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-294

  Couper, Pauline ^a  

^a Sant'Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Divide fluvial geomorphology hierarchy; River bank erosion; Semiotics; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER BANK; RIVER SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34547652985     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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