Earth data, science writing, and peer review in a large general education oceanography class

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-72

  Prothero Jr , William A ^a   Kelly, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 65449173617     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-56.1.61     Document Type: Article

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