Evaluating and communicating geologic reasoning with semiotics and certainty estimation

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-389

  Parcell, William C ^a   Parcell, Lisa M ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Elliott School of Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; GEOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 77949611877     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3544288     Document Type: Article

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