A comparative study of field inquiry in an undergraduate petrology course

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 205-221

  Gonzales, David ^a   Semken, Steven ^b  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EMPLOYMENT; GASOLINE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD RESEARCH; FOCUSED FIELDS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; VOLCANIC FIELD;

STUDENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGHER EDUCATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; STUDENT;

EID: 77951459679     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(18)     Document Type: Article

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