Integrating student-led research in fluvial geomorphology into traditional field courses: A case study from James Madison University's field course in Ireland

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 195-204

  May, C L ^a   Eaton, L S ^a   Whitmeyer, S J ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; CHANNEL WIDTHS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNELS;

STUDENTS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; STUDENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 77951487096     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(17)     Document Type: Article

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