Improving undergraduate geoscience education - A community endeavor

GSA Today

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 12-14

  Manduca, Cathryn A ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNET;

EID: 80052514858     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G123A.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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