Geoscience and geoscientists: Uniquely equipped to study Earth

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 486, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Manduca, Cathryn A ^a   Kastens, Kim A ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; CULTURAL VALUE; DEEP KNOWLEDGE; EARTH SYSTEMS; GEOSCIENTISTS; GRADUATE PROGRAM; NATURAL SYSTEMS; TESTING HYPOTHESIS;

GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866533690     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2486(01)     Document Type: Article

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