Networks of historical contingency in Earth surface systems

Journal of Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EARTH SCIENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; QUATERNARY;

KENTUCKY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871874205     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: 15375269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668557     Document Type: Article

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