Venacular American Theories of Earth Science
Venacular American Theories of Earth Science
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美国地球科学理论
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10.5408/0022-1368-35.4.193
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1987
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W. Meyer
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W. Meyer
Many concepts of earth processes that differ widely from those held by scientists are endemic among the general public. The belief that groundwater typically occurs in underground lakes and rivers is an example of such a vernacular concept, which persists because it serves as a simple mental picture, based on easily observable surface phenomena, of unobservable processes in the subsurface.