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Terra Incognita: Explanation and Reduction in Earth Science

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Maarten G. Kleinhans. (2010) Sorting out river channel patterns. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 34:3, pages 287-326.
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Maarten G. Kleinhans, Hester E. van de Kasteele & Ernst Hauber. (2010) Palaeoflow reconstruction from fan delta morphology on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 294:3-4, pages 378-392.
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M. G. Kleinhans, M. F. P. Bierkens & M. van der Perk. (2010) HESS Opinions On the use of laboratory experimentation: "Hydrologists, bring out shovels and garden hoses and hit the dirt". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14:2, pages 369-382.
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