“Miles wide and miles deep”- Exploring the depth and breadth of geoscience during the first ten year

• 作 者: Christopher J. Spencer Nick M.
• 机 构: TheInstituteofGeoscienceResearch（TIGeR）,NERCIsotopeGeosciencesLaboratory,DepartmentofGeologicalScien
• 出 处: 地学前缘:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年3期
• 关键词: ENGAGE its was can past be is now

When early explorers first crossed the Platte River in what is now Nebraska (USA), it was said the river was “a mile wide and an inch deep”(Mokler, 1923;Smith, 1971). This phrase was used to describe not only the difficulty in crossing the river but also