The Seismite Problem

The Seismite Problem G. Shanmugam Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA Abstract During a period of 82 years (1931e2013), 39 genetic terms were introduced for various deposits. Of the 39 terms, only ten are meaningful in understanding the true depositional origin (e.g., turbidites), the remaining 29 are just jargons (e.g., … Continue reading The Seismite Problem