The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks: Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E India: Discussion and liquefaction basics

This discussion of a paper by Van Loon et al. (2016), published in the Journal of Palaeogeography (2016, 5(4), 381–390), is aimed at illustrating that there are fundamental deficiencies, which include (1) incomplete etymological reasoning for proposing a new genetic term “tomboliths” for stromatolit...

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Main Author: G. Shanmugam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383616300669