The hyperpycnite problem: comment

作     者：A.J.(Tom) van Loon Heiko Hüneke Thierry Mulder 

作者机构：Geocom Consulting Valle del Portet 17 03726 Benitachell Spain College of Earth Science and Engineering Shandong University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266590 Shandong China Institute of Geography and Geology Greifswald University Greifswald Germany UMR CNRS EPOCUniversity of Bordeaux Allee Geoffroy St-Hilaire 33615 Pessac Cedex France 

出 版 物：《Journal of Palaeogeography》 (古地理学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第8卷第3期

页      面：314-320页

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学科分类：07[理学] 

主　　题：review Shanmugam critic 

摘      要：A recent review article(The hyperpycnite problem) by Shanmugam(Journal of Palaeogeography 7(3):197–238,2018) in this journal has some shortcomings, comes to scientifically incorrect conclusions, and calls for student education in a way that would significantly diminish the students’ changes for a geological career. Having studied--and still studying--hyperpycnites in the field, it seems only appropriate to inform the readers of this journal about our concerns regarding the review article mentioned ***, the article by Shanmugam(Journal of Palaeogeography 7(3):197–238, 2018) is not a review paper but rather a comment, criticizing al researchers who have come to the conclusion, on the basis of both field research and theory,that hyperpycnal flows result in sediments(hyperpycnites) with characteristics that make it possible to distinguish them from deposits formed in another way. This is also the essence of Shanmugam’s comment: as he states himself, he isan ardent critic of al genetic facies models.