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JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 234-243Publisher
SPRINGER SINGAPORE PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jop.2015.08.002
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submarine fans; mass-transport deposits; submarine canyons; sea-level changes; glacial isostasy; Sr-ratio curve; tectonics; paleobathymetry
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Verard et al. (2015, Journal of Palaeogeography, 4(1): 64-84) claim that their global geodynamic model allows one to reconstruct the surface features of topography on land and in adjacent oceans (i.e., paleobathymetry) anywhere on the globe and at any geological time during the past 600 million years (Ma). Such a grand model requires a rigorous scrutiny. The purpose of this discussion is to illustrate that the model suffers from (1) the selective omission of real-world datasets that do not fit the model, (2) the inclusion of datasets without revealing their original sources or without citing relevant peer-reviewed publications, (3) the emphasis on 'unpublished' internal company datasets that disallow open access to the international scientific community, and (4) the use of poorly understood concepts without providing the basic conceptual clarity. These deficiencies undermine the credibility of the heuristic model.
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