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Science 14 December 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5857, pp. 1734 - 1735
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151980
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Perspectives

GEOLOGY:
On the Accumulation of Mud

Joe H. S. Macquaker and Kevin M. Bohacs

Mudstones can be deposited under more energetic conditions than widely assumed, requiring a reappraisal of many geologic records.

J. Macquaker is in the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. K. M. Bohacs is with the ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77027, USA. E-mail: Joe.Macquaker{at}Manchester.ac.uk; Kevin.M.Bohacs{at}exxonmobil.com

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