Open AccessThat “Dahm” layer comments on renaming the D”
Author(s) -
Howell Benjamin F.,
Kisslinger Carl
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/00eo00145
Subject(s) - layer (electronics) , mantle (geology) , core (optical fiber) , computer science , geology , geophysics , materials science , telecommunications , nanotechnology
Benjamin F. Chao has suggested that Bullen's layer just above the mantle‐core boundary be renamed the Bullen layer. I believe that this is inappropriate. Boundaries and layers in the Earth are most properly named after their discoverers or those who first measured their location or properties. Cornelius G. Dahm [1936] first described this layer and deserves to have it named after him. This is appropriate also because it is convenient to have a short, easy‐to‐remember name that is similar to D″, which has been in use for a long time.