In December 1953, color television
broadcasts were first approved by the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission. Soon thereafter, the first color television sets went on
sale for the bargain price of more than US $1,000 (present day: US $7,850). Journal of Sedimentary Petrology readers
found a way to break free and read a paper by Werner Bruckner that examined links between cyclic strata and
climate change—a topic still of considerable interest today. Bruckner offered
numerous insights, including the now-classic line, “When a detailed study of limestones is made, their interpretation
becomes more difficult.” Overcoming the challenges, he proposed a
conceptual model wherein climatic oscillations (changes in temperature)
influenced the saturation state of calcium carbonate, which led to cyclicity. He
further proposed that the utility could include “correlating formations and
climatic events over distances of continental size.”
Cyclic Calcareous Sedimentation as an Index of Climatic Variations in the Past: Werner D.
Bruckner, Journal of Sedimentary
Petrology, v. 23, p. 235-237.
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