dpb wrote:
Steve Barker DLT wrote:

I'm not sure which source you were being sarcastic about. But the
USGS recognizes it as a viable method.


I'd like to see that reference and the research done to validate the
conclusion...

Specifically, I was lambasting the internet in general and google in
particular as an infallible scientific resource.

--
Amen. I recently participated in the Ph.D. thesis defense of a student
at a well regarded technical school located on the Charles River. I
declined to sign, and a few other faculty followed my lead. Reason:
there were no cited references anywhere in the several hundred page
document that predated the internet even though the fundamental work
that formed the basis for his research was published well before the
internet.

The student will now spend some time in the library and we'll try it
again next semester.