I'M CHAIRMAN IN A CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAVE THE HONOR TO HAVE ARNOLD IN THE AUDIENCE. AT THE END OF THE SESSIONS I SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM AND HE RUNS OVER ME AS A LANDSLIDE WITH HIS STORIES AND HIS FUTURE IDEAS. JEEEE, I'M OUT OF BATTERY IN MY CAMERA. I USE THE LOW-COST CELL PHONE FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT TURNS OFF EVERY 60 SECONDS. ARNOLD IS KIND AND ENTHUSIASTIC. I FOLLOW MORE HIS GESTURES THAN HIS VOICE, AND I EASILY JUMP ON HIS WAVELENGHT.
Arnold Bouma made a landmark discovery: a sequence of sedimentary structures occurring in sedimentary rocks deposited by turbidity currents, which form deposits called turbidites, the socalled "Bouma sequence". He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, Chevron Oil Company, Louisiana State University. Then he retired and became a busy Professor at Texas A&M University . Ph.D. Utrecht State University.
-Arnold passed away in December 2011-
