Illusion and poverty of "golden spikes" (polemical notes about the paper "Stratigraphical scales and “golden spikes”" by A.V. Gomankov)
The paper by A.V. Gomankov contains an apology of the concept of «golden spikes», which according to his opinion has been intended to serve to more accurate definitions of the subdivisions of the International Stratigraphic Scale. It is shown that the main arguments suggested by Gomankov are inconsistent and based on false theoretical premises.