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Continental Rises

Continental Rises is a deep-sea geomorphic feature that constitutes the gently sloping sedimentary accumulation zone at the base of the continental slope, distinguishing itself from adjacent continental margins and abyssal plains by its transitional position and thick, graded deposits derived from turbidity currents and contourite processes.

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Mountain belts and the new global tectonics

John Dewey, John Bird · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1970 · 1.6K citations

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Sequences in the Cratonic Interior of North America

L. L. Sloss · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1963 · 1.2K citations

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Devonian eustatic fluctuations in Euramerica

J. G. Johnson, Gilbert Klapper, Charles A. Sandberg · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1985 · 941 citations

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Shaping of the Continental Rise by Deep Geostrophic Contour Currents

Bruce C. Heezen, Charles D. Hollister, William F Ruddiman · Science · 1966 · 518 citations

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Continental divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 424 citations

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Authors

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  1. IN
    I Nick McCave

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 150 citations

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  2. BE
    Brian E. Tucholke

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 107 citations

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  3. JL
    J. Lamar Worzel

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    4 publications · 144 citations

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  4. BC
    Bruce C. Heezen

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    4 publications · 634 citations

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  5. CD
    Charles D. Hollister

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 637 citations

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    495 citations

  4. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

    Trieste, Italy

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    447 citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    305 citations

  7. Woodwell Climate Research Center

    Falmouth, United States

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    14 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. AAPG Bulletin

    15 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Marine Geology

    14 publications · 494 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 9 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    8 publications · 368 citations

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