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Margin Subsidence

Margin Subsidence is a geological process denoting the gradual downward movement of the Earth's crust along continental margins, distinguished by lithospheric cooling, sediment loading, and tectonic forces that collectively drive vertical crustal deformation in passive or active margin settings.

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Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off New York

M. S. Steckler, A. B. Watts · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1978 · 844 citations

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Thermal Effects of the Formation of Atlantic Continental Margins by Continental Break up

Norman H. Sleep · Geophysical Journal International · 1971 · 492 citations · Full text

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Continental Margin Subsidence and Heat Flow: Important Parameters in Formation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

J. G. Sclater Leigh Royden · AAPG Bulletin · 1980 · 283 citations

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Plate reorganization: a cause of rapid late Neogene subsidence and sedimentation around the North Atlantic?

Sierd Cloetingh, Felix M. Gradstein, Henk Kooi et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 1990 · 184 citations · Full text

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Climatically related millennial-scale fluctuations in strength of California margin oxygen-minimum zone during the past 60 k.y.

Kevin G. Cannariato, James P. Kennett · Geology · 1999 · 165 citations

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Authors

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  1. DW
    David W. Scholl

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    2 publications · 267 citations

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  2. AH
    Alastair H.F. Robertson

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 288 citations

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  3. SC
    Sierd Cloetingh

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 265 citations

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  4. OE
    Olav Eldholm

    University of Oslo, Norway

    2 publications · 189 citations

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  5. DL
    Daniel Lizarralde

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 212 citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    312 citations

  2. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    277 citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    356 citations

  4. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    380 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    142 citations

  6. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    657 citations

  7. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    104 citations

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  1. Tectonophysics

    7 publications · 419 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    5 publications · 951 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 505 citations

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  4. Geological Society London Special Publications

    4 publications · 229 citations

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  5. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 3 publications · 230 citations

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