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Shelf Facies

Shelf Facies is a sedimentary facies assemblage characterized by marine deposits formed on continental shelves, distinguished from other depositional environments by its specific hydrodynamic conditions, biotic composition, and vertical succession patterns.

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513

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196

Storm-generated sedimentary structures in subtidal marine facies with examples from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of southwestern Virginia

R. D. Kreisa · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1981 · 320 citations

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Pan-African structures, ophiolites and mélange in the Eastem Desert of Egypt: a traverse at 26°N

A. C. Ries, R. SHACKLETON, Rodney Graham et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 1983 · 286 citations

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Glacimarine sedimentary processes, facies and morphology of the south-southeast Alaska shelf and fjords

Ross D. Powell, Bruce F. Molnia · Marine Geology · 1989 · 264 citations

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The formation of sedimentary strata in an allochthonous shelf environment: The Washington continental shelf

Charles A. Nittrouer, Richard W. Sternberg · Marine Geology · 1981 · 224 citations

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Sedimentology, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the 1985 Lhasa to Golmud Geotraverse

Michael R. Leeder, A. B. Smith, Yin Jixiang · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1988 · 154 citations

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Authors

513

  1. CA
    Charles A. Nittrouer

    University of Washington, United States

    6 publications · 672 citations

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  2. JP
    J. P. Grotzinger

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 230 citations

    3

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  3. OW
    O. Weber

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    3 publications · 238 citations

    3

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  4. JJ
    Jean‐Marie Jouanneau

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 238 citations

    3

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  5. SA
    Steven A. Kuehl

    William & Mary, United States

    3 publications · 242 citations

    3

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Institutions

235

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    901 citations

  3. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    610 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    820 citations

  5. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    112 citations

  6. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    303 citations

  8. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    801 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 15 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Marine Geology

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

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  3. AAPG Bulletin

    15 publications · 631 citations

    13

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  4. Continental Shelf Research

    9 publications · 639 citations

    9

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    7 publications · 228 citations

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