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Bruce C. Heezen
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 123
Citations - 8095
Bruce C. Heezen is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Abyssal plain & Turbidity current. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 123 publications receiving 7913 citations.
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Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake
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Shaping of the continental rise by deep geostrophic contour currents.
TL;DR: Geostrophic contour-following bottom currents involved in the deep thermohaline circulation of the world ocean appear to be the principal agents which control the shape of the continental rise and other sediment bodies.
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Atlantic Deep-Sea Sediment Cores
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed analysis of seafloor sediment cores from the Atlantic and Caribbean deep-sea cores, showing that the sediment layers are interbedded with late Pleistocene sediments of abyssal facies and commonly contain organic remains of shallow water origin.