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Bruce C. Heezen publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce C. Heezen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 195 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Bruce C. Heezen D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce C. Heezen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bruce C. Heezen was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned fields related to engineering and earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study in their work included:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of study covered by Heezen involved:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geology
  • Oceanography

The research topics associated with Bruce C. Heezen's publications focused on:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Marine and Environmental Studies

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Heezen were:

  • Alfred G. Fischer
  • R.E. Boyce
  • David Bukry
  • Robert G. Douglas
  • Robert E. Garrison

The venues in which Bruce C. Heezen published included:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Their notable recent papers were:

  • Scanned data in support of "Paleomagnetic Stratigraphy, Rates of Deposition and Tephachronology in North Pacific Deep-Sea Sediments", 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 6, Hole 53 - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 6, Hole 57 - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Bruce C. Heezen was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1962.

Best Publications

  • Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake

    Bruce Charles Heezen;William Maurice Ewing

  • Shaping of the continental rise by deep geostrophic contour currents.

    Bruce C. Heezen;Charles D. Hollister;William F. Ruddiman

  • The face of the deep

    Bruce Charles Heezen;Charles Davis Hollister

  • Atlantic Deep-Sea Sediment Cores

    David B Ericson;Maurice Ewing;Goesta Wollin;Bruce C Heezen

  • The Floors of the Oceans I. The North Atlantic

    Bruce C. Heezen;Marie Tharp;W. Maurice Ewing

  • Natural radiocarbon in the Atlantic Ocean

    Wallace S. Broecker;Robert Gerard;Maurice Ewing;Bruce C. Heezen

  • Deep-sea current evidence from abyssal sediments☆

    Bruce C. Heezen;Charles Hollister

  • The Rift in the Ocean Floor

    Bruce C. Heezen

  • Congo Submarine Canyon

    B. C. Heezen;R. J. Menzies;E. D. Schneider;W. M. Ewing

  • The geology and evolution of the Cayman Trench

    Michael R. Perfit;Michael R. Perfit;Bruce C. Heezen

  • Paleomagnetic stratigraphy, rates of deposition and tephrachronology in North Pacific deep-sea sediments

    Dragoslav Ninkovich;Neil Opdyke;Bruce C. Heezen;John H. Foster

  • Evidence for an abrupt change in climate close to 11,000 years ago

    Wallace S. Broecker;William Maurice Ewing;Bruce Charles Heezen

  • The relation of deep sea [Atlantic Ocean] sedimentation rates to variations in climate

    Wallace S. Broecker;Karl K. Turekian;Bruce Charles Heezen

  • Tectonic fabric of the Atlantic and Indian oceans and continental drift

    B. C. Heezen;Marie Tharp

  • Western Pacific Guyots

    B.C. Heezen;J.L. Matthews;R. Catalano;J. Natland

  • Tektites and Geomagnetic Reversals

    Bill Glass;Bruce C. Heezen

  • The Vema fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic

    Bruce C. Heezen;R. D. Gerard;Marie Tharp

  • Chain and romanche fracture zones

    B.C Heezen;E.T Bunce;J.B Hersey;M Tharp

  • Further evidence for a turbidity current following the 1929 Grand banks earthquake

    Bruce C. Heezen;D.B. Ericson;Maurice Ewing

  • Physical and chemical properties of Australasian microtektites

    W. A. Cassidy;B. Glass;B. C. Heezen

  • Bathymetry of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    K.O. Emery;Bruce C. Heezen;T.D. Allan

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing Columbia University
G. Leonard Johnson
G. Leonard Johnson University of Alaska Fairbanks
Paul J. Fox
Paul J. Fox Montana State University
Billy P. Glass
Billy P. Glass University of Delaware
Daniel J. Fornari
Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
William F. Ruddiman
William F. Ruddiman University of Virginia
Michael R. Perfit
Michael R. Perfit University of Florida
Neil D. Opdyke
Neil D. Opdyke University of Florida
William B. F. Ryan
William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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