2026 Bruce C. Heezen: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	60	1931	842	195	11490

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World Ranking

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Publications

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Earth Science

1931

842

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11490

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

884
Citations
Shaping of the continental rise by deep geostrophic contour currents.

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

687
Citations
The face of the deep

Bruce Charles Heezen;Charles Davis Hollister

599
Citations
Atlantic Deep-Sea Sediment Cores

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

542
Citations
The Floors of the Oceans I. The North Atlantic

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

457
Citations
Natural radiocarbon in the Atlantic Ocean

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

315
Citations
Deep-sea current evidence from abyssal sediments☆

Bruce C. Heezen;Charles Hollister

301
Citations
The Rift in the Ocean Floor

Bruce C. Heezen

243
Citations
Congo Submarine Canyon

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

223
Citations
The geology and evolution of the Cayman Trench

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

206
Citations
Paleomagnetic stratigraphy, rates of deposition and tephrachronology in North Pacific deep-sea sediments

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

203
Citations
Evidence for an abrupt change in climate close to 11,000 years ago

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

187
Citations
The relation of deep sea [Atlantic Ocean] sedimentation rates to variations in climate

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

179
Citations
Tectonic fabric of the Atlantic and Indian oceans and continental drift

B. C. Heezen;Marie Tharp

176
Citations
Western Pacific Guyots

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

148
Citations
Tektites and Geomagnetic Reversals

Bill Glass;Bruce C. Heezen

146
Citations
The Vema fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic

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

145
Citations
Chain and romanche fracture zones

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

140
Citations
Further evidence for a turbidity current following the 1929 Grand banks earthquake

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

137
Citations
Physical and chemical properties of Australasian microtektites

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

128
Citations
Bathymetry of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

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

125
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Ewing Columbia University

G. Leonard Johnson University of Alaska Fairbanks

Paul J. Fox Montana State University

Billy P. Glass University of Delaware

Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

William F. Ruddiman University of Virginia

Michael R. Perfit University of Florida

Neil D. Opdyke University of Florida

William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

External Links

Personal website of Bruce C. Heezen

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