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Charles L. Drake

Charles L. Drake

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
5705
World Ranking
8565
National Ranking
2802

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1967 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Charles L. Drake was affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research activity included publication in environmental science, notably in the management and recovery of aquatic ecosystems.

Their recent published paper is titled Lake Apopka: A Case Study of Ecological Recovery and Sustainable Management, which appeared in 2025 in the Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation.

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Jim Peterson

Research outputs were primarily published in:

  • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Charles L. Drake received recognition in the form of fellowships from two major scientific organizations. The fellowships included:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1977
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 1967

Best Publications

  • The Geology of Continental Margins

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  • Studies in Continental Margin Geology

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  • VARIATION WITH DEPTH IN SHALLOW AND DEEP WATER MARINE SEDIMENTS OF POROSITY, DENSITY AND THE VELOCITIES OF COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR WAVES

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  • PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MARINE SEDIMENTS

    John E Nafe;Charles L Drake

  • Late Cretaceous and paroxysmal Cretaceous/Tertiary extinctions

    Charles B. Officer;Anthony Hallam;Charles L. Drake;Joseph D. Devine

  • Terminal Cretaceous Environmental Events

    Charles B. Officer;Charles L. Drake

  • A Geophysical Study of the Red Sea

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  • Continental margins and geosynclines: The east coast of North America north of Cape Hatteras

    C.L. Drake;M. Ewing;G.H. Sutton

  • The Cretaceous-Tertiary transition

    Charles B. Officer;Charles L. Drake

  • Crustal structure of the mid‐ocean ridges: 1. Seismic refraction measurements

    Xavier Le Pichon;R. E. Houtz;Charles L. Drake;John E. Nafe

  • Geophysical Investigations in the Emerged and Submerged Atlantic Coastal Plain

    Jack E Oliver;Charles L Drake

  • Microearthquake survey and the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge in Iceland

    Peter L. Ward;Gudmundur Pálmason;Charles Drake

  • The Earth and planetary sciences.

    George W. Wetherill;Charles L. Drake

  • The continental margin of the eastern United States

    Charles L. Drake;John I. Ewing;Henry Stockard

  • Grand Banks Slump: GEOLOGICAL NOTES

    Bruce C. Heezen;Charles L. Drake

  • Focal Mechanism Solutions and Tectonics of the Middle America ARC

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  • Magnetic anomalies off eastern North America

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  • The Crust and Upper Mantle of the Pacific Area

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  • Seaward extension of the Canadian Appalachians

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  • Discontinuities in the Deep Seismic Zones Under the Japanese Arcs

    Michael J. Carr;Richard E. Stoiber;Charles L. Drake

  • Structure of continental margin off Sierra Leone, West Africa

    R. E. Sheridan;R. E. Houtz;C. L. Drake;M. Ewing

  • Paleogeographic evolution and non-glacial eustasy, Northern South America

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  • Marine geophysical measurements on the continental margins of the Labrador Sea

    Michael A. Mayhew;Charles L. Drake;John E. Nafe

  • Dynamic deformation of quartz and feldspar: clues to causes of some natural crises

    Neville L. Carter;Charles B. Officer;Charles L. Drake

  • Geology in China

    Charles L. Drake

  • GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE EMERGED AND SUBMERGED ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: PART IX, GULF OF MAINE

    Charles L Drake;J Lamar Worzel;Walter C Beckmann

  • Cretaceous/Tertiary extinctions we know the answer, but what is the question?

    Charles B. Officer;Charles L. Drake

  • World rift system

    Charles L. Drake

  • Geodynamics--where are we and what lies ahead?

    Charles L. Drake;John C. Maxwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles B. Officer
Charles B. Officer Dartmouth College
Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing Columbia University
Jack Oliver
Jack Oliver Cornell University
Robert E. Houtz
Robert E. Houtz Columbia University
Peter Ward
Peter Ward University of Washington
Xavier Le Pichon
Xavier Le Pichon Sorbonne University
Anthony Hallam
Anthony Hallam University of Birmingham
Bruce C. Heezen
Bruce C. Heezen Columbia University

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