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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Francis P. Shepard was affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States during their career in scientific research. Their work pertained to oceanography and related areas, contributing to the academic community through various channels.

Shepard achieved recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1931, an award reflecting a professional acknowledgment of their contributions within the scientific community.

No specific publications, co-authors, or detailed lists of research topics and fields were recorded in the available data. Consequently, the scope of their scientific work can be primarily summarized by their institutional affiliation and the professional honor received.

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature Based on Sand-silt-clay Ratios

    Francis Parker Shepard

  • Sedimentology of some Flysch deposits : a graphic approach to facies interpretation

    Arnold Heiko Bouma;Philip Henry Kuenen;Francis Parker Shepard

  • Submarine canyons and other sea valleys

    Francis Parker Shepard;Robert F. Dill

  • Sea level and climatic changes related to late Paleozoic cycles

    Harold R. Wanless;Francis P. Shepard

  • Post-glacial stratigraphy alog the central Texas coast

    Francis Parker Shepard;David G. Moore

  • Submarine Canyons: Multiple Causes and Long-Time Persistence

    Francis P. Shepard

  • Recent Sediments, Northwest Gulf of Mexico

    Francis P. Shepard;Fred B Phleger;Tjeerd H. Van Andel

  • Nearshore water circulation related to bottom topography and wave refraction

    F. P. Shepard;D. L. Inman

  • Distinguishing between beach and dune sands

    Francis Parker Shepard;Ruth Y. Manar;Ruth Young

  • Submarine Topography off the California Coast: Canyons and Tectonic Interpretation

    Unknown

  • DELTA-FRONT VALLEYS BORDERING THE MISSISSIPPI DISTRIBUTARIES

    Francis P Shepard

  • Submarine Geology and Geophysics

    Francis P. Shepard

  • Central Texas Coast Sedimentation: Characteristics of Sedimentary Environment, Recent History, and Diagenesis: PART 1

    Francis Parker Shepard;David G. Moore

  • Sea Level Changes in the Past 6000 Years: Possible Archeological Significance

    Francis P. Shepard

  • Late Quaternary Sea-Level Studies in Micronesia: CARMARSEL Expedition

    Joseph R Curray;Francis P Shepard;H Herbert Veeh

  • Physiography and Sedimentary Processes of La Jolla Submarine Fan and Fan-Valley, California

    Francis Parker Shepard;Robert F. Dill;Ulrich von Rad

  • Our changing coastlines

    Francis Parker Shepard;Harold R. Wanless

  • Phosphorite deposits on the sea floor off southern California

    R. S. Dietz;K. O. Emery;F. P. Shepard

  • Currents in submarine canyons

    F.P. Shepard;N.F. Marshall;P.A. McLoughlin

  • Currents in Submarine Canyons and Other Seavalleys

    Francis P. Shepard;Neil F. Marshall;Patrick A. McLoughlin;Gary G. Sullivan

  • Congo Submarine Canyon and Fan Valley

    F. P. Shepard;K. O. Emery

  • Western North Atlantic Ocean: Topography, rocks, structure, water, life, and sediments: K. O. Emery and Elazar Uchupi. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Okla., 1972, memoir 17, 532 pp., U.S. $

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Curray
Joseph R. Curray Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Robert S. Dietz
Robert S. Dietz Arizona State University
Bruce C. Heezen
Bruce C. Heezen Columbia University

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