Francis Parker Shepard

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According to Wikipedia, Francis Parker Shepard was an American sedimentologist most associated with his studies of submarine canyons and seafloor currents around continental shelves and slopes. Early life and education Shepard was born to a moderately wealthy family in Marbleheard, Massachusetts. He studied geology under R. A. Daly at Harvard University, a period that was interrupted by service in the US Navy during the First World War. After meeting his future wife, Elizabeth Buchner, he chose to study for his doctorate at the University of Chicago, close to her Milwaukee home. There he worked alongside J. Harlan Bretz, Rollin D. Salisbury and Rollin T. Chamberlin on the structural geology of the Rocky Mountains, receiving his degree in 1922.

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Sedimentology of some Flysch deposits : a graphic approach to facies interpretation (1962) (1648)
Nomenclature Based on Sand-silt-clay Ratios (1954) (1599)
Submarine Canyons and Other Sea Valleys (1971) (378)
Sea level and climatic changes related to late Paleozoic cycles (1936) (297)
Submarine Canyons: Multiple Causes and Long-Time Persistence (1981) (279)
Recent Sediments, Northwest Gulf of Mexico (1960) (240)
Post-glacial stratigraphy alog the central Texas coast (1954) (222)
Rip Currents: A Process of Geological Importance (1941) (208)
Nearshore water circulation related to bottom topography and wave refraction (1950) (182)
The Sea off Southern California: A Modern Habitat of Petroleum (1961) (134)
Distinguishing between beach and dune sands (1961) (132)
Submarine Topography off the California Coast: Canyons and Tectonic Interpretation (1942) (124)
Beach cycles in southern California (1950) (117)
Central Texas Coast Sedimentation: Characteristics of Sedimentary Environment, Recent History, and Diagenesis: PART 1 (1955) (88)
Late Quaternary Sea-Level Studies in Micronesia: CARMARSEL Expedition (1970) (87)
DELTA-FRONT VALLEYS BORDERING THE MISSISSIPPI DISTRIBUTARIES (1955) (85)
Sea Level Changes in the Past 6000 Years: Possible Archeological Significance (1964) (82)
Phosphorite deposits on the sea floor off southern California (1942) (80)
Submarine canyons. (1936) (79)
Submarine Geology and Geophysics (1940) (77)
Physiography and Sedimentary Processes of La Jolla Submarine Fan and Fan-Valley, California (1969) (76)
Currents in Submarine Canyons and Other Seavalleys (1979) (75)
Currents in submarine canyons (1974) (75)
Our changing coastlines (1971) (75)
Congo Submarine Canyon and Fan Valley (1973) (72)
Gulf Coast Barriers (1960) (60)
Sediments of the Continental Shelves (1932) (58)
Revised nomenclature for depositional coastal features (1952) (57)
Carbon-14 determination of sea level changes in stable areas (1965) (56)
Bathymetry and Faults of Gulf of California (1964) (54)
The Tsunami of April 1, 1946 (1949) (52)
Rate of Postglacial Rise of Sea Level (1956) (50)
Magnetic fabric of sediments from the La Jolla submarine Canyon and Fan, California (1968) (49)
UNDERTOW, RIP TIDE OR "RIP CURRENT". (1936) (48)
Sedimentation of Fraser River Delta, British Columbia (1962) (47)
Sea Floor off Magdalena Delta and Santa Marta Area, Colombia (1973) (47)
SEDIMENTATION IN SAN DIEGO TROUGH AND CONTRIBUTING SUBMARINE CANYONS (1962) (46)
Currents Along Floors of Submarine Canyons (1973) (45)
Current-meter recordings of low-speed turbidity currents (1977) (45)
Rise of Sea Level Along Northwest Gulf of Mexico (1960) (45)
Sedimentary Environments Differentiated by Coarse-Fraction Studies (1954) (44)
A Use of Roundness to Determine Depositional Environments (1956) (44)
Currents in Submarine Canyons and Other Types of Seavalleys (1979) (43)
Bays of Central Texas Coast (1960) (41)
Possible rip current origin for bottom ripple zones, to 30-m depth (1976) (39)
Sand movements along the Scripps Institution pier (1940) (39)
Holocene Changes in Sea Level: Evidence in Micronesia (1967) (37)
The Tsunami of April 1, 1946, in the Hawaiian Islands (1947) (36)
The Earth Beneath the Sea (1960) (35)
Mass movements in submarine canyon heads (1951) (32)
Glacial Troughs of the Continental Shelves (1931) (32)
Origin of Georges Bank (1934) (31)
Revised Classification of Marine Shorelines (1937) (30)
Meander in Valley Crossing a Deep-Ocean Fan (1966) (30)
Marginal Sediments of Mississippi Delta (1956) (29)
Storm-generated current in La Jolla Submarine Canyon, California (1973) (29)
Tidal Components of Currents in Submarine Canyons (1976) (29)
WAVE EROSION ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST (1947) (29)
Sedimentation rates in Texas estuaries and lagoons (1953) (29)
Progress of internal waves along submarine canyons (1975) (28)
Diapiric Intrusions in Foreset Slope Sediments Off Magdalena Delta, Colombia (1968) (28)
Great Bahama Canyon (1970) (28)
The Underlying Causes of Submarine Canyons. (1936) (28)
Sea Cliffs, Beaches, and Coastal Valleys of San Diego County: Some Amazing Histories and Some Horrifying Implications (1984) (28)
La Jolla submarine Fan-Valley (1968) (28)
Continental shelf sediments off the mid-Atlantic States (1936) (26)
Mississippi Delta: Marginal Environments, Sediments, and Growth (1960) (26)
“Salt” domes related to Mississippi submarine trough (1937) (22)
Types of Submarine Valleys: GEOLOGICAL NOTES (1965) (22)
Late Pleistocene and Recent History of the Central Texas Coast (1956) (22)
History of sea arches and remnant stacks of La Jolla, California, and their bearing on similar features elsewhere (1983) (21)
Composite Origin of Submarine Canyons (1952) (21)
Submarine Geology off San Diego, California (1952) (20)
1940 E. W. SCRIPPS CRUISE TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA Part III Submarine Topography of the Gulf of California (1950) (19)
LITHOLOGY OF THE SEA FLOOR OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (1945) (19)
Sediments off the California Coast (1955) (18)
Lagoonal Topography of Caroline and Marshall Islands (1970) (17)
Transportation of Sand Into Deep Water (1951) (17)
OCEAN-BOTTOM CURRENTS OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. (1939) (16)
Recent sediments, northwest Gulf of Mexico : a symposium summarizing the results of work carried on in Project 51 of the American Petroleum Institute, 1951-1958 (1960) (16)
Importance of submarine valleys in funneling sediments to the deep sea (1963) (16)
Saint Lawrence (Cabot Strait) Submarine Trough (1931) (16)
Submarine Photography off the California Coast (1946) (16)
Depth Changes in Sagami Bay during the Great Japanese Earthquake (1933) (15)
Canyons off the New England coast (1934) (15)
Landslide-modifications of submarine valleys (1932) (14)
PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS COAL SERIES RELATED TO SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SPHERE GLACIATION. (1935) (13)
TERRESTRIAL TOPOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE CANYONS REVEALED BY DIVING (1949) (13)
Sea-floor currents on the foreset slope of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia (Canada) (1978) (13)
Sea-Floor Valleys of Gulf of California (1964) (12)
Large Rectangular Cores from Submarine Canyons and Fan Valleys: GEOLOGICAL NOTES (1964) (11)
Currents in submarine canyon heads off north St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1977) (11)
Sedimentation in Massachusetts Bay (1932) (10)
Submarine Canyons and Sagami Trough, East-Central Honshu, Japan (1964) (10)
To Question the Theory of Periodic Diastrophism (1923) (10)
Some Experiments in Folding (1923) (9)
Northward continuation of the San Andreas Fault (1957) (9)
Sediment Zones Bordering the Barrier Islands of the Central Texas Coast (1953) (9)
Facies Interpretations in Mississippi Delta Borings (1960) (9)
Longshore current observations in southern California (1950) (8)
Nondepositional physiographic environments off the California coast (1941) (8)
Fundian Faults or Fundian Glaciers (1930) (8)
The emergence of (Santa) Catalina Island (1939) (8)
Sedimentary Facies from Shallow Borings in Lower Mississippi Delta (1959) (8)
Presidential Address Criteria in Modern Sediments Useful in Recognizing Ancient Sedimentary Environments (1964) (8)
Processes of coastal development [book review] (1969) (7)
Dives into outer Coronado Canyon System (1975) (7)
Submarine Canyons: Distribution and longitudinal profiles (1938) (7)
Submarine Valleys (1932) (6)
Abra delta and northward continuation of Philippine Great Fault (1981) (6)
Marine sediments around Catalina Island (1937) (6)
Sedimentation bordering the Rio Balsas delta and canyons, western Mexico (1981) (6)
SUBMERGED VALLEYS ON CONTINENTAL SLOPES AND CHANGES OF SEA LEVEL. (1936) (5)
Continued exploration of California submarine canyons (1936) (5)
GRAVEL CUSPS ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST RELATED TO TIDES. (1935) (5)
Dangerous currents in the surf (1949) (5)
SUBMARINE EROSION, A DISCUSSION OF RECENT PAPERS (1951) (5)
Origin of the Great Lakes Basins (1937) (5)
Beaches and coasts: C. A. M. King. Edward Arnold, London, 2nd ed., 1972, 570 pp., £10.50 (1972) (4)
Canyons Beneath the Seas (1933) (4)
Further Investigations of the Rocky Mountain Trench (1926) (4)
Daly's submarine canyon hypothesis (1937) (4)
Sediments of Santa Monica Bay, California (1938) (3)
Delta-Front Diapirs Off Magdalena River, Colombia Compared with Hills Off Other Large Deltas (1967) (3)
American submarine canyons (1934) (3)
Submarine slopes and canyons on north side St. Croix Island (1979) (3)
Beach cusps and tides, a discussion (1938) (2)
Sediment waves (giant ripples) transverse to the west coast of Mexico (1976) (2)
Geological oceanography: Evolution of coasts, continental margins & the deep-sea floor (1977) (2)
Submarine Canyons: A Joint Product of Rivers and Submarine Processes. (1951) (2)
The Structural Relation of the Purcell Range and the Rocky Mountains of Canada (1922) (2)
Chapter 21: Submarine Canyons (1957) (2)
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. $ (1976) (2)
Investigations of Submarine Valleys (1933) (2)
Barrier island sedimentary units along the Gulf coast (1955) (2)
IMAGINARY SUBMARINE CANYONS. (1943) (2)
Marine Sediments: Recent sediments give important clues about conditions under which sedimentary rocks may have been formed. (1959) (2)
Submarine Troughs of the Mediterranean (1933) (1)
Currents in Submarine Canyons and Their Relation to Deep-Sea Fans: ABSTRACT (1976) (1)
DIVING SAUCER DESCENTS INTO SUBMARINE CANYONS (1965) (1)
Investigation of submarine topography during the past year (1937) (1)
North america, coastal morphology (1982) (1)
Classification of Marine Shorelines: A Reply (1938) (1)
Possible Silurian Tillite in Southeastern British Columbia (1922) (1)
Holocene tidal sedimentation (1977) (1)
Part 2: Discussion (1979) (1)
Exploration of California submarine canyons (1935) (1)
Photographic atlas of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift valley: R.D. Ballard and J.G. Moore. Springer, New York, N.Y., 1977, 114 pp., 183 figs., U.S. $ 21.70 or DM 43.30 (1979) (1)
Problems in Stratigraphy along the Rocky Mountain Trench (1922) (1)
Submarine Geology Studies in the Pacific: RESEARCH (1947) (1)
Significance of Submerged Deltas in the Interpretation of the Continental Shelves (1928) (1)
Slope Valleys and Sedimentary Structures Off Rio Balsas of Western Mexico: ABSTRACT (1976) (0)
Amazing Landscape Lies beneath the Pacific Ocean (1934) (0)
Submersibles and their use in oceanography and ocean engineering (Elsevier oceanographic series, 17): R.A. Geyer (editor). Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1977, 383 pp., Dfl. 120.00 or U.S. $49.00 (1979) (0)
ABSTRACT: Sedimentary Environments Along the Texas Coast (1954) (0)
Relation of Submarine Canyons to Continental Slope: ABSTRACT (1969) (0)
Indications of important horizontal compression in the Colorado Rockies (1923) (0)
Tidal Waves from the Recent Aleutian Earthquake: ABSTRACT (1946) (0)
GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE OCEAN BOTTOM. (1935) (0)
Oceanographic Investigations of Submarine Canyons (1941) (0)
Sedimentation of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (1958) (0)
Report of special committee on geophysical and geological study of oceanic basins (1935) (0)
The Ocean. F. D. Ommanney (1951) (0)
Submarine Canyons Related to Salt Domes (1937) (0)
Continental Shelf Sediments: Part 4. Near-Shore Sediments--Hemipelagic Deposits (1939) (0)
GEOLOGICAL MISCONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE OCEANS. (1933) (0)
The bearing of normal faults on the hypothesis of a shrinking earth (1924) (0)
Structural Trends off the California Coast: ABSTRACT (1938) (0)
Bottom Sediment Charts off the Asiatic Coast (1949) (0)
The Sea and Its Mysteries: An Introduction to the Science of the Sea . John S. Colman. London: G. Bell and Sons; New York: British Book Centre, 1950. 285 pp. 12s. 6d. net. (1950) (0)
The Rocky Mountain Trench@@@The Origin of the Rocky Mountain Trench, B. C.@@@The Structural Relation of the Purcell Range and the Rocky Mountains of Canada (1922) (0)
Currents in Submarine Canyons and Other Types of Slope Valleys: ABSTRACT (1978) (0)
New Methods of Identifying Sedimentary Environments (1955) (0)
Sharks and survival (1964) (0)
Isostasy as a Result of Earth Shrinkage (1923) (0)
Sediments Off the California Coast: Part 4. Near-Shore Sediments--Hemipelagic Deposits (1939) (0)
Part 3: Support Data (B) (1979) (0)
Further Discussion of the Term "Low and Ball" (1942) (0)
MEAN SEA LEVEL AND SAND MOVEMENT; A REPLY. (1942) (0)
The Tsunami of April 1, 1946 - eScholarship (1949) (0)
"Wild West" Gorges Found in Sea Bottom off New England (1932) (0)
New Bathymetric Chart off California (Extract) (1938) (0)
Origin of continental abyssal slopes [abstracts] (1929) (0)
Discussion: Example of Winddeposition Shoreline (1939) (0)

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