Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises

Part I: Prerift and synrift evolution: Galicia continential margin: Constraints on formation of non-volcanic passive margins; Southwest Africa plate margin: Thermal history and geodynamical implications; Part II: Early postrift evolution: Antarctic continental margin: Geologic image of the Bransfield Trough, an incipient oceanic basin; Southwestern Africa continental rise: Structural and sedimentary evolution; Angola basin: Geohistory and construction of the continental rise; U.S. Middle Atlantic continental rise: Provenance, dispersal, and deposition of Jurassic to Quaternary sediments; Norweigan Continental margin: Structural and stratigraphical styles; Part III: Late postrift evolution: Southern Brazil basin: Sedimentary processses and features and implications for continental rise evolution; Southeastern New England continental rise: origin and history of slide complexes; Western Nova Scotia continental rise: Relative importance of mass wasting and deep boundary-current activity; Guinea and Ivory Coast-Ghana transform margins: Combined effects of synrift structure and postrift bottom currents on evolution and morphology; Northwest African continental rise: Effects of near-bottom processes inferred from high-resolution seismic data; Saharan continental rise: Facies distribution and sediment slides; Part IV: Synthesis; Index.