Lincoln F. Pratson | Scholars@Duke

Lincoln F. Pratson
Gendell Family Professor of Energy and Environment

Lincoln Pratson is a professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment's Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences. He has been Chair of EOS, Director of the Duke University Energy Hub, Associate Director of the Gendell Center for Engineering, Energy & the Environment at Duke, served on the Executive Committee for the Research Triangle Energy Consortium (https://www.rtec-rtp.org/), and was a co-founder & co-director of the Sustainable Energy Fellowship (http://www.teachenergy.org/). Pratson is a geologist/geophysicist by training. He has consulted for major oil companies and helped co-found an energy service company that provides state-of-the-art gravity data used to explore for offshore oil and gas reserves. Pratson co-leads a research group at Duke on energy systems. The research has been supported by the DOE, DoD and private industry. Working with students, Pratson is conducting research into carbon capture and storage, integrating different forms of energy storage and renewable energy generation into the electricity industry operations, assessing current and future water use in thermo-electric power generation, and evaluating future demand for and supplies of energy resources.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Gendell Family Professor of Energy and Environment, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017
Professor of Energy and Environment, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2009
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012
Bass Fellow, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017

Contact Information

9 Circuit Drive, 3119 Grainger Hall, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
lincoln.pratson@duke.edu (919) 681-8077

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Columbia University 1993
- M.Phil., Columbia University 1992
- M.S., The University of Rhode Island 1987
- B.S., Trinity University 1983
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Chair of the Earth and Ocean Sciences Division, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016 - 2019
- Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016 - 2017
- Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2011 - 2016
- Chair of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2011 - 2014
- Associate Professor in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2003 - 2008
- Assistant Professor of Coastal Systems Science and Policy, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2001 - 2004
- Assistant Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 1998 - 2003
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 16, 2022 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Ukraine War’s Supply Chain Impacts Bust Myth of U.S. Energy Independence
- MAY 15, 2020 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Discovery of Unknown Hydrogen in Mid-Ocean Ridge Points to Hidden Biosphere
- MAR 12, 2020 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  When Piracy Hurts Persian Gulf Traffic, the Pain Goes More to Smaller Countries
- MAR 26, 2019 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Drought's Effects on Aging Power Plants Could Undercut Energy Capacity
- JUL 21, 2016 Sci-News.com
  
  Oceanic lithosphere may be important, previously overlooked source of hydrogen gas
- JUL 20, 2016
  
  Oceans May Be Large, Overlooked Sources of Hydrogen Gas
- JUN 2, 2015
  
  New Online Course on Energy and the Environment to Be Developed
- APR 8, 2015
  
  Shifts In Electricity Generation Spur Net Job Growth, But Coal Jobs Decline
- APR 7, 2015
  
  Shifts In Electricity Generation Spur Net Job Growth, But Coal Jobs Decline
- APR 2, 2015 The Washington Post
  
  Study: Coal industry lost nearly 50,000 jobs in just five years
- NOV 11, 2013
  
  News Tip: Experts Available to Comment on U.N. Climate Conference
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Assessing the Impact of Economic Sanctions on Economic Interdependencies between Nations awarded by Department of Defense 2021 - 2024
- Biogas Utilization in North Carolina Opportunities and Impact Analysis awarded by Research Triangle Institute International 2019 - 2023
- Assessing the International Risk to National Economies Posed by a Marine Chokepoint Shutdown awarded by Office of Naval Research 2017 - 2022
- EU Renewable Energy Program Team Travel Support awarded by Southern Company Services, Inc. 2016 - 2018
- A Global Value Chain Analysis of Food Security and Food Staples for Major Energy-Exporting Nations in the Middle East and North Africa awarded by U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command 2012 - 2015
- CCS Pipeline Routing for Geosequestration awarded by Department of Energy 2009 - 2012
- Productivity, Stability, and Geomorphological Evolution of New England Salt Marshes: Plum Island Case Study awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2009
- Collaborative Research: Resolution of the Stratigraphic Record for a High Input, Collision-Margin Shelf Basin: The MARGINS Waipaoa Focus awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2008
- Sedimentary Process Modeling of Shelf Acoustic Properties in the Gulf of Lions awarded by Office of Naval Research 2002 - 2006
- Seabed Variability and its Influence on Acoustic Prediction Uncertainty awarded by Office of Naval Research 2001 - 2004
- Collaborative Research: MARGINS: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Linked Sedimentary Systems awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2004
- Contributions Toward An Integrative Process-Based Model of Stratigraphy Formation awarded by Office of Naval Research 1998 - 2002
- Collaborative Research: Experimental Study of Basin Statigraphy awarded by National Science Foundation 1998 - 2001
- Modeling of Selected Continental Slope Proceses and Correlation of the Deposits they Produce awarded by Office of Naval Research 1998 - 2000
External Relationships
- Duke Coursera
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Pratson, L. F. “Assessing impacts to maritime shipping from marine chokepoint closures (Accepted).” Communications in Transportation Research 3 (December 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commtr.2022.100083.
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  - Shepard, J. U., and L. F. Pratson. “The myth of US energy independence.” Nature Energy 7, no. 6 (June 1, 2022): 462–64. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01053-2.
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  - Pratson, L. F., A. Stroujkova, D. Herrick, F. Boadu, and P. Malin. “Predicting seismic velocity and other rock properties from clay content only.” Geophysics 68, no. 6 (January 1, 2021): 1847–56. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1635037.
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  - Shepard, Jun U., and Lincoln F. Pratson. “Hybrid input-output analysis of embodied energy security.” Applied Energy 279 (December 2020): 115806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115806.
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  - “Correction for Worman et al., Abiotic hydrogen (H₂) sources and sinks near the Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) with implications for the subseafloor biosphere.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, no. 29 (July 2020): 17446. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012577117.
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  - Worman, Stacey L., Lincoln F. Pratson, Jeffrey A. Karson, and William H. Schlesinger. “Abiotic hydrogen (H₂) sources and sinks near the Mid-Ocean Ridge (MOR) with implications for the subseafloor biosphere.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, no. 24 (June 2020): 13283–93. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002619117.
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  - Shepard, J. U., and L. F. Pratson. “Maritime piracy in the Strait of Hormuz and implications of energy export security.” Energy Policy 140 (May 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111379.
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  - Henry, Candise L., and Lincoln F. Pratson. “Differentiating the Effects of Climate Change-Induced Temperature and Streamflow Changes on the Vulnerability of Once-Through Thermoelectric Power Plants.” Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 7 (April 2019): 3969–76. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05718.
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  - Henry, Candise L., and Lincoln F. Pratson. “Response to Comment on "Effects of Environmental Temperature Change on the Efficiency of Coal- and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants".” Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 9 (May 2017): 5345–46. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01587.
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  - Henry, Candise L., and Lincoln F. Pratson. “Effects of Environmental Temperature Change on the Efficiency of Coal- and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 17 (September 2016): 9764–72. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b01503.
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  - Alqahtani, Bandar Jubran, Kyra Moore Holt, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, and Lincoln Pratson. “Residential Solar PV Systems in the Carolinas: Opportunities and Outcomes.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 4 (February 2016): 2082–91. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04857.
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  - Worman, S. L., L. F. Pratson, J. A. Karson, and E. M. Klein. “Global rate and distribution of H2 gas produced by serpentinization within oceanic lithosphere.” Geophysical Research Letters 43, no. 12 (January 1, 2016): 6435–43. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069066.
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  - Haerer, D., and L. Pratson. “Employment trends in the U.S. Electricity Sector, 2008-2012.” Energy Policy 82, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.006.
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  - Bradbury, K., L. Pratson, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Economic viability of energy storage systems based on price arbitrage potential in real-time U.S. electricity markets.” Applied Energy 114 (January 1, 2014): 512–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.010.
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  - Eccles, J. K., and L. Pratson. “A "carbonshed" assessment of small- vs. large-scale CCS deployment in the continental US.” Applied Energy 113 (January 1, 2014): 352–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.07.002.
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  - Pratson, Lincoln F., Drew Haerer, and Dalia Patiño-Echeverri. “Fuel prices, emission standards, and generation costs for coal vs natural gas power plants.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 9 (May 2013): 4926–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4001642.
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  - Eccles, J. K., and L. Pratson. “Global CO2 storage potential of self-sealing marine sedimentary strata.” Geophysical Research Letters 39, no. 19 (October 16, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053758.
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  - Eccles, J. K., L. Pratson, R. G. Newell, and R. B. Jackson. “The impact of geologic variability on capacity and cost estimates for storing CO 2 in deep-saline aquifers.” Energy Economics 34, no. 5 (September 1, 2012): 1569–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2011.11.015.
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  - Amblas, D., T. P. Gerber, B. De Mol, R. Urgeles, D. Garcia-Castellanos, M. Canals, L. F. Pratson, N. Robb, and J. Canning. “Survival of a submarine canyon during long-term outbuilding of a continental margin.” Geology 40, no. 6 (June 1, 2012): 543–46. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33178.1.
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  - Chandel, M. K., G. Kwok, R. B. Jackson, and L. F. Pratson. “The potential of waste-to-energy in reducing GHG emissions.” Carbon Management 3, no. 2 (April 1, 2012): 133–44. https://doi.org/10.4155/cmt.12.11.
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  - Eccles, Jordan, Lincoln F. Pratson, and Munish Kumar Chandel. “Effects of well spacing on geological storage site distribution costs and surface footprint.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 8 (April 2012): 4649–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/es203553e.
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  - Eccles, Jordan K., and Lincoln Pratson. “Economic evaluation of offshore storage potential in the US Exclusive Economic Zone.” Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 2012, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1308.
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  - Wildman, R. A., L. F. Pratson, M. DeLeon, and J. G. Hering. “Physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics of a reservoir sediment delta (Lake Powell, USA) and implications for water quality during low water level.” Journal of Environmental Quality 40, no. 6 (November 1, 2011): 1997. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0323er.
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  - Chandel, M. K., L. F. Pratson, and R. B. Jackson. “The potential impacts of climate-change policy on freshwater use in thermoelectric power generation.” Energy Policy 39, no. 10 (October 1, 2011): 6234–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.022.
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  - Amblas, D., T. P. Gerber, M. Canals, L. F. Pratson, R. Urgeles, G. Lastras, and A. M. Calafat. “Transient erosion in the Valencia Trough turbidite systems, NW Mediterranean Basin.” Geomorphology 130, no. 3–4 (July 15, 2011): 173–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.013.
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  - Wildman, Richard A., Lincoln F. Pratson, Michael DeLeon, and Janet G. Hering. “Physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics of a reservoir sediment delta (Lake Powell, U.S.A.) and implications for water quality during low water level.” Journal of Environmental Quality 40, no. 2 (March 2011): 575–86. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0323.
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  - Eccles, J., L. F. Pratson, and M. K. Chandel. “Effects of well spacing on geosequestration site costs and capacity estimates (Submitted).” Environ Sci & Technol, 2011.
  - Monast, J., B. R. Pearson, and L. F. Pratson. “A cooperative federalism framework for CCS regulation (Accepted).” Environmental & Energy Law Journal of the University of Houston Law Center, 2011.
  - Chandel, M. K., L. F. Pratson, and E. Williams. “Potential economies of scale in CO2 transport through use of a trunk pipeline.” Energy Conversion and Management 51, no. 12 (December 1, 2010): 2825–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.020.
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  - Gerber, T. P., L. F. Pratson, S. Kuehl, J. P. Walsh, C. Alexander, and A. Palmer. “The influence of sea level and tectonics on Late Pleistocene through Holocene sediment storage along the high-sediment supply Waipaoa continental shelf.” Marine Geology 270, no. 1–4 (April 15, 2010): 139–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.002.
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  - Golden, J. S., K. J. Dooley, J. M. Anderies, B. H. Thompson, G. Gereffi, and L. Pratson. “Sustainable product indexing: Navigating the challenge of ecolabeling.” Ecology and Society 15, no. 3 (January 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03466-150308.
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  - Pratson, Elizabeth, Avner Vengosh, Gary Dwyer, Lincoln Pratson, and Emily Klein. “The Effectiveness of Arsenic Remediation from Groundwater in a Private Home.” Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation 30, no. 1 (2010): 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01269.x.
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  - Eccles, J. K., L. Pratson, R. G. Newell, and R. B. Jackson. “Physical and economic potential of geological CO 2 storage in saline aquifers.” Environmental Science and Technology 43, no. 6 (March 15, 2009): 1962–69. https://doi.org/10.1021/es801572e.
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  - Gerber, T. P., D. Amblas, M. A. Wolinsky, L. F. Pratson, and M. Canals. “A model for the long-profile shape of submarine canyons.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 114, no. 3 (March 4, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JF001190.
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  - Pratson, L., J. Hughes Clarke, M. Anderson, T. Gerber, D. Twichell, R. Ferrari, C. Nittrouer, J. Beaudoin, J. Granet, and J. Crockett. “Effects of subaqueous gravity flows on timing and patterns of basin infilling as documented in Lake Powell during a drought.” Geology 36, no. 11 (November 2008): 843–46. https://doi.org/10.1130/G24733A.1.
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  - Gerber, T. P., L. F. Pratson, M. A. Wolinsky, R. Steel, J. Mohr, J. B. Swenson, and C. Paola. “Clinoform progradation by turbidity currents: Modeling and experiments.” Journal of Sedimentary Research 78, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2008): 220–38. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2008.023.
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  - Treml, E. A., P. N. Halpin, D. L. Urban, and L. F. Pratson. “Modeling population connectivity by ocean currents, a graph-theoretic approach for marine conservation.” Landscape Ecology 23, no. SUPPL. 1 (January 1, 2008): 19–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9138-y.
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  - Wolinsky, M. A., and L. F. Pratson. “Overpressure and slope stability in prograding clinoforms: Implications for marine morphodynamics.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 112, no. 4 (December 24, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JF000770.
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  - Pratson, L. F., E. W. H. Hutton, A. J. Kettner, J. P. M. Syvitski, P. S. Hill, D. A. George, and T. G. Milligan. “The impact of floods and storms on the acoustic reflectivity of the inner continental shelf: A modeling assessment.” Continental Shelf Research 27, no. 3–4 (February 1, 2007): 542–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2005.12.018.
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  - Kraft, B. J., I. Overeem, C. W. Holland, L. F. Pratson, J. P. M. Syvitski, and L. A. Mayer. “Stratigraphic model predictions of geoacoustic properties.” Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering 31, no. 2 (April 1, 2006): 266–83. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2006.875235.
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  - Kuehl, S., C. Alexander, L. Carter, L. Gerald, T. Gerber, C. Harris, J. McNinch, et al. “Understanding sediment transfer from land to ocean.” Eos 87, no. 29 (January 1, 2006): 281–86. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006EO290001.
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  - Swenson, J. B., C. Paola, L. Pratson, V. R. Voller, and A. B. Murray. “Fluvial and marine controls on combined subaerial and subaqueous delta progradation: Morphodynamic modeling of compound-clinoform development.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 110, no. 2 (June 1, 2005). https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JF000265.
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  - Wolinsky, M. A., and L. F. Pratson. “Constraints on landscape evolution from slope histograms.” Geology 33, no. 6 (June 1, 2005): 477–80. https://doi.org/10.1130/G21296.1.
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  - Violet, J., B. Sheets, L. Pratson, C. Paola, R. Beaubouef, and G. Parker. “Experiment on turbidity currents and their deposits in a model 3D subsiding minibasin.” Journal of Sedimentary Research 75, no. 5 (January 1, 2005): 820–43. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2005.065.
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  - Fryer, G. J., P. Watts, and L. F. Pratson. “Source of the great tsunami of 1 April 1946: A landslide in the upper Aleutian forearc.” Marine Geology 203, no. 3–4 (January 30, 2004): 201–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00305-0.
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  - Pratson, L., J. Swenson, A. Kettner, J. Fedele, G. Postma, A. Niedoroda, C. Friedrichs, et al. “Modeling continental shelf formation in the Adriatic Sea and elsewhere.” Oceanography 17, no. SPL.ISS. 4 (January 1, 2004): 118–31. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.09.
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  - Pratson, L., J. Swenson, A. Kettner, J. Fedele, G. Postma, A. Niedoroda, C. Friedrichs, et al. “Modeling continental shelf formation in the Adriatic Sea and elsewhere.” Oceanography 17, no. SPL.ISS. 4 (2004): 118–31.
  - Cacchione, David, and Lincoln Pratson. “Internal Tides and the Continental Slope.” American Scientist 92, no. 2 (2004): 130–130. https://doi.org/10.1511/2004.46.924.
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  - Cacchione, D. A., L. F. Pratson, and A. S. Ogston. “The shaping of continental slopes by internal tides.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 296, no. 5568 (April 2002): 724–27. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1069803.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. Gouveia. “Seismic modeling of experimental strata.” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 86 (2002): 129–44.
  - Pratson, L., and W. Gouveia. “Seismic simulations of experimental strata.” Aapg Bulletin 86, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 129–44.
  - Bahr, D. B., E. W. H. Hutton, J. P. M. Syvitski, and L. F. Pratson. “Exponential approximations to compacted sediment porosity profiles.” Computers and Geosciences 27, no. 6 (July 1, 2001): 691–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00140-0.
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  - Pratson, L. F., J. Imran, E. W. H. Hutton, G. Parker, and J. P. M. Syvitski. “BANG1D: A one-dimensional, lagrangian model of subaqueous turbid surges.” Computers and Geosciences 27, no. 6 (July 1, 2001): 701–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00123-0.
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  - Pratson, L. F. “A perspective on what is known and not known about seafloor instability in the context of continental margin evolution.” Marine and Petroleum Geology 18, no. 4 (April 1, 2001): 499–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00077-5.
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  - Bahr, D., E. Hutton, J. Syvitski, and L. F. Pratson. “Compaction from first principles: an analytical solution for approximating sediment porosity profiles.” Computers and Geosciences 27 (2001): 691–700.
  - Paola, C., J. Mullin, C. Ellis, D. C. Mohrig, J. B. Swenson, G. Parker, T. Hickson, et al. “Experimental Stratigraphy.” Gsa Today 11, no. 7 (January 1, 2001): 4–9. https://doi.org/10.1130/1052-5173(2001)011<0004:ES>2.0.CO;2.
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  - Pratson, L. F. “A perspective on what is known and not known about seafloor instability in the context of the evolution of the US continental margin.” Marine and Petroleum Geology 18 (2001): 499–501.
  - Pratson, L. F., J. Imran, E. Hutton, G. Parker, and J. Syvitski. “BANGID: A one-dimensional Lagrangian model of turbidity current mechanics.” Computers and Geosciences 27 (2001): 701–16.
  - McAdoo, B. G., L. F. Pratson, and D. L. Orange. “Submarine landslide geomorphology, US continental slope.” Marine Geology 169, no. 1–2 (September 15, 2000): 103–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00050-5.
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  - O’Grady, D. B., J. P. M. Syvitski, L. F. Pratson, and J. F. Sarg. “Categorizing the morphologic variability of siliciclastic passive continental margins.” Geology 28, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 207–10. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<207:ctmvos>2.0.co;2.
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  - O’Grady, D. B., J. P. M. Syvitski, L. F. Pratson, and J. F. Sarg. “Categorizing the morphologic variability of siliciclastic passive continental margins.” Geology 28, no. 3 (2000): 207–10. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<207:CTMVOS>2.0.CO.
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  - Pratson, L., D. Divins, T. Butler, D. Metzger, M. Steele, G. Sharman, T. Berggren, T. Holcombe, and R. Ramos. “Development of an elevation database for the U.S. coastal zone.” Surveying and Land Information Systems 59, no. 1 (March 1, 1999): 3–13.
  - Mello, U. T., and L. F. Pratson. “Regional slope stability and slope-failure mechanics from the two-dimensional state of stress in an infinite slope.” Marine Geology 154, no. 1–4 (February 2, 1999): 339–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00122-4.
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  - Pratson, L., D. Divins, T. Butler, D. Metzger, G. Sharman, M. Steele, T. Berggren, T. Holcombe, and R. Ramos. “Exposing the U.S. coastal zone.” Eos 80, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 37–42. https://doi.org/10.1029/99EO00026.
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  - Pirmez, C., L. F. Pratson, and M. S. Steckler. “Clinoform development by advection-diffusion of suspended sediment: Modeling and comparison to natural systems.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 103, no. 10 (October 10, 1998): 24141–57. https://doi.org/10.1029/98jb01516.
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  - Pratson, Lincoln F., and William F. Haxby. “Panoramas of the Seafloor.” Scientific American 276, no. 6 (June 1997): 82–87. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0697-82.
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  - Bell, R. E., R. Anderson, and L. Pratson. “Gravity gradiometry resurfaces.” Leading Edge (Tulsa, Ok) 16, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1437431.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and M. H. Edwards. “Introduction to advances in seafloor mapping using sidescan sonar and multibeam bathymetry (vol 18, pg 601, 1996).” Marine Geophysical Researches 19, no. 2 (1997): 195–97.
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  - Anderson, R. N., A. Boulanger, R. Bell, and L. Pratson. “New techniques for exploring the ultra-deep.” Petroleum Engineer International 69, no. 10 (October 1, 1996).
  - Seidl, M. A., J. K. Weissel, and L. F. Pratson. “The kinematics and pattern of escarpment retreat across the rifted continental margin of SE Australia.” Basin Research 8, no. 3 (September 1, 1996): 301–16. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.00266.x.
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  - Goff, J. A., L. A. Mayer, J. Hughes-Clarke, and L. F. Pratson. “Swath mapping on the continental shelf and slope: The Eel river basin, Northern California.” Oceanography 9, no. SPL.ISS. 3 (January 1, 1996): 178–82. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.07.
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  - Goff, J. A., L. A. Mayer, J. Hughes-Clarke, and L. F. Pratson. “Swath mapping on the continental shelf and slope: The Eel river basin, Northern California.” Oceanography 9, no. SPL.ISS. 3 (1996): 178–82.
  - Pratson, L. F., H. J. Lee, G. Parker, M. H. Garcia, B. J. Coakley, D. Mohrig, J. Locat, et al. “Studies of mass-movement processes on submarine slopes.” Oceanography 9, no. SPL.ISS. 3 (January 1, 1996): 168–72. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.05.
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  - Pratson, L. F., H. J. Lee, G. Parker, M. H. Garcia, B. J. Coakley, D. Mohrig, J. Locat, et al. “Studies of mass-movement processes on submarine slopes.” Oceanography 9, no. SPL.ISS. 3 (1996): 168–72.
  - Pratson, L. F., and B. J. Coakley. “A model for the headward erosion of submarine canyons induced by downslope-eroding sediment flows.” Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 108, no. 2 (1996): 225–34. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0225:AMFTHE>2.3.CO.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and M. H. Edwards. “Introduction to advances in seafloor mapping using sidescan sonar and multibeam bathymetry data.” Marine Geophysical Researches 18, no. 6 (January 1, 1996): 601–5. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00313876.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. B. F. Ryan. “Automated drainage extraction in mapping the Monterey submarine drainage system, California margin.” Marine Geophysical Research 18, no. 6 (January 1, 1996): 757–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313885.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. F. Haxby. “What is the slope of the U.S. continental slope?” Geology 24, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0003:WITSOT>2.3.CO;2.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. F. Haxby. “What is the slope of the US continental slope?” Geology 24, no. 1 (1996): 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0003:WITSOT>2.3.CO.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and B. J. Coakley. “A model for the headward erosion of submarine canyons induced by downslope-eroding sediment flows.” Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 108, no. 2 (1996): 225–34. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0225:AMFTHE>2.3.CO;2.
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  - Pratson, L. F., W. B. F. Ryan, G. S. Mountain, and D. C. Twichell. “Submarine canyon initiation by downslope-eroding sediment flows: evidence in late Cenozoic strata on the New Jersey continental slope.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 106, no. 3 (1994): 395–412. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1994)106<0395:SCIBDE>2.3.CO;2.
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  - Pratson, L. F., W. B. F. Ryan, G. S. Mountain, and D. C. Twichell. “Submarine canyon initiation by downslope-eroding sediment flows: evidence in late Cenozoic strata on the New Jersey continental slope.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 106, no. 3 (1994): 395–412.
  - Pratson, L. F., W. B. F. Ryan, G. S. Mountain, and D. C. Twichell. “Submarine canyon initiation by downslope-eroding sediment flows: evidence in late Cenozoic strata on the New Jersey continental slope.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 106, no. 3 (1994): 395–412. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1994)106<0395:SCIBDE>2.3.CO.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. B. F. Ryan. “Pliocene to Recent infilling and subsidence of intraslope basins offshore Louisiana.” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 78, no. 10 (January 1, 1994): 1483–1505.
  - Weissel, J. K., L. F. Pratson, and A. Malinverno. “The length-scaling properties of topography.” Journal of Geophysical Research 99, no. B7 (January 1, 1994). https://doi.org/10.1029/94jb00130.
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  - Pratson, L. F., and W. B. F. Ryan. “Application of drainage extraction to NOAA gridded bathymetry of the US continental margin.” Us Geological Survey Circular 1092 (January 1, 1992): 110–17.
  - Ryan, W. B. F., C. McHugh, and L. Pratson. “Combining multispectral sonar imagery of Monterey Canyon with a digital terrain model for seabed characterization.” Oceans Conference Record (Ieee) 2 (December 1, 1991): 1147–51.
  - Ryan, W. B. F., W. F. Haxby, L. Pratson, and C. McHugh. “Intercomparison of co-registered seabeam bathymetry, hydrosweep bathymetry, SeaMARC I imagery and submersible observations on the continental slope of the eastern U.S.” Oceans Conference Record (Ieee) 2 (December 1, 1991): 1159–64.
  - Pratson, L. F., and E. P. Laine. “The relative importance of gravity-induced versus current-controlled sedimentation during the Quaternary along the Mideast U.S. outer continental margin revealed by 3.5 kHz echo character.” Marine Geology 89, no. 1–2 (January 1, 1989). https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(89)90029-7.
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- Book Sections
  - Mountain, Gregory S., Robert L. Burger, Heike Delius, Craig S. Fulthorpe, Jamie A. Austin, David S. Goldberg, Michael S. Steckler, et al. “The Long-Term Stratigraphic Record on Continental Margins.” In Continental Margin Sedimentation, 381–458. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., n.d. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304398.ch8.
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  - Pratson, Lincoln F., Charles A. Nittrouer, Patricia L. Wiberg, Michael S. Steckler, John B. Swenson, David A. Cacchione, Jeffery A. Karson, et al. “Seascape Evolution on Clastic Continental Shelves and Slopes.” In Continental Margin Sedimentation, 339–80. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., n.d. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304398.ch7.
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  - Syvitski, James P. M., Lincoln F. Pratson, Patricia L. Wiberg, Michael S. Steckler, Marcelo H. Garca, W Rockwell Geyer, Courtney K. Harris, et al. “Prediction of Margin Stratigraphy.” In Continental Margin Sedimentation, 459–529. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., n.d. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304398.ch9.
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