I. Prerift and Synrift Evolution.- 1. Galicia Continental Margin: Constraints on Formation of Nonvolcanic Passive Margins.- 2. Southwest African Plate Margin: Thermal History and Geodynamical Implications.- II. Early Postrift Evolution.- 3. Antarctic Continental Margin: Geologic Image of Bransfield Trough, an Incipient Oceanic Basin.- 4. Southwestern Africa Continental Rise: Structural and Sedimentary Evolution.- 5. Angola Basin: Geohistory and Construction of the Continental Rise.- 6. U.S. Middle Atlantic Continental Rise: Provenance, Dispersal, and Deposition of Jurassic to Quaternary Sediments.- 7. Norway - Svalbard Continental Margin: Structural and Stratigraphical Styles.- III. Late Postrift Evolution.- 8. Southern Brazil Basin: Sedimentary Processes and Features and Implications for Continental-Rise Evolution.- 9. Southeastern New England Continental Rise: Origin and History of Slide Complexes.- 10. Western Nova Scotia Continental Rise: Relative Importance of Mass Wasting and Deep Boundary-Current Activity.- 11. Guinea and Ivory Coast - Ghana Transform Margins: Combined Effects of Synrift Structure and Postrift Bottom Currents on Evolution and Morphology.- 12. Northwest African Continental Rise: Effects of Near-Bottom Processes Inferred from High-Resolution Seismic Data.- 13. Saharan Continental Rise: Facies Distribution and Sediment Slides.- IV. Synthesis.- 14. Geologic Evolution of Continental Rises: A Circum-Atlantic Perspective.