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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Preliminary reference Earth model	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	1981	8,654
2	Subcommission on geochronology: Convention on the use of decay constants in geo- and cosmochronology	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1977	8,648
3	Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1975	7,717
4	Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2000	4,643
5	Chemical Geodynamics	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1986	4,040
6	Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1978	3,498
7	Zircon saturation revisited: temperature and composition effects in a variety of crustal magma types	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1983	3,363
8	Trace element and isotopic effects of combined wallrock assimilation and fractional crystallization	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1981	2,965
9	Tectonic setting of basic volcanic rocks determined using trace element analyses	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1973	2,955
10	Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1988	2,891
11	The Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry of chondrites and the evolution of the mantle-crust system	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1997	2,854
12	Hysteresis properties of titanomagnetites: Grain-size and compositional dependence	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	1977	2,484
13	The Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotopic composition of CHUR: Constraints from unequilibrated chondrites and implications for the bulk composition of terrestrial planets	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2008	2,427
14	GLOBAL GLACIAL ISOSTASY AND THE SURFACE OF THE ICE-AGE EARTH: The ICE-5G (VM2) Model and GRACE	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2004	2,340
15	The 176Lu decay constant determined by Lu–Hf and U–Pb isotope systematics of Precambrian mafic intrusions	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2004	2,304
16	Tectonic Implications of the Composition of Volcanic ARC Magmas	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1995	2,292
17	Major and trace element composition of the depleted MORB mantle (DMM)	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2005	2,237
18	A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2002	2,162
19	Cosmic ray labeling of erosion surfaces: in situ nuclide production rates and erosion models	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1991	2,149
20	The global CMT project 2004–2010: Centroid-moment tensors for 13,017 earthquakes	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	2012	1,985
21	Least squares fitting of a straight line with correlated errors	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1968	1,971
22	Experimentally based water budgets for dehydrating slabs and consequences for arc magma generation	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1998	1,907
23	Ti-V plots and the petrogenesis of modern and ophiolitic lavas	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1982	1,878
24	OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPES IN THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1996	1,844
25	The application of a ThHfTa diagram to problems of tectonomagmatic classification and to establishing the nature of crustal contamination of basaltic lavas of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1980	1,791
26	Sm-Nd isotopic evolution of chondrites	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1980	1,762
27	Computation of phase equilibria by linear programming: A tool for geodynamic modeling and its application to subduction zone decarbonation	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2005	1,728
28	LABORATORY-DERIVED FRICTION LAWS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SEISMIC FAULTING	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1998	1,597
29	A Sm-Nd isotopic study of atmospheric dusts and particulates from major river systems	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1984	1,553
30	ARC Assembly and Continental Collision in the Neoproterozoic East African Orogen: Implications for the Consolidation of Gondwanaland	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1994	1,514
31	A high-resolution, absolute-dated Holocene and deglacial Asian monsoon record from Dongge Cave, China	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2005	1,510
32	Carbon isotope fractionation between dissolved bicarbonate and gaseous carbon dioxide	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1974	1,466
33	Nb and Pb in oceanic basalts: new constraints on mantle evolution	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1986	1,459
34	Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1996	1,423
35	The global range of subduction zone thermal models	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	2010	1,375
36	Mantle plumes from ancient oceanic crust	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1982	1,367
37	Slab breakoff: A model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisional orogens	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1995	1,337
38	United Plates of America, The Birth of a Craton: Early Proterozoic Assembly and Growth of Laurentia	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1988	1,282
39	Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2005	1,260
40	Viscosity of magmatic liquids: A model	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2008	1,257
41	Geochemical and geodynamical constraints on subduction zone magmatism	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1991	1,248
42	The stable isotopic composition of modern soil carbonate and its relationship to climate	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1984	1,225
43	Use of U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to infer maximum depositional ages of strata: A test against a Colorado Plateau Mesozoic database	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2009	1,128
44	SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE CONTINENTS: Probing the Depths of Geology	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1996	1,109
45	The Lhasa Terrane: Record of a microcontinent and its histories of drift and growth	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2011	1,096
46	Implications of mantle plume structure for the evolution of flood basalts	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1990	1,091
47	BIOGENIC MANGANESE OXIDES: Properties and Mechanisms of Formation	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2004	1,081
48	African climate change and faunal evolution during the Pliocene–Pleistocene	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2004	1,071
49	238U234U230Th232Th systematics and the precise measurement of time over the past 500,000 years	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1987	1,068
50	Improvements in 230Th dating, 230Th and 234U half-life values, and U–Th isotopic measurements by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2013	1,007
51	The origin of ocean island basalt end-member compositions: trace element and isotopic constraints	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1991	1,006
52	Ore lead isotope ratios in a continuously changing earth	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1975	966
53	Distributional variations in marine crenarchaeotal membrane lipids: a new tool for reconstructing ancient sea water temperatures?	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2002	963
54	Lunar initial 143Nd/144Nd: Differential evolution of the lunar crust and mantle	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1978	952
55	A novel proxy for terrestrial organic matter in sediments based on branched and isoprenoid tetraether lipids	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2004	939
56	Relationships between Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotopic systems in the global sedimentary system	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1999	936
57	The astronomical theory of climate and the age of the Brunhes-Matuyama magnetic reversal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1994	932
58	Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2003	932
59	A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2015	931
60	Age of initiation of collision between India and Asia: A review of stratigraphic data	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1996	929
61	Adakites without slab melting: High pressure differentiation of island arc magma, Mindanao, the Philippines	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2006	924
62	Oceanographic distributions of cadmium, zinc, nickel, and copper in the North Pacific	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1980	922
63	SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2002	911
64	Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry to Measure Earth’s Surface Topography and Its Deformation	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2000	909
65	A general mixing equation with applications to Icelandic basalts	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1978	895
66	Mid-Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Fluxes and the Chemical Composition of the Ocean	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1996	887
67	BEDROCK RIVERS AND THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF ACTIVE OROGENS	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2004	884
68	U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1998	877
69	THE Re-OsISOTOPE SYSTEM IN COSMOCHEMISTRY AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE GEOCHEMISTRY	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1998	872
70	Partial melting of dry peridotites at high pressures: Determination of compositions of melts segregated from peridotite using aggregates of diamond	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1993	868
71	Nd and Sr isotopic systematics of river water suspended material: implications for crustal evolution	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1988	863
72	The Redox State of Earth's Mantle	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2008	856
73	U-Th-Pb systematics in three Apollo 14 basalts and the problem of initial Pb in lunar rocks	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1972	855
74	Rheology of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy, and Field Observations	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2008	855
75	Ridge crest hydrothermal activity and the balances of the major and minor elements in the ocean: The Galapagos data	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1979	854
76	Ultramafic inclusions from San Carlos, Arizona: Petrologic and geochemical data bearing on their petrogenesis	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1978	852
77	Propagation of Magma-Filled Cracks	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1995	850
78	THEINDIANMONSOON ANDITSVARIABILITY	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2003	848
79	238U,234U and232Th in seawater	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1986	844
80	Evidence for and implications of self-healing pulses of slip in earthquake rupture	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	1990	839
81	Geochronology of lake sediments	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1971	837
82	Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2010	836
83	Heterogeneous mantle domains: signatures, genesis and mixing chronologies	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1988	834
84	THE EARLY HISTORY OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN: Homage to Robert M. Garrels	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2005	833
85	Balancing the Global Carbon Budget	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2007	821
86	The Role of NO and NO2 in the Chemistry of the Troposphere and Stratosphere	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1979	816
87	Mechanism of tsunami earthquakes	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	1972	813
88	143Nd/146Nd, a natural tracer: an application to oceanic basalts	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1976	808
89	Re–Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2002	802
90	Origin of adakitic intrusives generated during mid-Miocene east–west extension in southern Tibet	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2004	801
91	The strontium isotope budget of the modern ocean	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1989	784
92	Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2005	781
93	The deep carbon cycle and melting in Earth's interior	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2010	772
94	Partial melting of subducting oceanic crust	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1994	768
95	USING THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND OROGENIC EROSION	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2006	765
96	Mantle and Slab Contributions in ARC Magmas	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1993	764
97	THE EVOLUTION OF THE ALTIPLANO-PUNA PLATEAU OF THE CENTRAL ANDES	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1997	762
98	Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen-Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	2012	748
99	The origins and concentrations of water, carbon, nitrogen and noble gases on Earth	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	2012	745
100	Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off New York	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	1978	739

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