| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Two contrasting granite types: 25 years later | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2001 | 1,138 |
| 2 | Gondwanaland dispersion, Asian accretion and evolution of eastern Tethys∗ | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1996 | 523 |
| 3 | Review of seafloor spreading around Australia. I. synthesis of the patterns of spreading | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1991 | 406 |
| 4 | Characteristics and controls of the largest porphyry copper‐gold and epithermal gold deposits in the circum‐Pacific region | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1997 | 404 |
| 5 | Regolith geology of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Implications for exploration | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2002 | 350 |
| 6 | Are A‐type granites the high‐temperature felsic granites? Evidence from fractionated granites of the Wangrah Suite | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2001 | 324 |
| 7 | Distinctive composition of copper-ore-forming arcmagmas | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2014 | 320 |
| 8 | Response of detrital zircon and monazite, and their U–Pb isotopic systems, to regional metamorphism and host‐rock partial melting, Cooma Complex, southeastern Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2001 | 307 |
| 9 | The persistent myth of crustal growth | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1991 | 296 |
| 10 | Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous granitoid magmatism in Eastern Qinling, central-eastern China: SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages and tectonic implications | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2010 | 276 |
| 11 | Positions of the East Asian cratons in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1996 | 266 |
| 12 | Evolution of the Australian lithosphere | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2002 | 255 |
| 13 | Comparison and validation of the recent freely available ASTER-GDEM ver1, SRTM ver4.1 and GEODATA DEM-9S ver3 digital elevation models over Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2010 | 242 |
| 14 | Artificial neural networks: A new method for mineral prospectivity mapping | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 234 |
| 15 | Granite provinces and basement terranes in the Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1988 | 213 |
| 16 | The age of the Fortescue Group, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia, from ion microprobe zircon U‐Pb results | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1991 | 213 |
| 17 | Constraining sequence stratigraphy in north Australian basins: SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology between Mt Isa and McArthur River | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 209 |
| 18 | Tectonic evolution of the Lachlan Orogen, southeast Australia: historical review, data synthesis and modern perspectives | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2004 | 206 |
| 19 | Evaluation of petrogenetic models for Lachlan Fold Belt granitoids: Implications for crustal architecture and tectonic models | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1998 | 196 |
| 20 | Aspects of geochronology and crustal evolution in the Eastern Fold Belt, Mt Isa Inlier∗ | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1998 | 196 |
| 21 | A proposal by the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks for a chemical classification of volcanic rocks based on the total alkali silica (TAS) diagram | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1984 | 194 |
| 22 | Science of targeting: definition, strategies, targeting and performance measurement | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2008 | 184 |
| 23 | SHRIMP zircon ages constraining the depositional chronology of the Hamersley Group, Western Australia* | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2004 | 175 |
| 24 | Plate tectonic model for the Carboniferous evolution of the New England Fold Belt | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1987 | 169 |
| 25 | Palaeomagnetic constraints on the palaeogeography of China: Implications for Gondwanaland∗ | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1996 | 159 |
| 26 | Chronostratigraphic basin framework for Palaeoproterozoic rocks (1730–1575 Ma) in northern Australia and implications for base‐metal mineralisation | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 159 |
| 27 | Advances in SHRIMP geochronology and their impact on understanding the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of southern Brazil | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 158 |
| 28 | Refining accretionary orogen models for the Tasmanides of eastern Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2013 | 157 |
| 29 | Geochronology of basin phases in the western Mt Isa Inlier, and correlation with the McArthur Basin∗ | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1998 | 156 |
| 30 | Proterozoic – Early Palaeozoic rocks and the Tyennan Orogeny in central Victoria: The Selwyn Block and its tectonic implications | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2002 | 153 |
| 31 | Shaping the Australian crust over the last 300 million years: Insights from fission track thermotectonic imaging and denudation studies of key terranes | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2002 | 148 |
| 32 | Cenozoic stratigraphic succession in southeastern Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2004 | 148 |
| 33 | Age constraints on the geological evolution of the Narryer Gneiss Complex, Western Australia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1990 | 147 |
| 34 | Comparison of free high resolution digital elevation data sets (ASTER GDEM2, SRTM v2.1/v4.1) and validation against accurate heights from the Australian National Gravity Database | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2014 | 144 |
| 35 | Australian crust in Indonesia | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2012 | 143 |
| 36 | Trace‐element signatures of apatites in granitoids from the Mt Isa Inlier, northwestern Queensland | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2001 | 138 |
| 37 | Late Jurassic rifting along the Australian North West Shelf: margin geometry and spreading ridge configuration | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2005 | 138 |
| 38 | The Arunta Inlier: A complex ensialic mobile belt in central Australia. Part 2: Tectonic history | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1984 | 136 |
| 39 | Key factors in the genesis of Noril'sk, Sudbury, Jinchuan, Voisey's Bay and other world‐class Ni‐Cu‐PGE deposits: Implications for exploration | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1997 | 135 |
| 40 | Episodic nature of earthquake activity in stable continental regions revealed by palaeoseismicity studies of Australian and North American quaternary faults | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1997 | 135 |
| 41 | The Tasman Line: Where is it, what is it, and is it Australia's Rodinian breakup boundary? | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2003 | 135 |
| 42 | Archaean and Proterozoic crustal evolution in the Eastern Succession of the Mt Isa district, Australia: U – Pb and Hf-isotope studies of detrital zircons * | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2006 | 135 |
| 43 | Palaeozoic synorogenic sedimentation in central and northern Australia: A review of distribution and timing with implications for the evolution of intracontinental orogens | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2001 | 133 |
| 44 | Basement framework and geodynamic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic superbasins of north‐central Australia: An integrated review of geochemical, geochronological and geophysical data | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 131 |
| 45 | Lachlan Fold Belt granites revisited: High‐ and low‐temperature granites and their implications | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 130 |
| 46 | Stratigraphic framework for the Leichhardt and Calvert Superbasins: Review and correlations of the pre‐ 1700 Ma successions between Mt Isa and McArthur River | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2000 | 127 |
| 47 | Physical and chemical evidence on the cause and source characteristics of flood basalt volcanism | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1991 | 126 |
| 48 | Crustal architecture of the Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia and associated metallogeny | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2013 | 126 |
| 49 | Temporal constraints on the timing of high-grade metamorphism in the northern Gawler Craton: implications for assembly of the Australian Proterozoic | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 2008 | 124 |
| 50 | Towards a holistic exploration strategy: Using Geographic Information Systems as a tool to enhance exploration | Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | 1997 | 122 |
