| 1 | Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt | Tectonics | 2003 | 1,868 |
| 2 | Temperatures in ambient mantle and plumes: Constraints from basalts, picrites, and komatiites | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2007 | 646 |
| 3 | A-type granite and adakitic magmatism association in Songpan–Garze fold belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for lithospheric delamination | Lithos | 2007 | 220 |
| 4 | Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene | Earth's Future | 2016 | 205 |
| 5 | Subsurface structure of a submarine hydrothermal system in ocean crust formed at the East Pacific Rise, ODP/IODP Site 1256 | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2010 | 163 |
| 6 | Characterization of nucleation during laboratory earthquakes | Geophysical Research Letters | 2013 | 149 |
| 7 | Large Igneous Provinces: Origin and Environmental Consequences | Elements | 2005 | 140 |
| 8 | Sedimentology of Quaternary perched springline and paludal tufas: criteria for recognition, with examples from Guadalajara Province, Spain | Sedimentology | 2003 | 127 |
| 9 | Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30°N | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2011 | 122 |
| 10 | Does depleted mantle form an intrinsic part of the Iceland plume? | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2003 | 116 |
| 11 | Application of airborne LiDAR to mapping seismogenic faults in forested mountainous terrain, southeastern Alps, Slovenia | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 116 |
| 12 | Evidence from oceanic gabbros for porous melt migration within a crystal mush beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2000 | 111 |
| 13 | Morphology and ontogeny of Cretaceous ostracods with preserved appendages from Brazil | Palaeontology | 2000 | 101 |
| 14 | Evidence for correlation of electrical resistivity and seismic velocity in heterogeneous near-surface materials | Geophysical Research Letters | 2003 | 91 |
| 15 | Spatial and temporal patterns of Australian dynamic topography from River Profile Modeling | Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth | 2014 | 90 |
| 16 | Paleogene crustal anatexis and metamorphism in Lhasa terrane, eastern Himalayan syntaxis: Evidence from U–Pb zircon ages and Hf isotopic compositions of the Nyingchi Complex | Gondwana Research | 2012 | 87 |
| 17 | Composition, Provenance, and Tectonic Setting of the Southern Kangurtag Accretionary Complex in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Implications for the Late Paleozoic Evolution of the North Tianshan Ocean | Tectonics | 2019 | 86 |
| 18 | Pervasive mantle plume head heterogeneity: Evidence from the late Cretaceous Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2002 | 81 |
| 19 | Structure and evolution of the intracratonic Congo Basin | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2010 | 78 |
| 20 | The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere | Earth's Future | 2016 | 78 |
| 21 | PARATETHYAN PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS: AN OVERVIEW | Journal of Petroleum Geology | 2018 | 77 |
| 22 | Joint inversion of receiver functions, surface wave dispersion, and magnetotelluric data | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 76 |
| 23 | The macro‐ and microfossil record of the Cambrian priapulid Ottoia | Palaeontology | 2015 | 67 |
| 24 | Atlas of vertebrate decay: a visual and taphonomic guide to fossil interpretation | Palaeontology | 2013 | 65 |
| 25 | Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the Lesser Antilles arc: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by IODPExpedition 340 | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2015 | 64 |
| 26 | Using U‐Th‐Pb petrochronology to determine rates of ductile thrusting: Time windows into the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya | Tectonics | 2015 | 63 |
| 27 | Provenance change of sediment input in the northeastern foreland of Pamir related to collision of the Indian Plate with the Kohistan-Ladakh arc at around 47 Ma | Tectonics | 2016 | 63 |
| 28 | A seismic reflection profile study of lithospheric flexure in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2003 | 61 |
| 29 | Timing of granulite-facies metamorphism in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and its tectonic implications | Tectonophysics | 2010 | 61 |
| 30 | Persistently low Asian paleolatitudes: Implications for the India-Asia collision history | Tectonics | 2010 | 60 |
| 31 | Verification of velocity‐resistivity relationships derived from structural joint inversion with borehole data | Geophysical Research Letters | 2013 | 60 |
| 32 | Orthoconic cephalopods and associated fauna from the late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstatte, South Africa | Palaeontology | 1999 | 58 |
| 33 | A cryptic record of Burgess Shale‐type diversity from the early Cambrian of Baltica | Palaeontology | 2017 | 56 |
| 34 | Imaging detailed crustal structure and magmatic intrusion across the Ethiopian Rift using a dense linear broadband array | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2010 | 53 |
| 35 | Within‐guild dietary discrimination from 3‐Dtextural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals | Journal of Zoology | 2013 | 53 |
| 36 | Crustal structure of the NE Rockall Trough from wide-angle seismic data modeling | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2005 | 51 |
| 37 | Ground‐truthing Late Ordovician climate models using the paleobiogeography of graptolites | Paleoceanography | 2009 | 50 |
| 38 | Microstructures and lattice fabrics in the Hilti mantle section (Oman Ophiolite): Evidence for shear localization and melt weakening in the crust-mantle transition zone? | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2002 | 49 |
| 39 | A short‐duration pulse of ductile normal shear on the outer South Tibetan detachment in Bhutan: Alternating channel flow and critical taper mechanics of the eastern Himalaya | Tectonics | 2011 | 49 |
| 40 | Anatomy and formation of oblique continental collision: South Falkland basin | Tectonics | 2004 | 47 |
| 41 | Velocity structure of upper ocean crust at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1256 | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2008 | 45 |
| 42 | Dinosaur biogeographical structure and Mesozoic continental fragmentation: a network‐based approach | Journal of Biogeography | 2016 | 43 |
| 43 | Thermal Damage and Pore Pressure Effects of the Brittle‐Ductile Transition in Comiso Limestone | Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth | 2018 | 43 |
| 44 | Crustal structure beneath Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, constrained by xenoliths, seismic velocity structure and petrology | Geophysical Research Letters | 2010 | 39 |
| 45 | Magmatic cycles and formation of the upper oceanic crust at spreading centers: Geochemical study of a continuous extrusive section in the Oman ophiolite | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2003 | 37 |
| 46 | Determining the inputs to the Mariana Subduction Factory: Using core-log integration to reconstruct basement lithology at ODP Hole 801C | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2002 | 34 |
| 47 | Finite element, occlusal, microwear and microstructural analyses indicate that conodont microstructure is adapted to dental function | Palaeontology | 2014 | 34 |
| 48 | The earliest myodocopes: ostracodes from the late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte of South Africa | Lethaia | 2003 | 33 |
| 49 | Velocity‐conductivity relations for cratonic lithosphere and their application: Example of Southern Africa | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2013 | 33 |
| 50 | Middle Triassic lower crust‐derived adakitic magmatism: Thickening of the Dananhu intra‐oceanic arc and its implications for arc–arc amalgamation in the Eastern Tianshan (NW China) | Geological Journal | 2021 | 31 |