Topic · earthquake and tectonic studies
Most cited papers in earthquake and tectonic studies
What are the most cited papers in earthquake and tectonic studies?
The most cited paper in earthquake and tectonic studies is "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough, 1989), with 25,720 citations. Next come "Preliminary reference Earth model" (10,479) and "Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks" (8,648).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,655 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications | 1989 | 25,720 |
| 2 | Preliminary reference Earth model Adam M. Dziewoński, Don L. Anderson · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | Jun 1981 | 10,479 |
| 3 | Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks Julian A. Pearce, Nigel Harris, A. G. Tindle · Journal of Petrology | Nov 1984 | 8,648 |
| 4 | New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement Donald L. Wells, Kevin J. Coppersmith · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Aug 1994 | 7,875 |
| 5 | New, improved version of generic mapping tools released Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith · Eos | 24 Nov 1998 | 7,475 |
| 6 | Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen An Yin, T. Mark Harrison · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | May 2000 | 6,097 |
| 7 | A-type granites: geochemical characteristics, discrimination and petrogenesis J B Whalen, Kenneth L. Currie, BRUCE W. CHAPPELL · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | Apr 1987 | 5,654 |
| 8 | Geochemical discrimination of different magma series and their differentiation products using immobile elements J. A. Winchester, P.A. Floyd · Chemical Geology | 1977 | 5,388 |
| 9 | Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space Yoshimitsu Okada · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Aug 1985 | 5,242 |
| 10 | Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings Walter H. F. Smith, David T. Sandwell · Science | 26 Sep 1997 | 4,763 |
| 11 | Tectonic discrimination of granitoids P.D. Maniar, Philip M. Piccoli · Geological Society of America Bulletin | May 1989 | 4,689 |
| 12 | Derivation of some modern arc magmas by melting of young subducted lithosphere Marc J. Defant, Mark S. Drummond · Nature | Oct 1990 | 4,344 |
| 13 | A moment magnitude scale Thomas C. Hanks, Hiroo Kanamori · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 10 May 1979 | 4,068 |
| 14 | Oblique Stepwise Rise and Growth of the Tibet Plateau Paul E. Tapponnier, Xu Zhiqin, Françoise Roger et al. · Science | 23 Nov 2001 | 3,960 |
| 15 | Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins Dan Peter McKenzie · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Jun 1978 | 3,955 |
| 16 | Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt-Peridotite Interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U-Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes and Trace Elements in Zircons from Mantle Xenoliths Yongsheng Liu, Shunbao Gao, Zhaoping Hu et al. · Journal of Petrology | 16 Dec 2009 | 3,773 |
| 17 | Current plate motions Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International | May 1990 | 3,764 |
| 18 | Atlas of Zircon Textures Fernando Corfú · Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry | 2003 | 3,656 |
| 19 | Traveltimes for global earthquake location and phase identification Brian L. N. Kennett, Eric Robert Engdahl · Geophysical Journal International | May 1991 | 3,643 |
| 20 | A Double-Difference Earthquake Location Algorithm: Method and Application to the Northern Hayward Fault, California F. Waldhauser · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Dec 2000 | 3,631 |
| 21 | IsoplotR: A free and open toolbox for geochronology Pieter Vermeesch · Geoscience Frontiers | 11 Apr 2018 | 3,554 |
| 22 | Internal deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space Yoshimitsu Okada · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Apr 1992 | 3,541 |
| 23 | Tectonic setting of basic volcanic rocks determined using trace element analyses Julian A. Pearce, Johnson Robin Cann · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Jun 1973 | 3,524 |
| 24 | Constraints on seismic velocities in the Earth from traveltimes Brian L. N. Kennett, Eric Robert Engdahl, R. Buland · Geophysical Journal International | Jul 1995 | 3,512 |
| 25 | Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Research Letters | Oct 1994 | 3,502 |
| 26 | Trace element and isotopic effects of combined wallrock assimilation and fractional crystallization Donald J. DePaolo · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Apr 1981 | 3,413 |
| 27 | Tethyan evolution of Turkey: A plate tectonic approach A. M. Celâl Şengör, Yücel Yılmaz · Tectonophysics | Jun 1981 | 3,405 |
| 28 | Global silicate weathering and CO2 consumption rates deduced from the chemistry of large rivers Jérôme Gaillardet, Bernard Dupré, Pascale Louvat et al. · Chemical Geology | Jul 1999 | 3,329 |
| 29 | The global CMT project 2004–2010: Centroid-moment tensors for 13,017 earthquakes Göran Ekström, M. Nettles, Adam M. Dziewoński · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | 18 Apr 2012 | 3,118 |
| 30 | Petrogenetic implications of Ti, Zr, Y, and Nb variations in volcanic rocks Julian A. Pearce, Michael J Norry · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | 1979 | 2,983 |
| 31 | Theoretical basis of some empirical relations in seismology Hiroo Kanamori, Don L. Anderson · CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) | Oct 1975 | 2,911 |
| 32 | Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine P. Tapponnier, G. Peltzer, A. Y. Le Dain et al. · Geology | 1982 | 2,893 |
| 33 | Zircon chemistry and magma mixing, SE China: In-situ analysis of Hf isotopes, Tonglu and Pingtan igneous complexes William L. Griffin, Xiang Wang, Simon E. Jackson et al. · Lithos | Apr 2002 | 2,839 |
| 34 | Mantle geochemistry: the message from oceanic volcanism Albrecht W. Hofmann · Nature | 1997 | 2,794 |
| 35 | Olivine-liquid equilibrium P. L. Roeder, R F Emslie · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | 1970 | 2,791 |
| 36 | Geologically current plate motions Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus · Geophysical Journal International | 24 Feb 2010 | 2,789 |
| 37 | An overview of adakite, tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG), and sanukitoid: relationships and some implications for crustal evolution Hervé Martin, Robert H. Smithies, Robert Paul Rapp et al. · Lithos | 11 Dec 2004 | 2,785 |
| 38 | The 176Lu decay constant determined by Lu–Hf and U–Pb isotope systematics of Precambrian mafic intrusions Ulf Söderlund, P. Jonathan Patchett, Jeffrey D. Vervoort et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 12 Feb 2004 | 2,764 |
| 39 | An updated digital model of plate boundaries Peter Bird · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems | Mar 2003 | 2,747 |
| 40 | Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, Simon A. Wilde et al. · Precambrian Research | 16 Dec 2004 | 2,698 |
| 41 | Zircon trace element geochemistry: partitioning with garnet and the link between U–Pb ages and metamorphism Daniela Rubatto · Chemical Geology | Mar 2002 | 2,690 |
| 42 | Chemical subdivision of the A-type granitoids:Petrogenetic and tectonic implications G. Nelson Eby · Geology | 1992 | 2,681 |
| 43 | A plate tectonic model for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic constrained by dynamic plate boundaries and restored synthetic oceanic isochrons Gérard M. Stampfli, Gilles Borel · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Feb 2002 | 2,627 |
| 44 | Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations Robert Jr. O. Hall · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences | Apr 2002 | 2,626 |
| 45 | Fault zone architecture and permeability structure Jonathan Saul Caine, James P. Evans, Craig B. Forster · Geology | 1996 | 2,625 |
| 46 | A large-scale isotope anomaly in the Southern Hemisphere mantle Stanley R. Hart · Nature | Jun 1984 | 2,565 |
| 47 | Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U–Pb geochronology Fu‐Yuan Wu, Yue‐Heng Yang, Lie‐Wen Xie et al. · Chemical Geology | 25 Jul 2006 | 2,559 |
| 48 | Closure temperature in cooling geochronological and petrological systems M. H. DODSON · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | 1973 | 2,546 |
| 49 | The energy release in great earthquakes Hiroo Kanamori · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 10 Jul 1977 | 2,506 |
| 50 | Injection-Induced Earthquakes William L. Ellsworth · Science | 11 Jul 2013 | 2,496 |
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