Most cited papers in Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
What are the most cited papers in Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide?
The most cited paper in Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide is "Current plate motions" (Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al., 1990), with 3,764 citations. Next come "Present‐day plate motions" (2,261) and "Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis" (1,848).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 399 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Current plate motions Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International | May 1990 | 3,764 |
| 2 | Present‐day plate motions J. B. Minster, T. H. Jordan · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 10 Nov 1978 | 2,261 |
| 3 | Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis Wout Krijgsman, F.J. Hilgen, Isabella Raffi et al. · Nature | Aug 1999 | 1,848 |
| 4 | Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System John Frederick Dewey, Walter C. Pitman, William B. F. Ryan et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1973 | 1,607 |
| 5 | Cleaning and Shaping the Root Canal Herbert Schilder · Dental Clinics of North America | Apr 1974 | 1,451 |
| 6 | Tectonic map and overall architecture of the Alpine orogen Stefan M. Schmid, Bernhard Fügenschuh, Eduard Kissling et al. · Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae | May 2004 | 1,259 |
| 7 | Orthogneiss, mylonite and non coaxial deformation of granites: the example of the South Armorican Shear Zone D. Berthé, Pierre Choukroune, Pierre Jégouzo · Journal of Structural Geology | 1979 | 1,222 |
| 8 | REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy Giovanni F. Sella, Timothy H. Dixon, Ailin Mao · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Apr 2002 | 1,129 |
| 9 | Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions of Alpine Tethys with the geological–geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps Mark R. Handy, Stefan M. Schmid, Romain Bousquet et al. · Earth-Science Reviews | 14 Jun 2010 | 1,125 |
| 10 | The isotopic geochemistry of speleothems—I. The calculation of the effects of different modes of formation on the isotopic composition of speleothems and their applicability as palaeoclimatic indicators Chris H. Hendy · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Aug 1971 | 1,112 |
| 11 | Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering Allen C. West, Αlbert Galy, M. J. Bickle · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Jun 2005 | 1,107 |
| 12 | History of the Mediterranean salinity crisis Kenneth J. Hsü, L. Montadert, Daniel Bernoulli et al. · Nature | Jun 1977 | 1,063 |
| 13 | S-C Mylonites Gordon Stuart Lister, Arthur W. Snoke · Journal of Structural Geology | 1984 | 1,050 |
| 14 | Andean tectonics related to geometry of subducted Nazca plate Teresa E. Jordan, Bryan L. Isacks, Richard Waldron Allmendinger et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1983 | 1,032 |
| 15 | Lateral slab deformation and the origin of the western Mediterranean arcs Claudio Faccenna, Claudia Piromallo, Ana Crespo‐Blanc et al. · Tectonics | Feb 2004 | 990 |
| 16 | Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide Mark D. Zoback, Steven M. Gorelick · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 18 Jun 2012 | 957 |
| 17 | Evolution of a continental collision belt: ECORS-Pyrenees crustal balanced cross-section Josep Antón Muñoz | 1992 | 893 |
| 18 | Modification and preservation of environmental signals in speleothems Ian J. Fairchild, Claire Smith, Andy Baker et al. · Earth-Science Reviews | 2 Dec 2005 | 888 |
| 19 | The Variscan collage and orogeny (480–290 Ma) and the tectonic definition of the Armorica microplate: a review Ph. Matte · Terra Nova | Apr 2001 | 872 |
| 20 | Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview René Guiraud, William Bosworth, Jacques Thierry et al. · Journal of African Earth Sciences | Oct 2005 | 869 |
| 21 | Cenozoic magmatism throughout east Africa resulting from impact of a single plume Cynthia J. Ebinger, Norman H. Sleep · Nature | Oct 1998 | 846 |
| 22 | Grenvillian continental collision in south China: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia Zheng‐Xiang Li, Xian‐Hua Li, Hanwen Zhou et al. · Geology | 2002 | 841 |
| 23 | Fault zone hydrogeology Victor Bense, Tom Gleeson, Sian E. Loveless et al. · Earth-Science Reviews | 10 Oct 2013 | 824 |
| 24 | Extensional collapse of thickened continental lithosphere: A working hypothesis for the Alboran Sea and Gibraltar arc John Paul Platt, Reinoud L.M. Vissers · Geology | 1989 | 824 |
| 25 | The Mediterranean Basins : Tertiary Extension within the Alpine Orogen Bernard Durand, Laurent Jolivet, F Horváth et al. · Medical Entomology and Zoology | Dec 1999 | 797 |
| 26 | Relative motions of Africa, Iberia and Europe during Alpine orogeny Gideon Rosenbaum, Gordon Stuart Lister, Cécile Duboz · Tectonophysics | Nov 2002 | 795 |
| 27 | Geophysical‐geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss‐Italian Alps Stefan M. Schmid, O. Adrian Pfiffner, Nikolaus Froitzheim et al. · Tectonics | Oct 1996 | 794 |
| 28 | P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine‐Mediterranean area Claudia Piromallo, Andrea Morelli · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Feb 2003 | 792 |
| 29 | Plate Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region Dan Peter McKenzie · Nature | Apr 1970 | 770 |
| 30 | The Troodos Massif, Cyprus and other ophiolites as oceanic crust: evaluation and implications Eldridge M. Moores, F. J. Vine · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 Feb 1971 | 743 |
| 31 | Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean Laurent Jolivet, Jean‐Pierre Brun · International Journal of Earth Sciences | 25 Sep 2008 | 715 |
| 32 | Alkaline Igneous rocks R. W. Le Maitre · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Sep 1988 | 714 |
| 33 | Faulting associated with historical and recent earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean region Ambraseys, Derek Jackson · Geophysical Journal International | 26 May 1998 | 711 |
| 34 | History of subduction and back-arc extension in the Central Mediterranean Claudio Faccenna, T. W. Becker, Francesco Pio Lucente et al. · Geophysical Journal International | Jun 2001 | 708 |
| 35 | A proposal for the kinematic modelling of W‐dipping subductions ‐ possible applications to the Tyrrhenian‐Apennines system Carlo Doglioni · Terra Nova | Jul 1991 | 704 |
| 36 | Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years S. Kröpelin, Dirk Verschuren, Anne‐Marie Lézine et al. · Science | 8 May 2008 | 703 |
| 37 | Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands David J. Beerling et al. · Nature | 8 Jul 2020 | 702 |
| 38 | The Saharan Metacraton Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Jean-Paul Liégeois, Robert J. Stern · Journal of African Earth Sciences | Apr 2002 | 698 |
| 39 | Andean tectonics as a cause for changing drainage patterns in Miocene northern South America Carina Hoorn, Javier Guerrero, Gustavo A. Sarmiento et al. · Geology | 1995 | 689 |
| 40 | The two main steps of the Atlas building and geodynamics of the western Mediterranean Dominique Frizon de Lamotte, Bertrand Saint Bezar, Rabah Bracène et al. · Tectonics | Aug 2000 | 679 |
| 41 | Origin and assembly of the Tethyside orogenic collage at the expense of Gondwana Land A. M. Celâl Şengör, Demir Altıner, Altan Cin et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications | 1988 | 675 |
| 42 | Plate Tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa Dan Peter McKenzie, D. Rhodri Davies, Péter Molnár · Nature | Apr 1970 | 668 |
| 43 | Timing of Hot Spot—Related Volcanism and the Breakup of Madagascar and India Michael Storey, John J. Mahoney, Andrew D. Saunders et al. · Science | 10 Feb 1995 | 668 |
| 44 | Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: response to edges of subduction zones Rob Govers, M. J. R. Wortel · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 21 Jun 2005 | 665 |
| 45 | Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Trond Helge Torsvik, Stefan M. Schmid et al. · Gondwana Research | 3 Sep 2019 | 655 |
| 46 | Cordilleran Benioff zones Peter J. Coney, Stephen J. Reynolds · Nature | Dec 1977 | 643 |
| 47 | Dansgaard‐Oeschger and Heinrich event imprints in Alboran Sea paleotemperatures Isabel Cacho, Joan O. Grimalt, Carles Pelejero et al. · Paleoceanography | Dec 1999 | 629 |
| 48 | The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences Marco Roveri, Rachel Flecker, Wout Krijgsman et al. · Marine Geology | 22 Feb 2014 | 626 |
| 49 | On the post-25 Ma geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean Erwan Gueguen, Carlo Doglioni, Manel Fernández · Tectonophysics | Nov 1998 | 625 |
| 50 | A mechanism to thin the continental lithosphere at magma-poor margins L. L. Lavier, Gianreto Manatschal · Nature | Mar 2006 | 622 |
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