Most cited papers in Geological formations and processes
What are the most cited papers in Geological formations and processes?
The most cited paper in Geological formations and processes is "A Pliocene‐Pleistocene stack of 57 globally distributed benthic δ 18 O records" (L. E. Lisiecki, Maureen E. Raymo, 2005), with 7,604 citations. Next come "Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic" (7,338) and "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics" (4,693).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 880 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Pliocene‐Pleistocene stack of 57 globally distributed benthic δ 18 O records L. E. Lisiecki, Maureen E. Raymo · Paleoceanography | 17 Jan 2005 | 7,604 |
| 2 | Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic Bilal Ul Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail · Science | 6 Mar 1987 | 7,338 |
| 3 | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Joseph Pedlosky, S. Leibovich · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Sep 1981 | 4,693 |
| 4 | GRADISTAT: a grain size distribution and statistics package for the analysis of unconsolidated sediments Simon J. Blott, Kenneth Pye · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 28 Sep 2001 | 4,427 |
| 5 | Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis Zheng‐Xiang Li, Svetlana Bogdanova, Alan Stephen Collins et al. · Precambrian Research | 26 Jun 2007 | 3,470 |
| 6 | A Pervasive Millennial-Scale Cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial Climates Gérard C. Bond, William Showers, Maziet Cheseby et al. · Science | 14 Nov 1997 | 3,419 |
| 7 | Unraveling the effects of potassium metasomatism in sedimentary rocks and paleosols, with implications for paleoweathering conditions and provenance Christopher M. Fedo, H.W. Nesbitt, Grant M. Young · Geology | 1995 | 3,002 |
| 8 | Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean James P. M. Syvitski, Charles J Vörösmarty, Albert J. Kettner et al. · Science | 14 Apr 2005 | 2,860 |
| 9 | Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene Kurt Lambeck, Hélène Rouby, Anthony Purcell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 13 Oct 2014 | 2,729 |
| 10 | Sinking deltas due to human activities James P. M. Syvitski, Albert J. Kettner, Irina Overeem et al. · Nature Geoscience | 20 Sep 2009 | 2,483 |
| 11 | Sediment gravity flows; II, Depositional models with special reference to the deposits of high-density turbidity currents Donald R. Lowe · Journal of Sedimentary Research | Mar 1982 | 2,475 |
| 12 | Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene Gerald H. Haug, Konrad A Hughen, Daniel M. Sigman et al. · Science | 17 Aug 2001 | 2,457 |
| 13 | A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements Greg Balco, John O. H. Stone, Nathaniel A. Lifton et al. · Quaternary Geochronology | 7 Jan 2008 | 2,333 |
| 14 | Collapse and rapid resumption of Atlantic meridional circulation linked to deglacial climate changes Jerry F McManus, Roger François, Jeanne-Marie Gherardi et al. · Nature | Apr 2004 | 2,297 |
| 15 | Sea-level and deep water temperature changes derived from benthic foraminifera isotopic records Claire Waelbroeck, Louise Labeyrie, Élisabeth Michel et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 2002 | 2,288 |
| 16 | Global Multi‐Resolution Topography synthesis William B. F. Ryan, S. M. Carbotte, J. Coplan et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems | Mar 2009 | 2,169 |
| 17 | A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination Sune Olander Rasmussen, K. K. Andersen, Anders M. Svensson et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 20 Mar 2006 | 2,129 |
| 18 | Maps of Pleistocene sea levels in Southeast Asia: shorelines, river systems and time durations Harold K. Voris · Journal of Biogeography | Sep 2000 | 1,996 |
| 19 | Sea Level Change Through the Last Glacial Cycle Kurt Lambeck, John Chappell · Science | 27 Apr 2001 | 1,995 |
| 20 | Channel-reach morphology in mountain drainage basins David R. Montgomery, John M. Buffington · Geological Society of America Bulletin | May 1997 | 1,958 |
| 21 | Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China Zhengtang Guo, William F Ruddiman, Qingzhen Hao et al. · Nature | Mar 2002 | 1,867 |
| 22 | Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch Christopher M. Moy, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Donald T. Rodbell et al. · Nature | Nov 2002 | 1,797 |
| 23 | Estuarine facies models; conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications Robert W. Dalrymple, Brian A. Zaitlin, Ron Boyd · Journal of Sedimentary Research | Nov 1992 | 1,760 |
| 24 | Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period: Peter B deMenocal, Joseph D. Ortiz, Tom Guilderson et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 2000 | 1,741 |
| 25 | Holocene Forcing of the Indian Monsoon Recorded in a Stalagmite from Southern Oman Dominik Fleitmann, Stephen J Burns, Manfred Mudelsee et al. · Science | 12 Jun 2003 | 1,732 |
| 26 | The physical character of subaqueous sedimentary density flows and their deposits Thierry Mulder, Jan Alexander · Sedimentology | 6 Apr 2001 | 1,657 |
| 27 | Hydrological changes in the African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum Françoise Gasse · Quaternary Science Reviews | 2000 | 1,615 |
| 28 | Developments in Sedimentology G. C. Amstutz · Soil Science | Jul 1965 | 1,610 |
| 29 | Foreland basin systems Peter G. DeCelles, Katherine A. Giles · Basin Research | Jun 1996 | 1,556 |
| 30 | Sea-floor spreading and continental drift Xavier Le Pichon · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 15 Jun 1968 | 1,519 |
| 31 | Towards the standardization of sequence stratigraphy Octavian Catuneanu et al. · Earth-Science Reviews | 22 Oct 2008 | 1,492 |
| 32 | Eustatic Controls on Clastic Deposition II—Sequence and Systems Tract Models Henry W. Posamentier, Peter R. Vail · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks | 1988 | 1,478 |
| 33 | Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the south China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia A. Briais, Philippe Patriat, Paul E. Tapponnier · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 10 Apr 1993 | 1,459 |
| 34 | Chronostratigraphic Techniques in Recent Sediments P. G. Appleby · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks | 29 Dec 2005 | 1,444 |
| 35 | PROFILE: Hungry Water: Effects of Dams and Gravel Mining on River Channels G. Mathias Kondolf · Environmental Management | Jul 1997 | 1,431 |
| 36 | Mechanism of burial metamorphism of argillaceous sediment: 1. Mineralogical and chemical evidence John Hower, Eric Eslinger, MARK E. HOWER et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1976 | 1,402 |
| 37 | Recent trends in the suspended sediment loads of the world's rivers Des E. Walling, D. Fang · Global and Planetary Change | 2 Jun 2003 | 1,306 |
| 38 | Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks John Paul Platt · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1986 | 1,297 |
| 39 | Correlation between climate events in the North Atlantic and China during the last glaciation Stephen C. Porter, Zhisheng An · Nature | May 1995 | 1,293 |
| 40 | Cretaceous eustasy revisited Bilal Ul Haq · Global and Planetary Change | 23 Dec 2013 | 1,292 |
| 41 | Ice Age Paleotopography W. R. Peltier · Science | 8 Jul 1994 | 1,267 |
| 42 | The formation and failure of natural dams John E. Costa, Robert L. Schuster · Geological Society of America Bulletin | Jul 1988 | 1,263 |
| 43 | Fluvial responses to climate and sea‐level change: a review and look forward Michael D. Blum, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist · Sedimentology | Feb 2000 | 1,262 |
| 44 | Evolution of Metamorphic Belts Akiho Miyashiro · Journal of Petrology | 1961 | 1,238 |
| 45 | Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes Eric G. Kirby, K. X. Whipple · Journal of Structural Geology | 7 Aug 2012 | 1,234 |
| 46 | 3-D inversion of magnetic data Yaoguo Li, Douglas W. Oldenburg · Geophysics | Apr 1996 | 1,199 |
| 47 | Erosion and Deposition of Cohesive Soils Emmanuel Partheniades · Journal of the Hydraulics Division | 1965 | 1,194 |
| 48 | BEDROCK RIVERS AND THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF ACTIVE OROGENS K. X. Whipple · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | 21 Apr 2004 | 1,185 |
| 49 | Bedrock incision, rock uplift and threshold hillslopes in the northwestern Himalayas Douglas W. Burbank, John Leland, Eric Jameson Fielding et al. · Nature | Feb 1996 | 1,183 |
| 50 | Carbonate ramp depositional systems Trevor P. Burchette, V. Paul Wright · Sedimentary Geology | Aug 1992 | 1,152 |
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