Most cited papers in Geological Studies and Exploration
What are the most cited papers in Geological Studies and Exploration?
The most cited paper in Geological Studies and Exploration is "The continental crust: its composition and evolution" (Brian Frederick Windley, 1986), with 11,005 citations. Next come "Composition of the Continental Crust" (6,466) and "Petrology of the sedimentary rocks" (3,689).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 412 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The continental crust: its composition and evolution Brian Frederick Windley · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | Feb 1986 | 11,005 |
| 2 | Composition of the Continental Crust Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao · Treatise on Geochemistry | 2003 | 6,466 |
| 3 | Petrology of the sedimentary rocks Earle F. McBride · Geomorphology | Jun 1991 | 3,689 |
| 4 | Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt Brian Frederick Windley, Dmitriy V. Alexeiev, Wenjiao Xiao et al. · Journal of the Geological Society | 7 Dec 2006 | 3,433 |
| 5 | The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart K.M. Cohen, Stanley C. Finney, P.L. Gibbard et al. · Episodes | Sep 2013 | 3,226 |
| 6 | Morphology, Genesis, and Distribution of Nanometer-Scale Pores in Siliceous Mudstones of the Mississippian Barnett Shale Robert G. Loucks, Robert M. Reed, Stephen C. Ruppel et al. · Journal of Sedimentary Research | 30 Nov 2009 | 2,793 |
| 7 | Continental Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths D. BARRIE CLARKE · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Jul 1984 | 2,048 |
| 8 | Anoxic environments and oil source bed genesis Gerard J. Demaison, George Thomas Moore · Organic Geochemistry | 1980 | 1,533 |
| 9 | Basic theory of the magneto-telluric method of geophysical prospecting Louis Cagniard · Geophysics | Jul 1953 | 1,531 |
| 10 | Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Chronostratigraphic Framework of European Basins Jan Hardenbol, Jacques Thierry, Martin B. Farley et al. · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks | 1999 | 1,504 |
| 11 | The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth M. I. Budyko · Tellus | Oct 1969 | 1,436 |
| 12 | Applied Source Rock Geochemistry Kenneth E. Peters, Mary Rose Cassa · American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks | 1994 | 1,301 |
| 13 | Kerogen origin, evolution and structure Mireille Vandenbroucke, Claude Largeau · Organic Geochemistry | 17 Jan 2007 | 1,285 |
| 14 | The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0 Martin Jakobsson et al. · Geophysical Research Letters | 8 Jun 2012 | 1,197 |
| 15 | Massive granitoid generation in Central Asia: Nd isotope evidence and implication for continental growth in the Phanerozoic Bor‐ming Jahn, Fu‐Yuan Wu, Бин Чэн · Episodes | Jun 2000 | 1,169 |
| 16 | Revised World maps and introduction Christopher R. Scotese, W. S. McKerrow · Geological Society London Memoirs | 1990 | 1,120 |
| 17 | Observed and projected climate shifts 1901-2100 depicted by world maps of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification Franz Rubel, Markus Kottek · Meteorologische Zeitschrift | 25 Feb 2010 | 1,102 |
| 18 | Appraisal and Assessment of World Water Resources I. A. Shiklomanov · Water International | Mar 2000 | 1,081 |
| 19 | An ultraslow-spreading class of ocean ridge H. J. Dick, Jian Guo Lin, Hans A. Schouten · Nature | Nov 2003 | 1,039 |
| 20 | A new digital bathymetric model of the world's oceans Pauline Weatherall, Karen M. Marks, Martin Jakobsson et al. · Earth and Space Science | 29 Jun 2015 | 1,022 |
| 21 | STABLE ISOTOPES OF OXYGEN AND CARBON AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Thomas F. Anderson, Michael A. Arthur · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks | 1983 | 998 |
| 22 | Natural gas-hydrates — A potential energy source for the 21st Century Yuri F. Makogon, Steve A. Holditch, Taras Y. Makogon · Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering | 16 Jan 2007 | 916 |
| 23 | The Central Asian Orogenic Belt and growth of the continental crust in the Phanerozoic Bor‐ming Jahn · Geological Society London Special Publications | 2004 | 900 |
| 24 | Unconventional hydrocarbon resources in China and the prospect of exploration and development Chengzao Jia, Min Zheng, Yongfeng Zhang · Petroleum Exploration and Development | Apr 2012 | 888 |
| 25 | Energy revolution: From a fossil energy era to a new energy era Caineng Zou, Qun Zhao, Guosheng Zhang et al. · Natural Gas Industry B | 2016 | 870 |
| 26 | Molecular parameters of maturation in the Toarcian shales, Paris Basin, France—I. Changes in the configurations of acyclic isoprenoid alkanes, steranes and triterpanes Andrew S. Mackenzie, Richard L. Patience, James Rankin Maxwell et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Nov 1980 | 810 |
| 27 | Changing Climate: Geothermal Evidence from Permafrost in the Alaskan Arctic Arthur H. Lachenbruch, B. Vaughn Marshall · Science | 7 Nov 1986 | 793 |
| 28 | Evolution of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea Manik Talwani, Olav Eldholm · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1977 | 787 |
| 29 | Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis Nicole Le Breton, Alan Bruce Thompson · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | Jun 1988 | 783 |
| 30 | Middle East: Stratigraphic Evolution and Oil Habitat R. J. Murris · AAPG Bulletin | May 1980 | 780 |
| 31 | Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review L. R. M. Cocks, Trond Helge Torsvik · Journal of the Geological Society | Dec 2002 | 778 |
| 32 | Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Arctic Donald L. Gautier, Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier et al. · Science | 28 May 2009 | 778 |
| 33 | Fluids expelled tectonically from orogenic belts: Their role in hydrocarbon migration and other geologic phenomena Jack Ertle Oliver · Geology | 1986 | 774 |
| 34 | On the halocline of the Arctic Ocean Knut Aagaard, L.K. Coachman, Eddy C. Carmack · Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers | Jun 1981 | 774 |
| 35 | Time and Temperature in Petroleum Formation: Application of Lopatin’s Method to Petroleum Exploration Douglas Waples · AAPG Bulletin | Jun 1980 | 772 |
| 36 | Formation of an Archaean continent Maarten J. de Wit, Cornel E.J. de Ronde, M. Tredoux et al. · Nature | Jun 1992 | 764 |
| 37 | Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum the Expedition 302 Scientists, Appy Sluijs, Stefan Schouten et al. · Nature | 31 May 2006 | 756 |
| 38 | Evolution of Triple Junctions Dan Peter McKenzie, W. Jason Morgan · Nature | Oct 1969 | 737 |
| 39 | Microstructural investigation of gas shales in two and three dimensions using nanometer-scale resolution imaging Mark E. Curtis, Carl Sondergeld, Raymond Ambrose et al. · AAPG Bulletin | Apr 2012 | 727 |
| 40 | Abundances of chemical elements in the Earth’s crust A. A. Yaroshevsky · Geochemistry International | 2006 | 719 |
| 41 | Geodynamics of the western part of the Mongolia–Okhotsk collisional belt, Trans-Baikal region (Russia) and Mongolia Yu.A. Zorin · Tectonophysics | May 1999 | 700 |
| 42 | Chemical Fossils: The Geological Fate of Steroids Andrew S. Mackenzie, Simon C. Brassell, G. Eglinton et al. · Science | 6 Aug 1982 | 674 |
| 43 | Origin of Sedimentary Rocks Harold Joseph Bissell, George Varos Chilingar · Sedimentary Geology | Mar 1981 | 672 |
| 44 | Continent and Ocean Basin Evolution by Spreading of the Sea Floor Robert S. Dietz · Nature | Jun 1961 | 661 |
| 45 | Ichnology: Organism-Substrate Interactions in Space and Time Luís A. Buatois, María Gabriela Mángano | 30 Sep 2011 | 638 |
| 46 | A reappraisal of kerogen formation Erik W. Tegelaar, Jan Willem de Leeuw, Sylvie Derenne et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Nov 1989 | 628 |
| 47 | Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Grant D. Mossop · Geoscience Canada | 6 Jun 1988 | 627 |
| 48 | Features of the physical oceanographic conditions of the Barents Sea Harald Loeng · Polar Research | Dec 1991 | 624 |
| 49 | Types of Igneous Cumulates Lawrence Rickard Wager, George Malcolm Brown, W. J. Wadsworth · Journal of Petrology | Feb 1960 | 599 |
| 50 | Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia Wenjiao Xiao, Brian Frederick Windley, Chunming Han et al. · Earth-Science Reviews | 30 Sep 2017 | 596 |
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