OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy of northwestern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, with new insights into the age and diachronism of the Ship Point Formation in the Foxe Basin	35
Quantifying simulated fine sand fraction in muddy sediment using laser diffraction	25
The morphologic and paleobiogeographic implications of a new early Silurian echinoid from Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada	24
A reassessment of the Erie Interstade from field work in the Cayuga basin, central New York	20
Facies analysis for the Neoarchean Itchen and Sherpa formations of the Winter Lake greenstone belt, Slave craton, Northwest Territories, Canada	20
Trapped in a graben: deposition of Huronian gold-bearing conglomerates in a fault-influenced, valley-confined, fluvial system in the southern Cobalt Basin, Ontario, Canada	18
Comment on “Complementarity of Hf isotopes from detrital and igneous zircon: an example from the Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario”	17
Taphonomy of a monodominant Gryposaurus sp. bonebed from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada	16
Paleoenvironmental analysis of the Late Cretaceous Wombat kimberlite maar sediments, subarctic Canada: implications from geochemical and microfossil data	13
Paleoenvironmental fluctuations across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary, Scotian margin, Canada	13
Geochronology, petrogenesis, and mineralization potential of the syenogranites in the Yama fluorite deposit, Tataleng granitic batholith, Qilian Orogen, NW China	13
Bellerophontid molluscs in the Grimsby Formation (Llandovery, lower Silurian), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and their paleoecological and taphonomic implications	12
Late history of glacial Lake Agassiz in northwestern Ontario, Canada: a case study in the Sandy Lake basin	11
Mesoproterozoic basins (Yukon, Canada) in the evolution of supercontinent Columbia	11
Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Quebec, Canada	11
Structural geology of the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, BC, Canada: implications for geothermal energy and geohazards	11
Geophysical architecture and geochronology of the Neoarchean Mentor anorthosite intrusive complex, northwestern Minnesota: largest anorthosite complex of the Superior Province?	10
Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic setting of Ordovician metavolcanic rocks in the Liberty–Orrington belt, Maine: implications for the evolution of peri-Gondwanan arcs in the northern Appalachi	9
Regional stratigraphy, structural geology, and 2D seismic interpretation of auriferous terrain in the vicinity of the Appleton Fault Zone and Dog Bay Line, northeast-central Newfoundland Appalachians:	9
Reply to the discussion by van Staal et al. on “The northern Appalachian terrane wreck model”	8
Correction: Probabilistic assessment of induced seismicity at the Alberta No. 1 geothermal project site	8
Marine record of late-glacial readvance and last recession of Laurentide ice, inner Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada	8
Tectonic setting and provenance analysis of the Yaojia Formation in the northeastern Songliao Basin, NE China: constraints from sandstone geochemistry, Hf isotopes, and zircon U–Pb chronology	8
Structure, metamorphism, and mica ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology of the southern Purcell anticlinorium and its transition into the central Kootenay arc, Omineca belt, southeastern Br	8
Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the Early Cretaceous Xizhelimu diorite in Keyouzhongqi, Inner Mongolia, China	8

U-Pb zircon ages from metasedimentary and plutonic rocks in the Bras d'Or terrane of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: insights into the Ediacaran–Cambrian tectonomagmatic evolution of Ganderia	8
New information on the holotype of “ Chasmosaurus ” russelli (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) necessitates the	7
First chimaeroid fish egg capsule (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes) from upper Eocene Carmanah Group strata, West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	7
Seismicity at the intersection of the Coast Shear Zone and Anahim Volcanic Belt near Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada	7
Note of appreciation	7
Deep-Sea Borehole Fluid Pressure and Temperature Observations at Subduction Zones and their Geodynamic Implications	7
Migrations of Devonian brine up-section and the origin of calcite-cemented sand in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Athabasca Oil Sands	7
Seismicity and seismic monitoring of Canada’s volcanic zones	7
Deep long-period earthquakes near Mount Meager, British Columbia	7
A micromorphological perspective on the Neoproterozoic Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formation diamictites—Varangerfjord, Norway	7
Tithonian mafic intrusions in north-central Newfoundland: link to Atlantic rifting?	6
A comparison of trace element concentrations in chromite from komatiites, picrites, and layered intrusions: implications for the formation of massive chromite layers	6
Dome-and-keel and linear accretionary architectures in the eastern Wabigoon superterrane, Canada: seismic profiling, magnetotelluric modelling, and gold endowment	6
Petrogenesis of a TTG intrusive suite: the La Dauversière pluton, Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada	6
Geochronology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous highly differentiated I-type granites in the central Great Xing’an Range, northeastern China	6
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	6
Edmontosaurus from the Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta, and its chronostratigraphic position in the Late Cretaceous Brazeau Formation and correlative units in western Cana	5
Tectonic history of the Waugh Lake basin based on field, geochemical, and isotopic (U-Pb, Sm-Nd) study: New insights into the age and origin of a collision-related volcano-sedimentary sequence in the	5
Insights into a synorogenic origin for REE-bearing carbonatites in the Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary Zone of the Grenville Province	5
Petrochemistry, mineralogy, and Nd isotopic analyses of Tithonian alkaline lamprophyric intrusions, north-central Newfoundland, Canada	5
The Yellowknife greenstone belt and underlying Central Slave Cover Group, Slave craton, Canada: constraints and questions arising from a U–Pb dating study	5
The Folster Lake Formation, Nunavut: remnant of a littoral to fluvio-deltaic source to the Paleoproterozoic-age Penrhyn basin	5
Coseismic Coulomb stress changes on intraplate faults in the western Quebec seismic zone following three major earthquakes in the past century	5
Geodynamic studies of southwestern Canada: subduction zone processes and backarc mantle dynamics	5
An experimental baseline for ice-till strain indicators	5
Advection-driven, (ultra-)high temperature metamorphism: A case study from the Shawinigan Orogeny in the Frontenac Terrane, Canada	5
Assessing recent shoreline change in northeastern Haida Gwaii, BC	5
Landscape and Seascape Responses to Canada’s Changing Climate	5
The glacial lakes evolution south of Lac Saint-Jean (Québec) and its implications for defining the regional deglaciation pattern	5
Petrogenetic insights into the largest volcanic pulse in the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada: the Stoughton-Roquemaure assemblage	5
The mid-Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges orogeny: a new slant on Cordilleran tectonics? III: the orogenic foredeep	5
A record of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE; Cambrian, Paibian) from the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland	5
Structural geology of the Cadillac Group along the Malartic segment of the Larder Lake Cadillac deformation zone, Quebec, and implications for gold mineralization	5
Evaluation of carbon dioxide sequestration via interaction with peridotite and peridotite-hosted groundwaters: an experimental case study with Bay of Islands Ophiolite rocks, western Newfoundland, Can	5
Exploring the Moho beneath the Northern Canadian Cordillera, with seismically constrained gravity inversion	5
Age and geochemistry of basement complexes in the south-central New Québec Orogen: Archean history, terrane correlations, and Paleoproterozoic reactivation	5
Paleoenvironmental and chemostratigraphic implications of variations in geochemical proxies across the Upper Jurassic–Lower cretaceous boundary: a case study from the Flemish Pass Basin	5
Research on the enrichment and mineralization of Nb–Ta elements in alkaline rhyolite of the Early Cretaceous Toudaoqiao deposit, the Great Xing'an Range	5
Impact of European colonization on the environment of Gatineau (Hull), Quebec, Canada	5
Thermal control on the updip and downdip extents of megathrust earthquake rupture: revisiting Dr. Roy Hyndman's seminal contributions 30 years later	4
The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary and lithosphere replacement as informed by mantle xenoliths and their host lavas	4
An investigation of subaqueous failures triggered by the 1935 CE M_w 6.1 Témiscaming earthquake, Quebec, Canada, as an analogue for a paleoseismic study	4
Multiple forms of bioimmuration in a coral–crinoid–bryozoan association from the Middle Devonian Onondaga Formation of southeastern Ontario	4
A FRAMEWORK FOR ROCK PROPERTY DATA ACQUISITION, VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BATHURST MINING CAMP, NORTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK	4
The Cambrian (Furongian) olenid trilobite Peltura from Avalonian Nova Scotia, Canada, with a review of some species from Baltica	4
Characteristics of the Albian Westgate Formation polygonal fault system	4
In situ mica Rb–Sr geochronology and microstructural analysis to evaluate the timing and sense of shear zone movement: Shannon and d'Abbadie Faults, Yukon, Canada	4
Sulphide petrology and ore genesis of the stratabound Sheep Creek sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Ag–Sn prospect, and U–Pb zircon constraints on the timing of magmatism in the northern Alaska Range	4
A revised coastal sensitivity index for Canada’s marine coasts calculated using nonparametric statistics	4
Cratonal tidal deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Mesnard Quartzite, Lake Superior region: interpretation challenges	4

Late Quaternary changes in sediment sources in the Labrador Sea	4
Note of appreciation	4
The volcanic architecture and tectono-magmatic framework of the Mount Grace carbonatites, southeastern Canadian Cordillera	4
Neoproterozoic Seal Cove intrusion from the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland: geochemistry, geochronology, petrogenesis, tectonic settings and its relations to Avalonian arc-related volcanic rocks	4
A review of paleomagnetic studies from Northern Alaska and Yukon: implications for terrane reconstructions	4
The northern range limit of Otodus megalodon is underestimated: comment on Bateman and Larsson (2025)	4
Effect of Lithospheric Thickness and Radial Mantle Viscosity Profile on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Crustal Motions in North America	4
New constraints on the timing and nature of metamorphism in the eastern Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada	4
Polyphase formation of a Neoarchean auriferous fault zone network in the Michipicoten greenstone belt, southern Superior craton	4
Multi-criteria assessment approach of slow-moving urban landslide hazard: the case of Moulay Yacoub, Morocco	4
Constraining the lithostratigraphic architecture of a buried bedrock valley using surface electrical resistivity and seismic refraction tomography	4