OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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	30
Quantifying simulated fine sand fraction in muddy sediment using laser diffraction	22
The morphologic and paleobiogeographic implications of a new early Silurian echinoid from Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada	19
Comment on “Complementarity of Hf isotopes from detrital and igneous zircon: an example from the Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, Ontario”	17
A reassessment of the Erie Interstade from field work in the Cayuga basin, central New York	16
Evidence for microbially mediated silver enrichment in a middle Cambrian Burgess Shale-type deposit, Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada	16
Facies analysis for the Neoarchean Itchen and Sherpa formations of the Winter Lake greenstone belt, Slave craton, Northwest Territories, Canada	15
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	14
Taphonomy of a monodominant Gryposaurus sp. bonebed from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada	13
Late history of glacial Lake Agassiz in northwestern Ontario, Canada: a case study in the Sandy Lake basin	11
Paleoenvironmental fluctuations across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary, Scotian margin, Canada	10
Structural geology of the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, BC, Canada: implications for geothermal energy and geohazards	10
Bellerophontid molluscs in the Grimsby Formation (Llandovery, lower Silurian), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and their paleoecological and taphonomic implications	10
Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Quebec, Canada	10
Geochronology, petrogenesis, and mineralization potential of the syenogranites in the Yama fluorite deposit, Tataleng granitic batholith, Qilian Orogen, NW China	10
Structure, metamorphism, and mica ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology of the southern Purcell anticlinorium and its transition into the central Kootenay arc, Omineca belt, southeastern Br	9
Mesoproterozoic basins (Yukon, Canada) in the evolution of supercontinent Columbia	9
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	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	7
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	7
Correction: Probabilistic assessment of induced seismicity at the Alberta No. 1 geothermal project site	7
Petrogenesis and mode of emplacement of a Neoarchean tonalite–trondhjemite–diorite suite: the Eau Jaune Complex, Abitibi greenstone belt	7
Chronology and stratigraphy of the Imlay Channel in Lapeer County, Michigan, USA	7
Seismicity at the intersection of the Coast Shear Zone and Anahim Volcanic Belt near Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada	6

Seismicity and seismic monitoring of Canada’s volcanic zones	6
Migrations of Devonian brine up-section and the origin of calcite-cemented sand in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Athabasca Oil Sands	6
Deep-Sea Borehole Fluid Pressure and Temperature Observations at Subduction Zones and their Geodynamic Implications	6
Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the Early Cretaceous Xizhelimu diorite in Keyouzhongqi, Inner Mongolia, China	6
First chimaeroid fish egg capsule (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes) from upper Eocene Carmanah Group strata, West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	6
Deep long-period earthquakes near Mount Meager, British Columbia	6
Reply to the discussion by van Staal et al. on “The northern Appalachian terrane wreck model”	6
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	5
Petrology and age of the Lepreau River Dyke, southern New Brunswick, Canada: source of the end-Triassic Fundy Group basalts	5
A new, “dwarfed” species of the phenacodontid “condylarth” Ectocion from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and its implications	5
Dome-and-keel and linear accretionary architectures in the eastern Wabigoon superterrane, Canada: seismic profiling, magnetotelluric modelling, and gold endowment	5
Geochronology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous highly differentiated I-type granites in the central Great Xing’an Range, northeastern China	5
A comparison of trace element concentrations in chromite from komatiites, picrites, and layered intrusions: implications for the formation of massive chromite layers	5
The glacial lakes evolution south of Lac Saint-Jean (Québec) and its implications for defining the regional deglaciation pattern	5
Glass fission-track ages, composition, and origin of tephra beds in the Upper Cretaceous Kanguk Formation, Banks Island, Arctic Canada	5
Note of appreciation	5
Petrogenesis of a TTG intrusive suite: the La Dauversière pluton, Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada	5
There is more Wrangellia — magnetic characterization of southern Alaska crust	5
Petrochemistry, mineralogy, and Nd isotopic analyses of Tithonian alkaline lamprophyric intrusions, north-central Newfoundland, Canada	5
A micromorphological perspective on the Neoproterozoic Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formation diamictites—Varangerfjord, Norway	5
Tithonian mafic intrusions in north-central Newfoundland: link to Atlantic rifting?	5
Insights into a synorogenic origin for REE-bearing carbonatites in the Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary Zone of the Grenville Province	4
The mid-Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges orogeny: a new slant on Cordilleran tectonics? III: the orogenic foredeep	4
Coseismic Coulomb stress changes on intraplate faults in the western Quebec seismic zone following three major earthquakes in the past century	4
Research on the Enrichment and Mineralization of Nb-Ta Elements in Alkaline Rhyolite of the Early Cretaceous Toudaoqiao Deposit, the Great Xing’an Range	4
A record of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE; Cambrian, Paibian) from the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland	4
A review of paleomagnetic studies from Northern Alaska and Yukon: implications for terrane reconstructions	4
The Cambrian (Furongian) olenid trilobite Peltura from Avalonian Nova Scotia, Canada, with a review of some species from Baltica	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
Petrogenetic insights into the largest volcanic pulse in the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt, Canada: the Stoughton-Roquemaure assemblage	4
The Folster Lake Formation, Nunavut: remnant of a littoral to fluvio-deltaic source to the Paleoproterozoic-age Penrhyn basin	4
Paleoenvironmental and chemostratigraphic implications of variations in geochemical proxies across the Upper Jurassic–Lower cretaceous boundary: a case study from the Flemish Pass Basin	4
Landscape and Seascape Responses to Canada’s Changing Climate	4
U–Pb zircon geochronology and implications of Cambrian plutonism in the Ellsworth belt, Maine	4
Thermal control on the updip and downdip extents of megathrust earthquake rupture: revisiting Dr. Roy Hyndman's seminal contributions 30 years later	4
Geodynamic studies of southwestern Canada: subduction zone processes and backarc mantle dynamics	4
Characteristics of the Albian Westgate Formation polygonal fault system	4
An experimental baseline for ice-till strain indicators	4
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	4
The Yellowknife greenstone belt and underlying Central Slave Cover Group, Slave craton, Canada: constraints and questions arising from a U–Pb dating study	4
Exploring the Moho beneath the Northern Canadian Cordillera, with seismically constrained gravity inversion	4
Age and geochemistry of basement complexes in the south-central New Québec Orogen: Archean history, terrane correlations, and Paleoproterozoic reactivation	4
A Lower Devonian age for the Corvock Granite and its significance for the structural history of South Mayo and the Laurentian margin of western Ireland	4
The volcanic architecture and tectono-magmatic framework of the Mount Grace carbonatites, southeastern Canadian Cordillera	4
Note of appreciation	4
Structural geology of the Cadillac Group along the Malartic segment of the Larder Lake Cadillac deformation zone, Quebec, and implications for gold mineralization	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
A FRAMEWORK FOR ROCK PROPERTY DATA ACQUISITION, VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BATHURST MINING CAMP, NORTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK	3
Cratonal tidal deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Mesnard Quartzite, Lake Superior region: interpretation challenges	3

Edmontosaurus from the Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta, and its chronostratigraphic position in the Late Cretaceous Brazeau Formation and correlative units in western Cana	3
Calibrating geologic strata, dinosaurs, and other fossils at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta, Canada) using a new CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology	3
New constraints on the timing and nature of metamorphism in the eastern Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada	3
Present-day kinematics of the northwest Moroccan Atlantic Margin from GNSS data: west southwest extrusion at the western end of the High Atlas	3
Cryostratigraphical studies of ground ice formation and distribution in a High Arctic polar desert landscape, Resolute Bay, Nunavut¹	3
U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of the Jurassic magmatic rocks from the region of Cananea and Nacozari, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: timing and composition of the southernmost edge of the J	3
Structural evolution and U-Pb geochronology of the metasedimentary Nemiscau subprovince, Canada: implications for Archean tectonics in the Superior Province	3
Neodymium isotope mapping a polygenetic TTG batholith: failed back-arc rifting in the Central Metasedimentary Belt, southwestern Grenville Province	3
Polyphase formation of a Neoarchean auriferous fault zone network in the Michipicoten greenstone belt, southern Superior craton	3
The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary and lithosphere replacement as informed by mantle xenoliths and their host lavas	3
Net evolution of subglacial sediment transport in the Quebec–Labrador sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet	3
Reply to the discussion by Hadlari on “age and significance of the fire bay assemblage: an Ordovician arc fragment within the Clements Markham belt, northwestern Ellesmere Island, Canada”	3
New constraints on location and timing of the Great Lakes tectonic zone, central Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA	3
The first Otodus megalodon remains from Canada and their predicted range limit	3
Late Quaternary changes in sediment sources in the Labrador Sea	3
New age constraints on magmatism and metamorphism in the Morin terrane (Grenville Province, Quebec)	3
Effect of Lithospheric Thickness and Radial Mantle Viscosity Profile on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Crustal Motions in North America	3
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	3
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	3
Correction: Reply to the Discussion by Morison and Hickson on “Assessing the relative threats from Canadian volcanoes”	3
Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the Mesoproterozoic Husky Creek Formation: a fluvial sandstone recording the waning stages of one of Earth's largest magmatic episodes	3
Reinterpretation of a major terrane boundary in the northern Svalbard Caledonides based on metamorphic fingerprinting of rocks in northern Spitsbergen	3
Detrital geochronology of the Cunningham Lake formation: an overlap succession linking Cache Creek terrane to Stikinia at ∼205 Ma	3
A revised coastal sensitivity index for Canada’s marine coasts calculated using nonparametric statistics	3
Constraining the age and depositional framework of the late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic Muskwa Assemblage, northern British Columbia	3
Multiple forms of bioimmuration in a coral–crinoid–bryozoan association from the Middle Devonian Onondaga Formation of southeastern Ontario	3