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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Theropod guild structure and the tyrannosaurid niche assimilation hypothesis: implications for predatory dinosaur macroecology and ontogeny in later Late Cretaceous Asiamerica¹	23
The age and origin of the South Mountain Batholith (Nova Scotia, Canada) as constrained by zircon U–Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and O–Hf isotopes	19
Anatomical, morphometric, and stratigraphic analyses of theropod biodiversity in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation¹	19
Timing and provenance of Paleoproterozoic supracrustal rocks in the central Thelon tectonic zone, Canada: implications for the tectonic evolution of western Laurentia from ca. 2.1 to 1.9 Ga	19
Lithobiotopes of the Nemegt Gobi Basin¹	17
Mandibular force profiles and tooth morphology in growth series of Albertosaurus sarcophagus and Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae: Albertosaurinae) provide evidence for an ontogenet	16
Between the supercontinents: Mesoproterozoic Deer Trail Group, an intermediate age unit between the Mesoproterozoic Belt–Purcell Supergroup and the Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup in northeastern	15
Hydrogeological and geophysical properties of the very-slow-moving Ripley Landslide, Thompson River valley, British Columbia	14
Two braincases of Daspletosaurus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae): anatomy and comparison¹	14
Eruption of Mount Meager, British Columbia, during the early Fraser glaciation	13
Lithogeochemical, isotopic, and U–Pb (zircon) age constraints on arc to rift magmatism, northwestern and central Avalon Terrane, Newfoundland, Canada: implications for local lithostratigraphy	12
Baby tyrannosaurid bones and teeth from the Late Cretaceous of western North America¹	11
A comparison of trace element concentrations in chromite from komatiites, picrites, and layered intrusions: implications for the formation of massive chromite layers	10
Reconstruction of isostatically adjusted paleo-strandlines along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Great Lakes, Lake Agassiz, and Champlain Sea basins	10
Late Devonian magmatism and clastic deposition in the upper Earn Group (central Yukon, Canada) mark the transition from passive to active margin along western Laurentia	10
Age and tectonic setting of Neoproterozoic granitoid rocks, Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for Avalonia in the northern Appalachian orogen	10
Analysis of chemical weathering trends across three compositional dimensions: applications to modern and ancient mafic-rock weathering profiles	10
Late Neoproterozoic – early Paleozoic basin evolution in the Coal Creek inlier of Yukon, Canada: implications for the tectonic evolution of northwestern Laurentia	10
A redescription of Lophorhothon atopus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama based on new material¹	10
Regional stagnation of the western Keewatin ice sheet and the significance of meltwater corridors and eskers, northern Canada	9
Early Cretaceous Xiuyan adakitic granitoids in the Liaodong Peninsula, eastern China: petrogenesis and implications for lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton	9
Geochronology, geochemistry, and Hf isotopic compositions of early Permian syenogranite and diabase from the northern Great Xing’an Range, northeastern China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications	8
The mid-Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges orogeny: a new slant on Cordilleran tectonics? I: Mexico to Nevada	8
A systematic reappraisal and quantitative study of the nonmarine teleost fishes from the late Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of North America: evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities	8
Mechanisms, volumetric assessment, and prognosis for rapid coastal erosion of Tuktoyaktuk Island, an important natural barrier for the harbour and community	8

The Terreneuvian MacCodrum Brook section, Mira terrane, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: age constraints from ash layers, organic-walled microfossils, and trace fossils	8
Seabed disturbance and sediment mobility due to tidal current and waves on the continental shelves of Canada	8
Petrogenesis of siliciclastic sediments and sedimentary rocks explored in three-dimensional Al₂O₃–CaO^*+Na₂O–K₂O–FeO+MgO (A–CN–K–FM) compositional	8
Multi-decadal coastal evolution of a North Atlantic shelf-edge vegetated sand island — Sable Island, Canada	7
The mid-Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges orogeny: a new slant on Cordilleran tectonics? II: northern United States and Canada	7
Draining and filling of ice-dammed lakes at the terminus of surge-type Dań Zhùr (Donjek) Glacier, Yukon, Canada	7
Trans-Avalonian green–black boundary (early Middle Cambrian): transform fault-driven epeirogeny and onset of 26 m.y. of shallow-marine, black mudstone in Avalonia (Rhode Island–Belgium) and Baltica	7
The northern Appalachian terrane wreck model	7
Geology, geochronology, and fluid inclusion studies of the Xiaorequanzi volcanogenic massive sulphide Cu–Zn deposit in the East Tianshan Terrane, China	7
The promise of taphonomy as a nomothetic discipline: taphonomic bias in two dinosaur-bearing faunas in North America¹	7
Multi-criteria assessment approach of slow-moving urban landslide hazard: the case of Moulay Yacoub, Morocco	7
Upper Paleozoic stratigraphy and detrital zircon geochronology along the northwest margin of the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada: insight into the paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of Crockerland	6
Magnetotelluric imaging of the magmatic and geothermal systems beneath Mount Meager, southwestern Canada	6
Research on the lithofacies and paleogeography of the lower Cambrian Xiaoerbulake Formation in the northern Tarim Basin, northwestern China	6
Description and revised diagnosis of Asia’s first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China	6
Long-term nivation rates, Cathedral Massif, northwestern British Columbia	5
An ornithurine bird coracoid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada	5
Structure from motion used to revive archived aerial photographs for geomorphological analysis: an example from Mount Meager volcano, British Columbia, Canada	5
Identifying groundwater discharge zones in the Central Mackenzie Valley using remotely sensed optical and thermal imagery	5
Cryostratigraphical studies of ground ice formation and distribution in a High Arctic polar desert landscape, Resolute Bay, Nunavut¹	5
Direct evidence of sediment carbonate dissolution in response to bottom-water acidification in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada	5
Meguma terrane orocline: U–Pb age and paleomagnetism of the Silurian Mavillette gabbro, Nova Scotia, Canada	5
Pleistocene to Holocene volcanism in the Canadian Cordillera	5
Precise U–Pb zircon dates from silicic super-eruptions during late Ediacaran extension in the Avalonian Caledonia terrane of southern New Brunswick, Canada	5
Geological correlation between northern Cyprus and southern Anatolia	5
Petrogenesis and economic potential of the Obatogamau Formation, Chibougamau area, Abitibi greenstone belt	5
Ore geology, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope constraints on the origin of the Damoqujia gold deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, China	5
Seismicbvalue within the Montney play of northeastern British Columbia, Canada	5
Geophysical reassessment of the role of ancient lineaments on the development of the western Laurentian margin and its sediment-hosted Zn–Pb deposits, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada	5
Sedimentary mercury as a proxy for redox oscillations during the Cambrian SPICE event in western Newfoundland	5
Structural and geochronological constraints on orogenic gold mineralization in the western Wabigoon subprovince, Canada	4
Structural evolution and U-Pb geochronology of the metasedimentary Nemiscau subprovince, Canada: implications for Archean tectonics in the Superior Province	4
A micromorphological perspective on the Neoproterozoic Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formation diamictites—Varangerfjord, Norway	4
Cheakamus basalt lavas, British Columbia: a Pleistocene record of rapid, continuous eruption within a mountainous drainage system	4
Subsidence et évolution thermique des bassins de la marge atlantique camerounaise : premiers résultats à partir des puits en mer du sous-bassin de Kribi-Campo (Marge passive Ouest Africaine, Golfe de	4
An experimental baseline for ice-till strain indicators	4
The mid-Cretaceous Peninsular Ranges orogeny: a new slant on Cordilleran tectonics? III: the orogenic foredeep	4
Accessory phase perspectives for ore-forming processes and magmatic sulphide exploration in the Labrador Trough, northern Quebec, Canada	4
The tectonic evolution of Thelon tectonic zone, Canada: a new model based on petrological modeling linked with Lu–Hf garnet and U–Pb accessory mineral geochronology	4
First occurrence of Maiasaura (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation of southern Alberta, Canada	4
Carbonate burial dissolution related to faults and fractures in the Triassic Daye Formation of the Huandiqiao Section, Huangshi Area, Hubei, China	4
Age and significance of the Fire Bay assemblage: an Ordovician arc fragment within the Clements Markham belt, northwestern Ellesmere Island, Canada	4
Revisiting Russell’s troodontid: autecology, physiology, and speculative tool use¹	4
Marine record of late-glacial readvance and last recession of Laurentide ice, inner Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada	4
A 500 ka record of volcanism and paleoenvironment in the northern Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, British Columbia	4
Canada’s maritime frontier: the science legacy of Canada’s extended continental shelf mapping for UNCLOS	4
Cumulate gabbros in the South Andaman Island ophiolite suite (India): their bearing on the tectonic setting	4
Mount Garibaldi: hazard potential from a long-dormant volcanic system in the Pacific Northwest	4
Permafrost thaw sensitivity prediction using surficial geology, topography, and remote-sensing imagery: a data-driven neural network approach	4
Nd isotope mapping of the Frontenac Terrane in southwestern Grenville Province	4

Deep long-period earthquakes near Mount Meager, British Columbia	4
Chronology and stratigraphy of the Imlay Channel in Lapeer County, Michigan, USA	4
Regional geology and tectonic framework of the Southern Indian domain, Trans-Hudson orogen, Manitoba	4
Subsidence drives habitat loss in a large permafrost delta, Mackenzie River outlet to the Beaufort Sea, western Arctic Canada	4
Meighen Ice Cap: changes in geometry, mass, and climatic response since 1959	4
Inversion of magnetic and frequency-domain electromagnetic data for investigating lithologies associated with gold mineralization in the Canadian Malartic area, Québec, Canada	4
Petrology and age of the Lepreau River Dyke, southern New Brunswick, Canada: source of the end-Triassic Fundy Group basalts	3
A new species of Ectenosaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from western Kansas, USA, reveals a novel suite of osteological characters for the genus¹	3
Mapping and analysis of structural lineaments using SRTM radar data and Landsat-8 OLI image: an example from the Telouet–Tighza area, Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco	3
Structural analysis and metamorphism of the Barlow Fault Zone, Chibougamau area, Neoarchean Abitibi Subprovince: implications for gold mineralization	3
Boulder-strewn flats in a high-latitude macrotidal embayment, Baffin Island: geomorphology, formation, and future stability	3
Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits of the Dunnage Zone of the Newfoundland Appalachians: setting, styles, key advances, and future research	3
Glacial erosion on a snowball Earth: testing for bias in flux balance, geographic setting, and tectonic regime	3
Taphonomy of a monodominantGryposaurussp. bonebed from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada	3
Laser ablation ICP–MS trace element composition of native gold from the Abitibi greenstone belt, Timmins, Ontario	3
Discussion: The Terreneuvian MacCodrum Brook section, Mira terrane, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: age constraints from ash layers, organic-walled microfossils, and trace fossils	3
Landfast ice properties over the Beaufort Sea region in 2000–2019 from MODIS and Canadian Ice Service data	3
A new plastomenid trionychid (Testudines: Pan-Trionychidae) from Milk River Formation of southern Alberta (Cretaceous: Santonian)	3
Albanerpetontids (Lissamphibia, Albanerpetontidae) from the Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas, USA	3
There is more Wrangellia — magnetic characterization of southern Alaska crust	3
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	3
Rapid coastal erosion of ice-bonded deposits on Pelly Island, southeastern Beaufort Sea, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, western Canadian Arctic	3
Calibrating geologic strata, dinosaurs, and other fossils at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta, Canada) using a new CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology	3
Cratonal tidal deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Mesnard Quartzite, Lake Superior region: interpretation challenges	3
Metatarsals of a large caenagnathid cf. Anzu wyliei (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, USA¹	3
High-resolution (centimetre-scale) GPS/GIS-based 3D mapping and spatial analysis of in situ fossils in two horned-dinosaur bonebeds in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Cretaceous) at Dinosaur Provin	3
Mesoproterozoic basins (Yukon, Canada) in the evolution of supercontinent Columbia	3