OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Geology Review 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
The 1800-1770 Ma Colider silicic large igneous province in the Amazonian craton: crustal evolution using zircon in situ REE compositions, U-Pb ages and Hf isotope analyses	51
Geology and mineral resources	28
Petrogenesis of ultramafic rocks from the Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer Ophiolite (Morocco): new insights into a long-standing geodynamic question	19
Metasomatized mantle under the Eastern Mexican Alkaline Province: evidence from the Oligocene Rincón Murillo Gabbro, Sierra de San Carlos-Cruillas, NE México	19
A review of the main tectonic settings of Neoarchaean ore deposits and mineral occurrences in the northern São Francisco Craton, NE Brazil	18
Geochronology of a Paleoproterozoic metamorphic complex in the Shuangsheng area of Inner Mongolia: constraints on crustal evolution	16
Large Holocene paleoseismic events and synchronized travertine formation: a case study of the Kurai fault zone (Gorny Altai, Russia)	16
Triassic granites in the West Qinling Orogen, China: implications for the Early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys ocean	16
Magnetism of rocks: concepts, geological, and everyday applications	15
Fundamentals of Sedimentology	15
Harnessing indigenous geological knowledge (IGK) in Ethiopia: a systematic review of traditional practices, interpretations, and contemporary relevance	15
Damaging earthquakes of the Eastern Indian subcontinent and seismic hazard potential: insights from palaeoseismology	14
Two ophiolite belts in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt record evolution from the Proto-Tethys to Paleo-Tethys Oceans	13
Mine wastes and water, ecological engineering and metals extraction: sustainability and circular economy	13
U-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronological constraints on timing of deformation and peak metamorphism in the Central Africa Orogenic Belt, Yaoundé Domain, Cameroon	13
Mineral potential facing socio-economic development challenges: case study of the democratic republic of Congo, a ‘geological scandal’	13
ARMADILLO_MB: a user-friendly multiplatform Excel ^TM spreadsheet for least-squares major elements mass balance regression analysis applied to magmati	13
From subduction initiation to oceanic core complex formation: a tale of two ophiolites in the Kurdistan, NW Iran	12
Late cretaceous magmatism in the Northern Lhasa subterrane, central Tibet: geodynamic implications	12
Geology, geochemistry, and exploration of the Central African Copperbelt: a review	12
Volatile accumulation for the mineralization of Li–Be pegmatites in the northeastern Pamir, Western Kunlun, China	11
CORRECTION	11
Paleoseismic evolution of the central section of the Serteng Shan fault at the northern Ordos Block (North China) since the Late Pleistocene	10
Isotope geochemistry	10
Metamorphic P-T-t path of Triassic eclogite from the Rongcheng region, eastern China: implications for the tectonic evolution of Sulu orogenic belt	10

Biomining technologies: extracting and recovering metals from ores and wastes	10
Provenance analysis and thermochronology of the Chivillas Formation, Mexico: a record of basin formation and inversion in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental during the Early Cretaceous–Palaeogene	10
Volcanology: processes, deposits, geology and resources	10
Petrogenesis of ca. 1.95 Ga S-type granites from the Helanshan Complex in the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton and its tectonic implications	10
Geochronology and petrogenesis of the early Silurian Zeluo mafic-ultramafic intrusion, eastern Tibet: implications for the tectonic setting and evolution of the eastern Proto-Tethys Ocean	10
Triassic record of Paleo-Tethyan subduction: Evidence from prograde metamorphic P–T paths of the Baqing eclogite, eastern Qiangtang, central Tibet	10
Lithium isotope fractionation in highly evolved granites and associated magmatic-hydrothermal process: the case of the Xintianling granites in the Nanling Range, South China	10
Spatio-temporal distribution and geodynamic evolution of Cenozoic volcanism in northeast China: insights from a new geochronological compilation	9
Petrogenesis of ultramafic rocks from the Miocene Setogawa Group, Shizuoka, central Japan: insights into the Philippine Sea Plate mantle	9
Ophiolites in Mongolia: implications for tectonic evolution of the CAOB	9
Time constraint on global-scale plate reorganizations using records of continental deformation	9
Structural and geochronological constraints on a Late Mesozoic tectonic transformation in the West Qinling Orogenic Belt, China	9
Large-volume and swift magmatic response to Late Cenozoic segmentation of the subducted Neotethyan oceanic slab: evidence from the Galatian Volcanic Province, northwestern Turkey	9
Alpine Tethys rift-related OIB-type magmatism preserved on Elba Island (Northern Apennines, Italy)	9
Tempestites in the marine environment: review and perspectives	9
Large paleoearthquakes and Holocene faulting in the Southeastern Gorny Altai: implications for ongoing crustal shortening in Central Asia	9
Mineralogy and PGE geochemistry of chromitites and peridotites of the sapat complex in the indus suture zone, northern Pakistan: implications for magmatic processes in the supra-subduction zone	9
A Permian-Triassic extensional wedge in northern Patagonia related to the Gondwanide post-orogenesis	8
Emplacement history of the Central Anatolian Ophiolites: insights from the Felahiye Ophiolite in Central Türkiye	8
A two-stage postcollision delamination model: insights from early Late Cretaceous magmatic rock along the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone	8
Paleoproterozoic thick-skinned tectonics in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone: implications on the tectonic reconstructions of cratonic nuclei	8
Depositional response to the Emeishan mantle plume: evidence from the eastern Sichuan Basin, South China	8
Ophiolitic metamafic remnants of Palaeoproterozoic oceanic crust from the Cláudio shear zone, Southern São Francisco Craton (Brazil)	8
Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution in the central Vietnam: evidence from geochronological and geochemical constraints	8
The Late Cretaceous batholithic massifs of Sierra La Laguna and Sierra La Trinidad, southern Baja California, Mexico: constraints on extensional structures from geology, geochronology, and thermobarom	8
Integrating biotite and zircon geothermometry with halogen chemistry and oxygen fugacity constraints: implications for magmatic fluid evolution and gold mineralization in the northern margin of the No	8
A History of geochemistry and cosmochemistry, from prehistory to the end of the classical period	8
Recovery of values from low‐grade and complex minerals: development of sustainable processes	8
The Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe – some new age constraints and implications for greenstone belt evolution	8
Early Miocene magmatism in the Western Cordillera of Colombia: implications for magma source and evolution	7
Anatexis of late Neoarchean-Early Paleoproterozoic and late Paleoproterozoic garnet-bearing leucogranite from the Khondalite Belt in the North China Craton	7
Structural record of polyorogenic pre-Alpine and Alpine deformations within a major thrust nappe close to a suture zone (Internal-External Zones Boundary of the central Betic Cordillera, S Spain)	7
Geochemistry, U-Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on Rhyacian metamafic-metaultramafic plutonic rocks in the southern São Francisco paleocontinent, Mineiro belt, Brazil: petrogenesis and tectonic impl	7
Prograde metamorphism in the ~1.9 Ga Jiao–Liao–Ji orogenic belt of NE China Craton: implications for orogenic crustal thickening	7
Variscan sutures in the Carpathian-Balkan belt revisited: a granitoid perspective on Late Palaeozoic closure of the Rheic Ocean, slab breakoff and tectonic exhumation	7
From rifting to emplacement: Variable mantle melting preserved in the central Palawan Ophiolite peridotites, Philippines	7
Using detrital zircon systematics to trace the sediment sources of Jurassic uranium-bearing sandstones in the western Ordos Basin, China: implications for uranium exploration in a sedimentary basin	7
Late Permian rift-related volcanic rocks from the Zhongba Terrane, Southern Tibet: implications for the opening of the Neotethys	7
Subduction-collision and rapid uplift of the NW Yangtze Block during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition: new evidence from the shoshonite series	7
Geochemical, petrographic, and geochronologic framework for the Salado block of eastern Ecuador: implications for Andean tectonics and Amazon basin evolution	7
Tectonic transition during the Jurassic-Cretaceous in the Jiaodong Peninsula, North China: insights from asynchronous adakitic and A-type granitic plutons	7
Biogeochemistry and the environment	7
Sediment provenances of a Mesozoic intracontinental basin enclosed by multiple orogenic belts, Junggar Basin, NW China: insights from detrital ilmenite, Cr-spinel geochemistry, and zircon U–Pb geochro	6
Closure timing of the Nan–Uttaradit oceanic basin, Thailand: stratigraphic and magmatic constraints in the Phrae Sub-basin	6
Phase equilibrium modelling and zircon-monazite geochronology of HT-UHT granulites from Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt, south India	6
Inverted metamorphic sequence in metamorphic sole rocks of the Nagaland–Manipur Ophiolite Belt, NE India: metamorphic field gradient and subduction initiation tectonics	6
Geochemistry and geochronology of Early Cretaceous lamprophyres of the Sulu Orogenic Belt: implications for lithospheric evolution of Eastern China	6
Mantle magmatism, metamorphism and anatexis: evidence from geochemistry and zircon U–Pb-Hf isotopes of Paleoproterozoic S-type granites, Khondalite Belt of the North China Craton	6
Infra-Cambrian Wajid Graben and the Mozambique Suture, Saudi Arabia	6
Crustal evolution and tectonic history of the Trans-North China Orogen during early Paleoproterozoic: evidence from ca. 2.47–2.45 Ga potassic granites in the Xuanhua complex, North China craton	6

Late Palaeozoic two-cycle orogenesis of the Qinling orogenic belt: constraints from the metamorphic P–T evolution and geochronology of the Wuguan Complex and Liuling Group in eastern Qinling, China	6
Mesoarchaean mafic–ultramafic Ikauna layered intrusion, Bundelkhand craton, India: geology, U–Th–Pb age (SHRIMP) and correlation	6
Continental-scale sediment mixing and dispersal across northern Gondwana: detrital zircon U-Pb-O-Hf isotopic evidence from the Cambro-Ordovician sandstones overlying the Arabian Shield	6
Geology of North Africa and the Mediterranean: Sedimentary Basins and Georesources	6
Remote sensing intelligent interpretation for geology: from the perspective of geological exploration	6
Modelling a foreland fold-and-thrust petroleum system: a Permian example in the NW Sichuan Basin, Southwest China	6
Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of the Murree Formation, western Himalaya, Pakistan: provenance and tectonic implications for Himalayan exhumation	6
Magmatic record of Cretaceous marginal basin termination along the western segment of the Central Cordillera of Colombia	6
980-970 Ma Sette-Daban event of the Siberian craton: new geochronological and geochemical data, relationship to LIP and potential connection with other LIPs	6
Tectonics and geothermal gradients from subduction to collision in the NW Variscan Iberian Massif	6
840–820 Ma Dahongshan bimodal volcanic rocks: new constraints on the Neoproterozoic arc–back-arc basin system along the northern margin of the Yangtze Block	6
Plate tectonics through Earth’s history: constraints from the thermal evolution of Earth’s upper mantle	6
Did the Aleutian basin form by Plate Capture or backarc basin opening?	5
Late Paleozoic potassic igneous rocks of the Adyrtor intrusions in the eastern Kyrgyz Tien Shan: geochemistry, isotope U-Pb zircon geochronology, and related W-Mo(-Cu-Au) mineralization	5
Basement differences control granitoid compositions: insights from zircon Hf isotopic mapping of Paleozoic granitoids in the northern Beishan orogenic collage, NW China	5
Calc alkaline volcanism-aided phytoplankton growth and organic matter production of the Cenomanian-Turonian Eagle Ford Formation of South Texas	5
Late Carboniferous extension-related magmatism in the southwestern Alxa block of NW China: geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications	5
Understanding orbital pacing, uplift dynamics, and oceanic influences in aeolian red clay sediments over the Chinese Loess Plateau through cyclostratigraphy insights	5
Late Miocene – Pliocene eastward magmatic arc migration record in the Northern Andes at 5°N latitude, west-central Colombia	5
The geology of Kuwait	5
New directions in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, recycling and waste minimization: an EPD symposium in Honor of Patrick R. Taylor	5
Subduction and retreat of Permian oceanic plates in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt: evidence from mafic-ultramafic intrusive rocks	5
Anxiety and geology: managing acute anxiety disorder symptoms during field exercises	5
Energy Flow and Earth: How Earth Works	5
Pre-Alpine prograde evolution of the Upper Alpujarride (Betic-Rif belt) reveals a Paleotethys-related collision	5
Deciphering the origin of early continental crust: insights from newly identified ~3.8 Ga granitoids in the Anshan area, North China Craton	5
Provenance of mixed volcaniclastic-carbonaticlastic gravity-flow deposits: a case study from the Cretaceous of the southern Central Alborz (Iran)	5
Coastal geology	5
Clastic injectites and seismic-induced liquefaction in latest Quaternary travertine deposits (Serre di Rapolano, Italy)	5
Triassic gypsum layers in Keban Metamorphics, eastern Tauride Belt, Southeastern Turkey: New data about Triassic rifting in northern Tethys margin	5
Assessment of helium potential proximal to the geothermal settings	5
Rare earth metals and minerals industries: status and prospects	5
U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS age and geochemistry of the felsic rocks associated with the Late Devonian Yakutsk-Vilyui LIP, Siberian Craton	5
The rise and fate of a long-lived deep crustal ‘hot zone’ beneath the neogene-quaternary Cordillera de San Buenaventura in the Southern Puna Plateau (NW Argentina)	5
Geochronology, provenance, and tectonic setting of the meta-sedimentary rocks from the North Shahrekord metamorphic Complex, Iran	5
Geochemical insights and petrogenetic processes of ophiolitic fragments from Avajiq and Silvana: implications for Neo-Tethyan Evolution in northwest Iran	5
The late Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana: refining the genetic model with sericite Ar/Ar and in-situ LA-ICP-MS biotite Rb/Sr geochronolog	5
Material source, sedimentary environment, and mineralization process of Shengzhou diatomite deposit in Eastern Zhejiang Province, China	5
Paleo-geodynamics peculiarities of the Arctic Ocean Eurasian floor	5
Spatiotemporal distribution and mechanism of Mesozoic magmatism in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent areas: insights from seismic, geochemical, and geochronological data	5
Neoproterozoic granitoids of northwest Vietnam and their tectonic implications	5
Afghanistan’s mineral resources: a historical review of geological studies and discoveries	5
The anorogenic late Ediacaran granite-rhyolite porphyries of Gabal Abu Durba, Sinai: termination of magmatism in the Neoproterozoic Arabian-Nubian Shield crust	4
Precambrian history of the Altun microcontinent: review and synthesis	4
Meso–Neoproterozoic rift system along the southwestern North China Craton: evidence from recent drilling and seismic data	4
Correction	4
The origin of the Daly gap by fractional crystallization in a transcrustal plumbing system in the Passa Quatro alkaline complex (SE Brazil)	4
A re-evaluation of the Meso-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of Bogda Shan (Tian Shan, NW China) based on new basement and detrital apatite fission track thermochronology	4
Cambrian sequence stratigraphy and depositional dynamics: insights from the Xuankong Temple section, Shanxi, China	4
Remote sensing intelligent interpretation for geology: from perspective of geological exploration	4
Review of the Himalayan leucogranites: comparison between the North and South belts, from geochemistry, petrogenesis, and rare-metal mineralization	4
Recently-discovered Bahçecik Au±Ag mineralization in the Eastern Pontides, Gümüşhane-NE Türkiye: geological and geochemical implications on the intermediate sulfidation epithermal deposit	4
Long-lived sedimentation in the Western Tethys oceanic basin: revisiting the metasediments of Bagliacone-Riventosa Formation (Corsica, France)	4
You say geotourism, I say tourism geology!	4
Petrogenesis of Cretaceous felsic volcanic rocks in Zhejiang province, China: insights from zircon U-Pb age and Lu-Hf isotopes	4
U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of dikes in the Changbaishan Tianchi volcanic field (NE China) and their relations with the coeval Jingbohu and Longgang monogenetic volcanic fields	4
Tectonic development of the Ankara-Erzincan suture and the Eastern Pontide mountains, Northeast Anatolia, Turkey	4
Origin and evolution of Li-rich geothermal waters from the Kawu geothermal system, Himalayas: based on hydrochemistry and H-O, Li isotopes	4
Neoproterozoic subduction-related active rifting in the South China Craton: insights from geochemical and zircon Hf isotopic data	4
Back-arc magmatism of the Proto-Tethys Ocean in the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt: evidence from the Ordovician Nanpingxueshan Nb-enriched gabbros	4
Aborted oceanic basin during the Mesozoic rifting of the South-Iberian Palaeomargin and interactions with the sedimentation processes	4
Late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic granitoids in the northwestern Bureya Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Timing and tectonic significance	4
Volcanic-Plutonic links in the Peruvian Coastal Batholith: insights from Geochronology and arc migration	4
Co-variation of nitrogen isotopes and Palaeo-redox conditions during the Middle Triassic Luoping biota preservation in South China	4
The Eocene carbonate platforms of the westernmost Tethys: a review	4
Jurassic–cretaceous exhumation history of the Northern Qaidam Basin and its implications for Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet plateau tectonism: evidences from zircon fission track thermochronology	4
Geological resources of scandium: a review from a Chinese perspective	4
Geochronological and stratigraphical characterization of lower Jurassic tectonically-controlled felsic tuff ring volcanism in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina	4
The Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotopic event recorded in the marbles from the northeast São Francisco Craton, Brazil: a review, new data, palaeogeography and phosphogenetic correlation	4