OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Geology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Geodynamic Implications of the Latest Chattian-Langhian Central-Western Peri-Mediterranean Volcano-Sedimentary Event: A Review	29
First Evidence of Late Paleoproterozoic/Early Mesoproterozoic Sediment Deposition and Magmatism in the Central Aravalli Orogen (NW India)	17
Two Major Transitions in Earth History: Evidence of Two Lithospheric Strength Thresholds	16
Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Basal Cambrian Strata in the Deep Illinois Basin, USA: Evidence for the Paleoproterozoic-Cambrian Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of Central Laurentia	15
Petrogenesis of Silicic Magmas in Iceland through Space and Time: The Isotopic Record Preserved in Zircon and Whole Rocks	14
The Segmented Zambezi Sedimentary System from Source to Sink: 1. Sand Petrology and Heavy Minerals	10
Comparative Analysis of the Sedimentary Cover Units of the Jurassic Western Tethys Ophiolites in the Northern Apennines and Western Alps (Italy): Processes of the Formation of Mass-Transport and Chaot	9
The Segmented Zambezi Sedimentary System from Source to Sink: 2. Geochemistry, Clay Minerals, and Detrital Geochronology	8
Genesis and Petrology of Postcollisional Rare-Metal-Bearing Granites in the Arabian Shield: A Case Study of Aja Ring Complex, Northern Saudi Arabia	8
Calcareous Nannofossil Stratigraphy across the Paleocene-Eocene Transition at the Gunnah Section, Farafra Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt	7
New Sr-Nd Isotope Data Record Juvenile and Ancient Crust-Mantle Melt Interactions in the Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka	7
Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Lower Jurassic Mafic Rock Suites in the External Rif Belt, and Chemical Geodynamics of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in Northwest Morocco	7
Nature of the Eastern Boundary of the Mesozoic Ordos Basin and the Formation of the Lüliangshan Anticline	7
Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago, Parts 1 and 2: A Discussion	7
Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply	7
Early Paleozoic Arc Magmatism and Accretionary Orogenesis in the Indochina Block, Southeast Asia	6
Postcollisional Ferani Volcanics from North Arabian–Nubian Shield (South Sinai, Egypt): Petrogenesis and Implication for Ediacaran (607–593 Ma) Geodynamic Evolution	6
Origins and Scales of Compositional Variations in Crustally Derived Granitic Rocks: The Example of the Dartmoor Pluton in the Cornubian Batholith of Southwest Britain	5
Cretaceous Forearc Sedimentation and Contemporary Basin Tectonics in Northwestern Borneo: New Sedimentological Insights from Pedawan Formation, Kuching Zone, East Malaysia	5
Revised Provenance, Depositional Environment, and Maximum Depositional Age for the Baraboo (<ca. 1714 Ma) and Dake (<ca. 1630 Ma) Quartzites, Baraboo Hills, Wisconsin	5
Geodynamics of Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic Magmatism in South China: Insights from the Genesis of the Late Permian S-Type Granites in the Yunkai Massif	5
Proterozoic High-Temperature–Low-Pressure Metamorphism in the Mahakoshal Belt, Central Indian Tectonic Zone (India): Structure, Metamorphism, U-Th-Pb Monazite Geochronology, and Tectonic Implications	5
Magmatic Tempos in Large Hot Orogens in Comparison with Continental Margin Arcs	5
Rio Apa Block: A Juvenile Crustal Fragment in the Southwest Amazonian Craton and Its Implications for Columbia Supercontinent Reconstitution	5
Tracing Late-Stage Fluid Sources and Vein Formation within Ophiolitic Mélanges from the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya	5

Carnian (Upper Triassic) Lavas and Tuffites from the Mersin Mélange: Evidence for Intraoceanic Arc Rifting in the Northern Neotethys	4
Mesozoic Unroofing History of the Dabie Orogen, Eastern China: Evidence from Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Sediments in the Hefei Basin	4
Radiolarian Biochronology, Detrital Zircon Geochronological and Geochemical Constraints on Provenance and Depositional Environment of Cherts in the Southern Belt of the Western Yarlung Zangbo Suture Z	4
Integrating Petrography, X-Ray Fluorescence, and U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Interpret Provenance of the Mississippian Hartselle Sandstone, USA	4
River Terrace Evidence of Tectonic Processes in the Eastern North American Plate Interior, South Anna River, Virginia	4
The Unconformity That Isn’t: A Sequence-Stratigraphic Reinterpretation of the J-5 Unconformity and the Redwater–Windy Hill–Morrison Transition in Wyoming, USA	4