OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sedimentary Geology is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Constructive and destructive processes affecting a tufa system in semi-arid Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina	48
Multi-phase tectonic evolution regulating multi-source provenance and spatio-temporal sedimentary migration in the Middle-Upper Ordovician, Tarim Basin (NW China)	39
Seismogenic liquefaction with M ∼ 3.5 in fine-grained sediments: An experimental approach	38
The environmental transformation mechanism of the coal- and oil shale-bearing interval in the Eocene Dalianhe Formation, Yilan Basin, Northeast China	35
The role of physicochemical and biochemical processes on carbonate precipitation within the Laguna Timone maar in the Pali Aike Volcanic Field, southernmost extra-Andean Patagonia	33
Coarse-grained submarine channels: from confined to unconfined flows in the Colombian Caribbean (late Eocene)	32
Architectures of the turbidite channel in the head area of a slope-parallel directional submarine turbidite channel system: A case study of the Central Canyon Area, Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea	31
Bedforms and associated facies of an Early Permian grounding-line fan: Exploring flow regime transitions of glacigenic density flows during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age	31
Thermal maturity and colors of Cretaceous East Asian fossil eggs	30
Ediacaran cap carbonates with microbial build-ups capping barite-bearing methane seep networks in the Kaarta Mountains, Taoudeni Basin, Mali	27
Characterization of Halimeda Bioherms of the Pre-Evaporitic Messinian of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Italy)	27
Paleogene evolution of the External Rif Zone (Morocco) and comparison with other western Tethyan margins	27
Provenance changes revealed by a multi-proxy approach to sandstone analysis and its implications on palaeogeography: Mesozoic Kutch Basin, India	26
Late Burdigalian to early Messinian environmental and climatic evolution of the central paleo Adriatic domain from the shallow water sedimentary record (Bolognano Fm, Eastern Majella, Central Apennine	25
Facies model, cementation and sedimentary evolution of a 20th-century beach and beachrock: The Gorrondatxe wave and tidal coastal system (NE Spain)	23
Benthic response to event deposition and environmental disturbance in a shoreface to subaqueous delta system: Ichnology of the Silurian-Devonian Furada Formation of Asturias, Spain	23
From early facies-controlled karstification to hydrothermal alteration: Multistage diagenesis and reservoir evolution of the Ediacaran Qigebrak Formation, Tarim Basin, NW China	22
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Exploring the genesis of glaucony and verdine facies for paleoenvironmental interpretation: A review	22
A new type of dolomicrite envelope formed in Oligocene lacustrine sediments and its significance for preserving porosity, Bohai Bay Basin, North China	22
Editorial Board	20
Physico-chemical alteration of pyroxene in coastal environments: Empirical constraints from New Zealand and the Azores	19
Introducing a water activity coefficient to account for abundance and isotopic compositions of gypsum and halite in the Mediterranean's salt giant deposit	19
Litho- and biostratigraphy of the early Eocenelarger benthic foraminifera-dominated carbonates of the central Tethys domain, Zagros Foreland Basin, SW Iran	19
Surface microtextures of quartz grains under intermittent sediment transport in a gravel bed in the Hantan River, South Korea	18

In situ growth of modern oncoids from Salado river, Salar de la Laguna Verde Complex, Argentina	18
A condensed chalk–marl succession on an Early Cretaceous intrabasinal structural high, Danish Central Graben: Implications for the sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Munk Marl Bed	18
Methodological framework and evaluation of aeolian system sediment state: Wahiba Dune Field, Oman	18
Petrological and geochemical evidence of hematite growth and dispersal in Permo-Triassic red beds under the Pangea mega-monsoon climate, Colorado Plateau, Utah	18
Particle size analysis: A comparison of laboratory-based techniques and their application to geoscience	17
Effects of basin tectonic evolution on multi-phase dolomitization: Insights from the Middle Permian Qixia Formation of the NW Sichuan Basin, SW China	17
Provenance of the Numidian Formation deposits (Oligo-Miocene) in northern Algeria: Insights from sandstone petrography, palaeocurrent data, geochemistry, and zircon geochronology	17
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of glaciomarine sediments in the Drygalski Basin of the western Ross Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum	17
Precipitation of carbonate minerals in travertine-depositing hot springs: Driving forces, microenvironments, and mechanisms	17
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Pliocene-Pleistocene lacustrine system in the Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombia: Paleoenvironmental implications for diatomite deposition	16
Detrital zircon U–Pb ages and trace elements indicate the provenance of Early Carboniferous Li-rich claystone from central Guizhou, South China	16
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Stratigraphical and sedimentological controls on the distribution of Cloudina bioclastic accumulations in the terminal Ediacaran Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group), Brazil	16
Ediacaran cap dolostones from south China: Petrography, dolomite stoichiometry, and crystal architecture	15
Linking dolomitization to sequence stratigraphy: Insights from the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation, offshore oilfield, UAE	15
Origin and paleoenvironmental significance of ooids in South China during the Early Triassic hyperthermal climates	15
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Reassessing the late Paleozoic glacial sedimentation in western Paraná Basin, Brazil: A record of a slope and glaciated outer shelf setting in the Aquidauana Formation	14
Evaluating color parameters calculated from digital photographs of sediment cores as a tool in paleoenvironmental reconstruction—A case study using IODP Site U1502 from the South China Sea	14
Controls on evaporite facies distribution during the early phases of the Zechstein Basin development (Zechstein 1, Upper Permian): Implications from the marginal part of the basin in SW Poland	14
Provenance analysis of the Araripe intracontinental basin, northeast Brazil – Routes for proto-Atlantic marine incursions in northwest Gondwana	14
Lacustrine sedimentary evidence of cascading mountain hazards at the inner-Alpine Lake Altaussee (Eastern Alps, Austria) during the Late Holocene	13
Differences of sedimentary triggers and depositional architecture of lacustrine turbidites from normal regression to forced regression: Eocene Dongying depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China	13
Alternations of open and closed lakes in the Lower Aptian Codó Formation (Parnaíba Basin, Brazil)	13
An ichnological record of oxygen fluctuations over the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 from the Vocontian Basin, SE France	13
Facies model of a mixed-influenced non-deltaic coastal system: Late Eocene Tethyan shelf, Northern Egypt	13
The anatomy and stacking pattern of palustrine-dominated carbonate sequences from the Cengle Plateau, Paleocene, SE France: A multi-scalar approach	13
Evolution of volcanic activity and its impact on continental weathering, paleoproductivity, and runoff during the early Aptian in southern Tibet (eastern Tethys): Implications for regional to global e	13
Estimating particle size in silty lake sediments using a fine-tuned deep learning model on hyperspectral imagery	13
Comparative geochemistry of Early Carboniferous marine red beds (MRBs) and their significance for deep time paleoceanographic reconstructions	12
Heavy mineral indicators of ridge subduction beneath the Bainaimiao arc in the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt	12
Net-0 experimental procedure to obtain Ca‑carbonate bio-cement via microbially induced precipitation in a fluvial natural lab	12
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Sedimentary characteristics of hybrid event beds in deep-lacustrine basins and their impact on reservoir quality: Examples from the Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China	12
Investigating the impact of paleoclimatic conditions and diagenesis on the genesis of Permian Continental Red Beds: A case study from the Bohemian Massif, Czechia	12
Editorial Board	12
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A world-class example of a Late Palaeozoic glaciated landscape in Chad	11
Spatiotemporal distribution of sediment waves in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA	11
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Environmental and oceanographic evolution in the Southern Qiangtang Basin (eastern Tethys) during the latest Pliensbachian to early Toarcian (Early Jurassic)	11
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Deciphering paleohydrology from the petrography and microstratigraphy of stalagmites (MIS 5 – Holocene, Moulis Cave, Ariège, S. France)	10
Effects of drying on biofilm-mediated sediment stability in intertidal mudflats: transition from biostabilization to biodestabilization	10
Multi-stage dolomitization of Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic carbonates in the Kurdistan Region, northeastern Arabian Plate: Insights from cathodoluminescence, SEM–EDX, and stable isotope data	10
Carbon–sulfur–calcium isotopic variability of lower Cambrian shale-hosted carbonate concretions: Insights into growth mechanisms and calcium cycling	10
Tufas record significant imprints of climate and tectonic activity over the past 600 ka: Evidence from a multi-story wedge in Northwest Africa	10

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Gravel-inlaid mud clasts as indicators of transport processes of subaqueous sediment gravity-flows	10
Integrated investigation of rare earth elements, molecular fossils, and stable isotopes in drill cores from deep-buried strata in the Yangtze Block: Implications for the Early Cambrian sedimentary env	10
Origin of microbial–hydrothermal bedded dolomites in the Permian Lucaogou Formation lacustrine shales, Junggar Basin, NW China	10
Reconstructing the deposition of a 5.5 Ma lithified tephra by multi-scale and -analytical characterisations: the Messinian Maccarone section (Italy)	10
Ferruginous coated grains of microbial origin from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) of the Prague Basin (Czech Republic) – Petrological and geochemical perspective	10
Cold seep activity in the early Cambrian: Evidence from the world-class shale-hosted Tianzhu barite deposit, South China	10
Early Pleistocene banded iron-rich sedimentary rocks at Cape Vani, Milos Island, Greece: A modern analogue of Precambrian banded iron formations?	10
A composite terrain-and-provenance analysis tied to specific times of a basement-foreland drainage system and its gravel-sand-clay deposits (Bohemian Massif, SE Germany)	10
The Early Cretaceous hydrothermal sedimentation and its influence on sandstone-type uranium mineralization in the Xinniwusu Sag, Bayingobi Basin, NW China	10
When distinction matters: Carbonate shrubs from the Aptian Barra Velha Formation of Brazilian's Pre-salt	10
Sediment flux and early diagenesis inferred from high-resolution XRF-CS data and iron and arsenic sulfides during the last 30 kyr in Lake Urmia, Iran: Implications for studies of hypersaline lakes	9
Seasonal subglacial ponding deposits in a thick till sequence, Dösebacka drumlin, southwest Sweden	9
Can 21-kyr-long precession cycles be used to develop astrochronological age models?	9
Application of blocky calcite vein LA-MC-ICP-MS U–Pb dating and geochemical analysis to the study of tectonic–fault–fluid evolutionary history of the Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin	9
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Facies and genetic elements within the Late Miocene Middle Siwalik of the Himalayan foreland basin, India: A response of fan-building processes	9
Siliciclastic input controlling carbonate deposition on a low-angle ramp system: New insight from the Upper Triassic Luning Formation (Western-Central Nevada)	9
Sources and composition of organic matter as a tool for understanding the complex variation in paleoenvironments and the connectivity of an epicontinental basin: The Miocene in the northern Pannonian	9
New age, stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Loma de los Piojos Formation (San Juan Province, Argentina) based on new palynologic and stratigraphic information	9
The first attempt to recognise glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) sediment quartz grains at a microscale: A case study from megadune sediments, northeastern Poland	9
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Distinct grain-size patterns in sandy turbidites: Implications for identifying the triggers of ancient turbidity currents in lacustrine settings	9
Tectono-eustasy and basin morphology controls on Cretaceous facies architecture in the northeastern margin of Arabian Plate	9
A best-practices guide to X-ray diffraction studies of sedimentary carbonates	9
Depositional control on composition, texture and diagenesis of modern carbonate sediments: A comparative study of tidal channels and marshes, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	9
Maastrichtian-Danian Northpatagonian rocky shore, Argentina	9
Abundance of trace fossil Phycosiphon incertum in core sections measured using a convolutional neural network	9
The interpretation of sedimentation rates in siliciclastic sediments at 106–108-year time scales	9
Residual beachrock and coastal eolianite patches without anthropogenic components on the eastern coast of Cantabria (Spain)	9
The underground weathering of Toarcian black shales from SE France and its paleoenvironmental, taphonomical and biogeochemical consequences	9
Depositional architecture and aggradation rates of sand-rich, supercritical alluvial fans: Control by autogenic processes or high-frequency climatic oscillations?	9
Decoding regressive depositional history from the Neoproterozoic Panium Sandstone Formation, Kurnool Group, India using ‘sequence stratigraphy’ analysis and detrital zircon geochronology	8
Firmgrounds and hardgrounds in the Coniacian carbonate platform of the Iberian basin: Origin and model for development of omission surfaces in tidal environments	8
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Sedimentary rates driven by laboratory lock-exchange turbidity currents flowing over gravel and vegetated beds	8
Depositional facies, sequence stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Cambrian-Middle Ordovician siliciclastic outcrops, Tayma Region, NW Saudi Arabia: An integrated approach for reservoir characterization	8
Residual oil saturation investigation in Barra Velha Formation reservoirs from the Santos Basin, Offshore Brazil: A sedimentological approach	8
Incipient reddening of Ordovician carbonates: The origin and geochemistry of yellow and pink colouration in limestones	8
Temporal variations in Rare Earth Element distributions in the Cenozoic succession and modern sediments of the Cayman Islands	8
Zircon-based proxies for source-rock prediction in provenance analysis: A case study using Upper Devonian sandstones, northern South China Block	8
Environmental changes during the middle to late Norian: An integrated record from the Southern Tethys, Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	8
Astronomical time scale and stratigraphic division constrained by the Milankovitch cycles and SPICE event in the Cambrian of the Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province	8
Sedimentary differentiation caused by glaciation and orogeny during the Ordovician–Silurian transition in the southern Sichuan Basin, China	8
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Transgressive vs. forced regressive peat accumulation: Response of fluvial-apron peatland floodplains to aggradational transgression vs. forced regression	8
Microbial and hydrothermal dolomite formation in Early Cretaceous lacustrine sediments in Yin'e Basin: Insights from petrology and geochemistry	8
Properties of dolomitizing fluids indicated by rare earth elements: A case study of the Upper Miocene to Pliocene dolostone on the Xisha Islands, South China Sea	8
Provenance of low-grossular–high-pyrope detrital garnets from beach sands of East Coast of India between Gosthani and Vamsadhara rivers	8
Characterization of blocks within a near seafloor Neogene MTC, Orange Basin: Constraints from a high-resolution 3D seismic data	8
Upper-flow regime bedforms in a subglacial triangular-shaped landform (murtoo), Late Pleistocene, SW Finland: Implications for flow dynamics and sediment transport in (semi-)distributed subglacial mel	8
The geochronometry of Idaho and the bumpy barcode revisited: Snake River detrital zircons in Hells Canyon and beyond	7
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Climate forcing of turbidite system on the northern South China Sea margin during the Late Quaternary	7
Grain textural bias in detrital single-mineral provenance studies	7
Vestige of a subaerial rock avalanche deposit in an upper Cretaceous synorogenic wedge-top succession (Gosau Group, Eastern Alps)	7
Stratigraphic architecture of a multi-sourced, Deepwater lobe complex (early Permian, Paraná basin, Brazil)	7
Revisiting paleoenvironmental changes on the Upper Yangtze Block during the Ordovician-Silurian transition: New insights from elemental geochemistry	7
Sedimentary evolution and distribution of benthic fauna of an Aptian protected bay (Oliete Subbasin, Spain)	7
Did eustatic sea-level control deep-water systems at Milankovitch and timescales?: An answer from Quaternary Pearl River margin	7
Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of strike-slip fault-controlled continental lakes: Insights from the SW Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau	7
The control of particulate matter and hydrogeochemistry on uranium–thorium partition coefficients in two representative lakes, Qaidam Basin, China	7
Sequence stratigraphy of wave-dominated and wave-influenced shoreface deposits: Systems tracts, stratigraphic surfaces and facies contacts	7
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Sedimentation patterns from turbidity currents associated to hydrodynamical transport modes	7
A new sedimentary record from the Tabernas Basin: Implications for the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Western Mediterranean	7
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Geochemical composition and grain size of surface sediments from reticulate dunes in the Tengger Desert, China	7
Impact of depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of syn-rift sedimentary systems: An example from Oligocene-Miocene Al Wajh Formation, northwest Saudi Arabia	7
Sedimentary processes of fine-grained sedimentary rocks in lacustrine basins: A case study of the Upper Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation, northern Songliao Basin, China	7
Alluvial fans in the latest phase of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: An example from the Chaabet Et Tabbela Formation, northern Tunisia, Central Mediterranean	7
The “Aniangzhai” ancient dammed lake discovered on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau	7