OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Precambrian Research is 26. 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
Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean	153
Hadean geodynamics and the nature of early continental crust	77
The formation of Neoarchean continental crust in the south-east Superior Craton by two distinct geodynamic processes	62
Seaweeds through time: Morphological and ecological analysis of Proterozoic and early Paleozoic benthic macroalgae	58
Dating and characterizing primary gas accumulation in Precambrian dolomite reservoirs, Central Sichuan Basin, China: Insights from pyrobitumen Re-Os and dolomite U-Pb geochronology	51
A geochronological review of magmatism along the external margin of Columbia and in the Grenville-age orogens forming the core of Rodinia	45
How diverse is the source? Age, provenance, reworking, and overprint of Precambrian meta-sedimentary rocks of West Gondwana, Cameroon, from zircon U-Pb geochronology	44
Neoproterozoic geochronology and provenance of the Adelaide Superbasin	40
Early crustal evolution of the Yangtze Block: Constraints from zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics of 3.1–1.9 Ga granitoids in the Cuoke Complex, SW China	40
Multi-proxy evidence for subduction of the Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean and Wilson cycle tectonics in the South Atlantic Brasiliano Orogenic System of Western Gondwana	39
Fifty years of the Eoarchean and the case for evolving uniformitarianism	38
In situ U-Pb dating and geochemical characterization of multi-stage dolomite cementation in the Ediacaran Dengying Formation, Central Sichuan Basin, China: Constraints on diagenetic, hydrothermal and	37
Quantitative petrographic differentiation of detrital vs diagenetic clay minerals in marine sedimentary sequences: Implications for the rise of biotic soils	36
Geochronology and petrogenesis of the TTG gneisses and granitoids from the Central Bundelkhand granite-greenstone terrane, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for Archean crustal evolution and cra	35
The Sveconorwegian orogeny – Reamalgamation of the fragmented southwestern margin of Fennoscandia	30
Pre-Neoproterozoic continental growth of the Yangtze Block: From continental rifting to subduction–accretion	30
A reappraisal of the global tectono-magmatic lull at ∼ 2.3 Ga	28
Do all Archaean TTG rock compositions represent former melts?	28
Sequence stratigraphy and tectono-depositional evolution of a late Ediacaran epeiric platform in the upper Yangtze area, South China	27
Eukaryotic red and green algae populated the tropical ocean 1400 million years ago	27
Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the northern Yangtze craton from oceanic subduction through continental collision to continental rifting: Geochronological and geochemical records of metabasites	27
3.51 Ga old felsic volcanic rocks and carbonaceous cherts from the Gorumahisani Greenstone Belt – Insights into the Palaeoarchaean record of the Singhbhum Craton, India	27
Precambrian metamorphic crustal basement cannot provide much gold to form giant gold deposits in the Jiaodong Peninsula, China	27
From subduction initiation to arc–polarity reversal: Life cycle of an Archean subduction zone from the Zunhua ophiolitic mélange, North China Craton	26
Zircon and apatite U-Pb age constraints from the Bundelkhand craton and Proterozoic strata of central India: Insights into craton stabilization and subsequent basin evolution	26

A transient swing to higher oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans at ~1.4 Ga	26
Does Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic (570–530 Ma) basement of Iran belong to the Cadomian Orogeny?	26