OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of American Journal of Science is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Neoarchean basement, mantle enrichment and crustal extraction in central Asia: petrogenesis of 2.5 Ga amphibolite and metadiorite in NE China	31
A Laurentian cratonic reference from the distal Proterozoic basement of Western Newfoundland using tandem in situ and isotope dilution U-pb zircon and titanite geochronology	21
Preface	17
Early Cretaceous solar cycles recorded in lacustrine laminations in North China	16
Thermal Expansion of Metal Oxides in Silicate Melts: A Simple Theoretical Analysis	13
Calcite Dissolution-Reprecipitation Reactions Are a Key Control on the Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca and δ^88/86Sr Compositions of Himalayan River Waters	13
Organic-rich Shales Reveal Local Controls That Enhanced Mercury Accumulation During a non-LIP Interval of the Miocene: Implications for the Mercury Paleoproxy	13
Weathering intensity and lithium isotopes: A reactive transport perspective	12
A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts	12
EPR Dating of Clay Minerals Formation Through Geological Times: Benchmarking From the Quaternary to the Neoproterozoic Era	9
New Idria serpentinite protrusion, Diablo Range, California: From upper mantle to the surface	8
THIS IS THE THIRD ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST ALFRED KRONER WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY ON 22 MAY 2019	8
Detrital zircon provenance of the Archean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa and Eswatini	8
Foreword	8
A highly dynamic hot hydrothermal system in the subduction environment: Geochemistry and geochronology of jadeitite and associated rocks of the Sierra del Convento mélange (eastern Cuba)	8
Isotope Ratio – Discharge Relationships of Solutes Derived From Weathering Reactions	8
Temperatures of canonical condensation: Constraints from CAIs	7
The Rare Earth Element Distribution in Marine Carbonates as a Potential Proxy for Seawater pH on Early Earth	6
Proterozoic-Mesozoic development of the Quanji block from northern Tibet and the cratonic assembly of eastern Asia	6
Thermochemistry of melilites I. Towards resolving an inconsistency in nebular condensation calculations	6
Coexisting arc and MORB signatures in the Sonakhan greenstone belt, India: late Neoarchean – early Proterozoic subduction rollback and back-arc formation	6
A Physical Model for Accurate Paleotemperature Reconstruction From Fluid Inclusions in Halite	5
Composition and provenance analysis of beach sands in an almost isolated sedimentary system – A field study of the Galápagos Archipelago	5
Timescales of Drainage Network Evolution Revealed: Spatiotemporal Variability in Drainage Density in the Post-Glacial Central Lowlands, USA	5
Structure and thermochronology of basement/cover relations along the Defiance uplift (AZ and NM), and implications regarding Laramide tectonic evolution of the Colorado Plateau	5

The role of the solid earth in regulating atmospheric O₂ levels	5
Serpentinites of the Guatemala Suture Zone: Varieties, Origin, and Compositional Modification	5
Evidence for Low Dissolved Silica in mid-Mesozoic Oceans	5
Foreword	4
The role of vegetation in setting strontium stable isotope ratios in the Critical Zone	4
Post-depositional transformations in sedimentary rocks and implications for paleoenvironmental studies: evidence from the Mesoproterozoic (∼1.1 Ga) of the Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania	4
Metal isotopes as markers of biogeochemical processes and fluxes in the eroding Critical Zone	4
Integrated Litho-, Chemo- and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ediacaran Gametrail Formation Across a Shelf-Slope Transect in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada	4
Geodynamic environment of the ca. 3800 Ma Outer Arc Group, Isua (Greenland)	4
An early Paleozoic active continental margin basin along the southern Chinese Altai: Evidence from high-grade paragneisses in the Fuyun region	4
Controls on the Termination of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the Tarfaya Basin, Morocco	3
The PATCH Lab v1.0: A database and workspace for Cenozoic terrestrial paleoclimate and environment reconstruction	3
Chemical Alteration of Riverine Particles in Seawater and Marine Sediments: Effects on Seawater Composition and Atmospheric CO₂	3
A comparative study of clay mineral authigenesis in terrestrial and martian lakes; an Australian example	3
Petrogenesis of the Early Paleogene North Island Syenite Complex, Seychelles	3
Deformation by Pressure Solution and Grain Boundary Sliding in a Retrograde Shear Zone in Southern New England, USA	3
Zircon U-Pb Age and Hf-O Isotope Evidence of the Taihua Complex on the Southern Margin of the North China Craton: Implications for Its Magmatic Process During the Early Paleoproterozoic	3
Guadalupian carbon isotope stratigraphy indicates extended interval of carbon cycle stability	3
Clumped isotope constraints on warming and precipitation seasonality in Mongolia following Altai uplift	3
The Influence of Warming on Phosphorus Burial in Continental Margin Sediments	3
The kabr El-Bonaya peridotites, Southeastern Sinai, Egypt: petrology, geochemistry, and metamorphism of Neoproterozoic arc ultramafic cumulates	3
Rock weathering and nutrient cycling along an erodosequence	3
Paleoaltimetry of the Western Andes in Northern Chile (∼18.5–19.5°S)	2
One Million Years of Climate-Driven Rock Uplift Rate Variation on the Wasatch Fault Revealed by Fluvial Topography	2
On carbon burial and net primary production through Earth's history	2
Cenozoic Basin Evolution During Alternating Extension and Shortening in the Southern Central Andes Along the Chile-Argentina Border, 37–38°S	2
Fluid-mineral Equilibrium Under Nonhydrostatic Stress: Insight From Molecular Dynamics	2
The Assabet barcode: Mesoproterozoic detrital zircons in Neoproterozoic strata from Mauritania, West Africa	2
Late Ediacaran to Early Cambrian Breakup Sequences and Establishment of the Eastern Laurentian Passive Margin, Newfoundland, Canada	2
Contrasting styles of peraluminous S-type and I-type granitic magmatism: Identification and implications for the accretionary history of the Chinese South Tianshan	2
Abundant 2480 Ma Detrital Zircons in ∼1740 Ma Vishnu Schist in Northwestern Arizona: Derivation From the Matachewan Large Igneous Province?	2
Paleo- to Mesoarchean crustal growth in the Karwar block, southern India: Constraints on TTG genesis and Archean tectonics	2
The World’s Highest-Grade Cobalt Mineralization at Bou Azzer Associated With Gondwana Supercontinent Breakup, Serpentinite and Kellwasser Hydrocarbon Source Rocks	2