| To understand subduction initiation, study forearc crust: To understand forearc crust, study ophiolites RJ Stern, M Reagan, O Ishizuka, Y Ohara, S Whattam Lithosphere 4 (6), 469-483, 2012 | 430 | 2012 |
| The ‘subduction initiation rule’: a key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation SA Whattam, RJ Stern Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 162, 1031-1045, 2011 | 404 | 2011 |
| Plate tectonics on the Earth triggered by plume-induced subduction initiation TV Gerya, RJ Stern, M Baes, SV Sobolev, SA Whattam Nature 527 (7577), 221-225, 2015 | 308 | 2015 |
| Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling MK Reagan, JA Pearce, K Petronotis, RR Almeev, AJ Avery, C Carvallo, ... International Geology Review 59 (11), 1439-1450, 2017 | 181 | 2017 |
| Late Cretaceous plume-induced subduction initiation along the southern margin of the Caribbean and NW South America: The first documented example with implications for the … SA Whattam, RJ Stern Gondwana Research 27 (1), 38-63, 2015 | 171 | 2015 |
| Magmatic response to subduction initiation: Part 1. Fore‐arc basalts of the Izu‐Bonin arc from IODP Expedition 352 JW Shervais, M Reagan, E Haugen, RR Almeev, JA Pearce, J Prytulak, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (1), 314-338, 2019 | 135 | 2019 |
| New SW Pacific tectonic model: Cyclical intraoceanic magmatic arc construction and near‐coeval emplacement along the Australia‐Pacific margin in the Cenozoic SA Whattam, J Malpas, JR Ali, IEM Smith Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9 (3), 2008 | 87 | 2008 |
| Arc-continent collisional orogenesis in the SW Pacific and the nature, source and correlation of emplaced ophiolitic nappe components SA Whattam Lithos 113 (1-2), 88-114, 2009 | 73 | 2009 |
| Magmatism, serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357) GL Früh-Green, BN Orcutt, S Rouméjon, MD Lilley, Y Morono, C Cotterill, ... Lithos 323, 137-155, 2018 | 64 | 2018 |
| Magmatic response to subduction initiation, Part II: boninites and related rocks of the Izu‐Bonin Arc from IODP Expedition 352 JW Shervais, MK Reagan, M Godard, J Prytulak, JG Ryan, JA Pearce, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22 (1), e2020GC009093, 2021 | 62 | 2021 |
| Link between SSZ ophiolite formation, emplacement and arc inception, Northland, New Zealand: U–Pb SHRIMP constraints; Cenozoic SW Pacific tectonic implications SA Whattam, J Malpas, IEM Smith, JR Ali Earth and Planetary Science Letters 250 (3-4), 606-632, 2006 | 55 | 2006 |
| Application of a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for real-time, high-density quantitative analysis of drilled igneous rocks and sediments during IODP Expedition 352 JG Ryan, JW Shervais, Y Li, MK Reagan, HY Li, D Heaton, M Godard, ... Chemical Geology 451, 55-66, 2017 | 54 | 2017 |
| Age and origin of earliest adakitic-like magmatism in Panama: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Panamanian magmatic arc system SA Whattam, C Montes, RR McFadden, A Cardona, D Ramirez, ... Lithos 142, 226-244, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| Magmatic peridotites and pyroxenites, Andong Ultramafic Complex, Korea: Geochemical evidence for supra-subduction zone formation and extensive melt–rock interaction SA Whattam, M Cho, IEM Smith Lithos 127 (3-4), 599-618, 2011 | 53 | 2011 |
| Formation and emplacement of the Northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand: SW Pacific tectonic implications SA Whattam, J Malpas, JR Ali, CH Lo, IEM Smith Journal of the Geological Society 162 (2), 225-241, 2005 | 47 | 2005 |
| Plume-induced subduction initiation triggered plate tectonics on Earth T Gerya, RJ Stern, M Baes, S Sobolev, S Whattam Nature 527 (7577), 221-225, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Granoblastic olivine aggregates in magnesian chondrules: Planetesimal fragments or thermally annealed solar nebula condensates? SA Whattam, RH Hewins, BA Cohen, NC Seaton, DJ Prior Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269 (1-2), 200-211, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
| Subduction initiation and back-arc opening north of Neo-Tethys: Evidence from the Late Cretaceous Torbat-e-Heydarieh ophiolite of NE Iran HS Moghadam, RJ Stern, WL Griffin, MZ Khedr, M Kirchenbaur, CJ Ottley, ... Bulletin 132 (5-6), 1083-1105, 2020 | 31 | 2020 |
| Expedition 352 summary MK Reagan, JA Pearce, K Petronotis, R Almeev, AA Avery, C Carvallo, ... Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program 352, 1-32, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
| Origin of the Northland Ophiolite, northern New Zealand: discussion of new data and reassessment of the model SA Whattam, JG Malpas, JR Ali, IEM Smith, CH Lo New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 47 (3), 383-389, 2004 | 30 | 2004 |
Robert J SternProfessor of Geosciences, U Texas at DallasVerified email at utdallas.edu
