| 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 | 465 | 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 | 429 | 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 | 345 | 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 | 194 | 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 | 184 | 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 | 158 | 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 | 90 | 2008 |
| 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 | 77 | 2021 |
| 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 | 75 | 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 | 68 | 2018 |
| 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 | 59 | 2017 |
| 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 | 58 | 2011 |
| 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 | 57 | 2006 |
| 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 | 54 | 2012 |
| 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 | 48 | 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 | 39 | 2015 |
| 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 | 37 | 2020 |
| 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 | 35 | 2008 |
| Mineral compositions and thermobarometry of basalts and boninites recovered during IODP Expedition 352 to the Bonin forearc SA Whattam, JW Shervais, MK Reagan, DA Coulthard Jr, JA Pearce, ... American Mineralogist 105 (10), 1490-1507, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Arc magmatic evolution and the construction of continental crust at the Central American Volcanic Arc system SA Whattam, RJ Stern International Geology Review 58 (6), 653-686, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
Robert J SternProfessor of Geosciences, U Texas at DallasVerified email at utdallas.edu
