| The supercontinent cycle: a retrospective essay RD Nance, JB Murphy, M Santosh Gondwana Research 25 (1), 4-29, 2014 | 743 | 2014 |
| Evolution of the Rheic ocean RD Nance, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, JD Keppie, U Linnemann, JB Murphy, ... Gondwana Research 17 (2-3), 194-222, 2010 | 708 | 2010 |
| Precambrian U Linnemann, RL Romer, C Pin, P Aleksandrowski, Z Buła, T Geisler, ... The Geology of Central Europe. Volume I: Precambrian and Palaeozoic, 21-101, 2008 | 532* | 2008 |
| Contrasting basement isotopic signatures and the palinspastic restoration of peripheral orogens: Example from the Neoproterozoic Avalonian-Cadomian belt RD Nance, JB Murphy Geology 22 (7), 617-620, 1994 | 410 | 1994 |
| Origin of the Rheic Ocean: Rifting along a Neoproterozoic suture? JB Murphy, G Gutierrez-Alonso, RD Nance, J Fernandez-Suarez, ... Geology 34 (5), 325-328, 2006 | 405 | 2006 |
| Neoproterozoic–early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphy of the peri-Gondwanan terranes: Amazonian v. West African connections RD Nance, JB Murphy, RA Strachan The Boundaries of the West African Craton. Geological Society, London …, 2008 | 359* | 2008 |
| Neoproterozoic—Early Paleozoic evolution of peri-Gondwanan terranes: implications for Laurentia-Gondwana connections JB Murphy, SA Pisarevsky, RD Nance, JD Keppie International Journal of Earth Sciences 93, 659-682, 2004 | 359 | 2004 |
| A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia RD Nance, JB Murphy, JD Keppie Tectonophysics 352 (1-2), 11-31, 2002 | 351 | 2002 |
| Supercontinent model for the contrasting character of Late Proterozoic orogenic belts JB Murphy, RD Nance Geology 19 (5), 469-472, 1991 | 338 | 1991 |
| A brief history of the Rheic Ocean RD Nance, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, JD Keppie, U Linnemann, JB Murphy, ... Geoscience Frontiers 3 (2), 125-135, 2012 | 322 | 2012 |
| Global tectonics and eustasy for the past 2 billion years TR Worsley, D Nance, JB Moody Marine Geology 58 (3-4), 373-400, 1984 | 299 | 1984 |
| The supercontinent cycle RD Nance, TR Worsley, JB Moody Scientific American 259 (1), 72-79, 1988 | 265 | 1988 |
| Basement isotopic signatures and Neoproterozoic paleogeography of Avalonian-Cadomian and related terranes in the circum-North Atlantic RD Nance, JB Murphy Special Papers-Geological Society of America, 333-346, 1996 | 240 | 1996 |
| The Rheic Ocean: origin, evolution, and significance RD Nance, U Linnemann Gsa Today 18 (12), 4, 2008 | 223 | 2008 |
| Tethyan, Mediterranean, and Pacific analogues for the Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic birth and development of peri-Gondwanan terranes and their transfer to Laurentia and Laurussia JD Keppie, RD Nance, JB Murphy, J Dostal Tectonophysics 365 (1-4), 195-219, 2003 | 206 | 2003 |
| Provenance and tectonic history of the Gander Zone in the Caledonian/Appalachian orogen: implications for the origin and assembly of Avalon CR Van Staal, RW Sullivan, JB Whalen, RD Nance, MD Thompson Special Papers-Geological Society of America, 347-368, 1996 | 206 | 1996 |
| Model for the evolution of the Avalonian-Cadomian belt JB Murphy, RD Nance Geology 17 (8), 735-738, 1989 | 203 | 1989 |
| Late Proterozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Avalonian and Cadomian terranes RD Nance, JB Murphy, RA Strachan, RS D'Lemos, GK Taylor Precambrian Research 53 (1-2), 41-78, 1991 | 193 | 1991 |
| Proto-Avalonia: a 1.2–1.0 Ga tectonothermal event and constraints for the evolution of Rodinia JB Murphy, RA Strachan, RD Nance, KD Parker, MB Fowler Geology 28 (12), 1071-1074, 2000 | 184 | 2000 |
| Sm–Nd isotopic systematics as tectonic tracers: an example from West Avalonia in the Canadian Appalachians JB Murphy, RD Nance Earth-Science Reviews 59 (1-4), 77-100, 2002 | 179 | 2002 |
J. Brendan MurphyProfessor of Geology, Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier UniversityVerified email at stfx.ca
