| Controls on tectonic accretion versus erosion in subduction zones: Implications for the origin and recycling of the continental crust P Clift, P Vannucchi Reviews of Geophysics 42 (2), 2004 | 823 | 2004 |
| Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity PD Clift, KV Hodges, D Heslop, R Hannigan, H Van Long, G Calves Nature geoscience 1 (12), 875-880, 2008 | 546 | 2008 |
| Palaeogeographic and palaeotectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Neotethys AHF Robertson, PD Clift, PJ Degnan, G Jones Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 87 (1-4), 289-343, 1991 | 478 | 1991 |
| Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349 CF Li, X Xu, J Lin, Z Sun, J Zhu, Y Yao, X Zhao, Q Liu, DK Kulhanek, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15 (12), 4958-4983, 2014 | 416 | 2014 |
| Development of the East Asian monsoon: mineralogical and sedimentologic records in the northern South China Sea since 20 Ma S Wan, A Li, PD Clift, JBW Stuut Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 254 (3-4), 561-582, 2007 | 403 | 2007 |
| Controls on the erosion of Cenozoic Asia and the flux of clastic sediment to the ocean PD Clift Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241 (3-4), 571-580, 2006 | 382 | 2006 |
| Reconstructing chemical weathering, physical erosion and monsoon intensity since 25 Ma in the northern South China Sea: a review of competing proxies PD Clift, S Wan, J Blusztajn Earth-Science Reviews 130, 86-102, 2014 | 331 | 2014 |
| Seven million years of glaciation in Greenland HC Larsen, AD Saunders, PD Clift, J Beget, W Wei, S Spezzaferri Science 264 (5161), 952-955, 1994 | 314 | 1994 |
| Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization L Giosan, PD Clift, MG Macklin, DQ Fuller, S Constantinescu, JA Durcan, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (26), E1688-E1694, 2012 | 292 | 2012 |
| Evidence of low flexural rigidity and low viscosity lower continental crust during continental break-up in the South China Sea P Clift, J Lin, U Barckhausen Marine and petroleum geology 19 (8), 951-970, 2002 | 288 | 2002 |
| A detailed geochemical study of island arc crust: the Talkeetna Arc section, south–central Alaska AR Greene, SM DeBARI, PB Kelemen, J Blusztajn, PD Clift Journal of Petrology 47 (6), 1051-1093, 2006 | 285 | 2006 |
| Pre-miocene birth of the Yangtze River H Zheng, PD Clift, P Wang, R Tada, J Jia, M He, F Jourdan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (19), 7556-7561, 2013 | 277 | 2013 |
| The sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Yinggehai–Song Hong basin and the southern Hainan margin, South China Sea: Implications for Tibetan uplift and monsoon intensification PD Clift, Z Sun Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 111 (B6), 2006 | 274 | 2006 |
| The Asian monsoon: causes, history and effects PD Clift, RA Plumb Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 265 | 2008 |
| Development of the Indus Fan and its significance for the erosional history of the Western Himalaya and Karakoram PD Clift, N Shimizu, GD Layne, JS Blusztajn, C Gaedicke, HU Schluter, ... Geological Society of America Bulletin 113 (8), 1039-1051, 2001 | 246 | 2001 |
| Erosional response of South China to arc rifting and monsoonal strengthening; a record from the South China Sea P Clift, JI Lee, MK Clark, J Blusztajn Marine Geology 184 (3-4), 207-226, 2002 | 239 | 2002 |
| Large‐scale drainage capture and surface uplift in eastern Tibet–SW China before 24 Ma inferred from sediments of the Hanoi Basin, Vietnam PD Clift, J Blusztajn, AD Nguyen Geophysical Research Letters 33 (19), 2006 | 233 | 2006 |
| Preferential mantle lithospheric extension under the South China margin P Clift, J Lin Marine and Petroleum Geology 18 (8), 929-945, 2001 | 225 | 2001 |
| Seismic reflection evidence for a Dangerous Grounds miniplate: No extrusion origin for the South China Sea P Clift, GH Lee, N Anh Duc, U Barckhausen, H Van Long, S Zhen Tectonics 27 (3), 2008 | 210 | 2008 |
| Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the onset time of India-Asia collision FY Wu, WQ Ji, JG Wang, CZ Liu, SL Chung, PD Clift American Journal of Science 314 (2), 548-579, 2014 | 209 | 2014 |
Andrew CarterProfessor of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck, University of LondonVerified email at ucl.ac.uk
