| The composition and evolution of lithospheric mantle: a re-evaluation and its tectonic implications WL Griffin, SY O’Reilly, JC Afonso, GC Begg Journal of Petrology 50 (7), 1185-1204, 2009 | 765 | 2009 |
| Integrated geophysical‐petrological modeling of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle: Methodology and applications JC Afonso, M Fernandez, G Ranalli, WL Griffin, JAD Connolly Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9 (5), 2008 | 318 | 2008 |
| Crustal and mantle strengths in continental lithosphere: is the jelly sandwich model obsolete? JC Afonso, G Ranalli Tectonophysics 394 (3-4), 221-232, 2004 | 235 | 2004 |
| 3‐D multiobservable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle. I: a priori petrological information and … JC Afonso, J Fullea, WL Griffin, Y Yang, AG Jones, JA D. Connolly, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118 (5), 2586-2617, 2013 | 204 | 2013 |
| Mantle recycling: transition zone metamorphism of Tibetan ophiolitic peridotites and its tectonic implications WL Griffin, JC Afonso, EA Belousova, SE Gain, XH Gong, ... Journal of Petrology 57 (4), 655-684, 2016 | 199 | 2016 |
| Seismic evidence of on-going sublithosphere upper mantle convection for intra-plate volcanism in Northeast China Z Guo, YJ Chen, J Ning, Y Yang, JC Afonso, Y Tang Earth and Planetary Science Letters 433, 31-43, 2016 | 194 | 2016 |
| The structure and evolution of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath the Atlantic–Mediterranean Transition Region J Fullea, M Fernàndez, JC Afonso, J Vergés, H Zeyen Lithos 120 (1-2), 74-95, 2010 | 180 | 2010 |
| LitMod3D: An interactive 3‐D software to model the thermal, compositional, density, seismological, and rheological structure of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle J Fullea, JC Afonso, JAD Connolly, M Fernandez, D García‐Castellanos, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 (8), 2009 | 174 | 2009 |
| Tibetan chromitites: Excavating the slab graveyard NM McGowan, WL Griffin, JM González-Jiménez, E Belousova, JC Afonso, ... Geology 43 (2), 179-182, 2015 | 136 | 2015 |
| Long-term interaction between mid-ocean ridges and mantle plumes JM Whittaker, JC Afonso, S Masterton, RD Müller, P Wessel, SE Williams, ... Nature Geoscience 8 (6), 479-483, 2015 | 133 | 2015 |
| 3‐D multi‐observable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle. II: General methodology and resolution analysis JC Afonso, J Fullea, Y Yang, JAD Connolly, AG Jones Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118 (4), 1650-1676, 2013 | 132 | 2013 |
| Global crustal thickness and velocity structure from geostatistical analysis of seismic data W Szwillus, JC Afonso, J Ebbing, WD Mooney Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 124 (2), 1626-1652, 2019 | 126 | 2019 |
| Arc–continent collision: the making of an orogen D Brown, PD Ryan, D Brown, PD Ryan, JC Afonso, D Boutelier, JP Burg, ... Arc-continent collision, 477-493, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
| A global reference model of the lithosphere and upper mantle from joint inversion and analysis of multiple data sets JC Afonso, F Salajegheh, W Szwillus, J Ebbing, C Gaina Geophysical Journal International 217 (3), 1602-1628, 2019 | 111 | 2019 |
| Thermal expansivity and elastic properties of the lithospheric mantle: results from mineral physics of composites JC Afonso, G Ranalli, M Fernàndez Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 149 (3-4), 279-306, 2005 | 104 | 2005 |
| Comprehensive plate models for the thermal evolution of oceanic lithosphere CJ Grose, JC Afonso Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 14 (9), 3751-3778, 2013 | 103 | 2013 |
| The subductability of continental lithosphere: The before and after story D Brown, PD Ryan, JC Afonso, S Zlotnik Arc-Continent Collision, 53-86, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
| 3‐D multiobservable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle: III. Thermochemical tomography in the Western … JC Afonso, N Rawlinson, Y Yang, DL Schutt, AG Jones, J Fullea, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (10), 7337-7370, 2016 | 99 | 2016 |
| Density structure and buoyancy of the oceanic lithosphere revisited JC Afonso, G Ranalli, M Fernandez Geophysical Research Letters 34 (10), 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
| The lithospheric structure of the Western Carpathian–Pannonian Basin region based on the CELEBRATION 2000 seismic experiment and gravity modelling A Tašárová, JC Afonso, M Bielik, HJ Götze, J Hók Tectonophysics 475 (3-4), 454-469, 2009 | 95 | 2009 |
William L. GriffinProfessor of Geochemistry, Macquarie UniversityVerified email at mq.edu.au
