| The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene J Zalasiewicz, CN Waters, JAI Do Sul, PL Corcoran, AD Barnosky, ... Anthropocene 13, 4-17, 2016 | 1075 | 2016 |
| Plastics and beaches: a degrading relationship PL Corcoran, MC Biesinger, M Grifi Marine pollution bulletin 58 (1), 80-84, 2009 | 867 | 2009 |
| Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii DA Cooper, PL Corcoran Marine pollution bulletin 60 (5), 650-654, 2010 | 832 | 2010 |
| Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments A Ballent, PL Corcoran, O Madden, PA Helm, FJ Longstaffe Marine pollution bulletin 110 (1), 383-395, 2016 | 798 | 2016 |
| Distribution and degradation of fresh water plastic particles along the beaches of Lake Huron, Canada M Zbyszewski, PL Corcoran Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 220 (1-4), 365-372, 2011 | 543 | 2011 |
| Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America M Zbyszewski, PL Corcoran, A Hockin Journal of Great Lakes Research 40 (2), 288-299, 2014 | 531 | 2014 |
| Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record PL Corcoran, T Norris, T Ceccanese, MJ Walzak, PA Helm, CH Marvin Environmental Pollution 204, 17-25, 2015 | 509 | 2015 |
| An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record PL Corcoran, CJ Moore, K Jazvac GSA today, 4-8, 2014 | 411 | 2014 |
| Factors controlling the distribution of microplastic particles in benthic sediment of the Thames River, Canada PL Corcoran, SL Belontz, K Ryan, MJ Walzak Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 | 237 | 2019 |
| Degradation of microplastics in the environment PL Corcoran Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment, 531-542, 2022 | 202 | 2022 |
| Benthic plastic debris in marine and fresh water environments PL Corcoran Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 17 (8), 1363-1369, 2015 | 190 | 2015 |
| A first assessment of microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Hudson Bay and the surrounding eastern Canadian Arctic waters of Nunavut A Huntington, PL Corcoran, L Jantunen, C Thaysen, S Bernstein, ... Facets 5 (1), 432-454, 2020 | 125* | 2020 |
| Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy PG Eriksson, S Banerjee, O Catuneanu, PL Corcoran, KA Eriksson, ... Gondwana Research 24 (2), 468-489, 2013 | 122 | 2013 |
| Factors influencing microplastic abundances in nearshore, tributary and beach sediments along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie BY Dean, PL Corcoran, PA Helm Journal of Great Lakes Research 44 (5), 1002-1009, 2018 | 109 | 2018 |
| Climatic and tectonic influences on fan deltas and wave-to tide-controlled shoreface deposits: evidence from the Archaean Keskarrah Formation, Slave Province, Canada PL Corcoran, WU Mueller, EH Chown Sedimentary Geology 120 (1-4), 125-152, 1998 | 83 | 1998 |
| Late-orogenic basins in the Archaean Superior Province, Canada: characteristics and inferences WU Mueller, PL Corcoran Sedimentary Geology 120 (1-4), 177-203, 1998 | 83 | 1998 |
| The consequence that is plastiglomerate PL Corcoran, K Jazvac Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1 (1), 6-7, 2020 | 74 | 2020 |
| A comprehensive investigation of industrial plastic pellets on beaches across the Laurentian Great Lakes and the factors governing their distribution PL Corcoran, J de Haan Ward, IA Arturo, SL Belontz, T Moore, ... Science of the Total Environment 747, 141227, 2020 | 68 | 2020 |
| Subaqueous calderas in the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt: An overview and new ideas WU Mueller, J Stix, PL Corcoran, R Daigneault Ore Geology Reviews 35 (1), 4-46, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
| Meganodular limestone of the Pagoda Formation: a time-specific carbonate facies in the Upper Ordovician of South China R Zhan, J Jin, J Liu, P Corcoran, X Luan, X Wei Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 448, 349-362, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
Paul HelmSr. Research Scientist, Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Conservation and ParksVerified email at ontario.ca
