| Re–Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton S Gao, RL Rudnick, RW Carlson, WF McDonough, YS Liu Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198 (3-4), 307-322, 2002 | 1238 | 2002 |
| Os, Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope systematics of southern African peridotite xenoliths: implications for the chemical evolution of subcontinental mantle RJ Walker, RW Carlson, SB Shirey, B FR Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 (7), 1583-1595, 1989 | 868 | 1989 |
| 142Nd evidence for early (> 4.53 Ga) global differentiation of the silicate Earth M Boyet, RW Carlson Science 309 (5734), 576-581, 2005 | 734 | 2005 |
| Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle RW Carlson, DG Pearson, DE James Reviews of Geophysics 43 (1), 2005 | 646 | 2005 |
| Stabilisation of Archaean lithospheric mantle: A ReOs isotope study of peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton DG Pearson, RW Carlson, SB Shirey, FR Boyd, PH Nixon Earth and Planetary Science Letters 134 (3-4), 341-357, 1995 | 548 | 1995 |
| Re Os, Sm Nd, and Rb Sr isotope evidence for thick Archaean lithospheric mantle beneath the Siberian craton modified by multistage metasomatism DG Pearson, SB Shirey, RW Carlson, FR Boyd, NP Pokhilenko, ... Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 (5), 959-977, 1995 | 524 | 1995 |
| Neodymium-142 evidence for Hadean mafic crust J O'Neil, RW Carlson, D Francis, RK Stevenson Science 321 (5897), 1828-1831, 2008 | 422 | 2008 |
| Hf isotope systematics of kimberlites and their megacrysts: new constraints on their source regions GM Nowell, DG Pearson, DR Bell, RW Carlson, CB Smith, PD Kempton, ... Journal of Petrology 45 (8), 1583-1612, 2004 | 408 | 2004 |
| Depletion and enrichment history of subcontinental lithospheric mantle: an Os, Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic study of ultramafic xenoliths from the northwestern Wyoming Craton RW Carlson, AJ Irving Earth and Planetary Science Letters 126 (4), 457-472, 1994 | 399 | 1994 |
| The origin and evolution of the Kaapvaal cratonic lithospheric mantle NSC Simon, RW Carlson, DG Pearson, GR Davies Journal of Petrology 48 (3), 589-625, 2007 | 384 | 2007 |
| Trace element fractionation during dehydration of eclogites from high-pressure terranes and the implications for element fluxes in subduction zones H Becker, KP Jochum, RW Carlson Chemical Geology 163 (1-4), 65-99, 2000 | 374 | 2000 |
| Tracking mammoths and mastodons: reconstruction of migratory behavior using strontium isotope ratios KA Hoppe, PL Koch, RW Carlson, SD Webb Geology 27 (5), 439-442, 1999 | 356 | 1999 |
| Columbia River volcanism: the question of mantle heterogeneity or crustal contamination RW Carlson, GW Lugmair, JD Macdougall Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45 (12), 2483-2499, 1981 | 333 | 1981 |
| Osmium recycling in subduction zones AD Brandon, RA Creaser, SB Shirey, RW Carlson Science 272 (5263), 861-863, 1996 | 326 | 1996 |
| Isotopic tracking of change in diet and habitat use in African elephants PL Koch, J Heisinger, C Moss, RW Carlson, ML Fogel, AK Behrensmeyer Science 267 (5202), 1340-1343, 1995 | 321 | 1995 |
| Deep slabs, geochemical heterogeneity, and the large-scale structure of mantle convection-Investigation of an enduring paradox PG Silver, RW Carlson, P Olson IN: Annual review of earth and planetary sciences. Volume 16 (A88-52285 22 …, 1988 | 316 | 1988 |
| Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites T Yokoyama, K Nagashima, I Nakai, ED Young, Y Abe, J Aléon, ... Science 379 (6634), eabn7850, 2022 | 312 | 2022 |
| Magmatism in the South China Basin: 1. Isotopic and trace-element evidence for an endogenous Dupal mantle component K Tu, MFJ Flower, RW Carlson, G Xie, CY Chen, M Zhang Chemical Geology 97 (1-2), 47-63, 1992 | 306 | 1992 |
| Isotopic constraints on Columbia River flood basalt genesis and the nature of the subcontinental mantle RW Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 48 (11), 2357-2372, 1984 | 292 | 1984 |
| Contributors to chromium isotope variation of meteorites L Qin, CMOD Alexander, RW Carlson, MF Horan, T Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 (3), 1122-1145, 2010 | 287 | 2010 |