| The role of chemical boundary layers in regulating the thickness of continental and oceanic thermal boundary layers CTA Lee, A Lenardic, CM Cooper, F Niu, A Levander Earth and Planetary Science Letters 230 (3-4), 379-396, 2005 | 121 | 2005 |
| The thermal structure of stable continental lithosphere within a dynamic mantle CM Cooper, A Lenardic, L Moresi Earth and Planetary Science Letters 222 (3-4), 807-817, 2004 | 96 | 2004 |
| Continents, supercontinents, mantle thermal mixing, and mantle thermal isolation: Theory, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments A Lenardic, L Moresi, AM Jellinek, CJ O'neill, CM Cooper, CT Lee Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 12 (10), 2011 | 89 | 2011 |
| Seismic constraints on the depth and composition of the mantle keel beneath the Kaapvaal craton F Niu, A Levander, CM Cooper, CTA Lee, A Lenardic, DE James Earth and Planetary Science Letters 224 (3-4), 337-346, 2004 | 76 | 2004 |
| Formation of cratonic lithosphere during the initiation of plate tectonics AP Beall, L Moresi, CM Cooper Geology 46 (6), 487-490, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| Creation and preservation of cratonic lithosphere: seismic constraints and geodynamic models CM Cooper, A Lenardic, A Levander, L Moresi, K Benn Geophysical Monograph-American Geophysical Union 164, 75, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
| Craton formation: Internal structure inherited from closing of the early oceans CM Cooper, MS Miller Lithosphere 6 (1), 35-42, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Does the mantle control the maximum thickness of cratons? CM Cooper, CP Conrad Lithosphere 1 (2), 67-72, 2009 | 34 | 2009 |
| A note on continents and the Earth’s Urey ratio A Lenardic, CM Cooper, L Moresi Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 188 (1-2), 127-130, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| The structural evolution of the deep continental lithosphere CM Cooper, MS Miller, L Moresi Tectonophysics 695, 100-121, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| Effects of continental insulation and the partitioning of heat producing elements on the Earth's heat loss CM Cooper, A Lenardic, L Moresi Geophysical Research Letters 33 (13), 2006 | 27 | 2006 |
| Effects of continental configuration on mantle heat loss CM Cooper, LN Moresi, A Lenardic Geophysical Research Letters 40 (11), 2647-2651, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Nature versus nurture: Preservation and destruction of Archean cratons H Bedle, CM Cooper, CD Frost Tectonics 40 (9), e2021TC006714, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Dune mobility in the St. Anthony Dune Field, Idaho, USA: effects of meteorological variables and lag time RH Hoover, DR Gaylord, CM Cooper Geomorphology 309, 29-37, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Implications of nonsynchronous rotation on the deformational history and ice shell properties in the south polar terrain of Enceladus DA Patthoff, SA Kattenhorn, CM Cooper Icarus 321, 445-457, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Inferences on Australia's heat flow and thermal structure from mantle convection modelling results C O'NEILL, L Moresi, A Lenardic, CM Cooper | 19 | 2003 |
| The growth of Europa's icy shell: Convection and crystallization AP Green, LGJ Montesi, CM Cooper Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126 (4), e2020JE006677, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere GC Collins, GW Patterson, CE Detelich, LM Prockter, SA Kattenhorn, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127 (11), e2022JE007492, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| On the destructive tendencies of cratons CM Cooper, RJ Farrington, MS Miller Geology 49 (2), 195-200, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Earth's evolving stress state and the past, present, and future stability of cratonic lithosphere C Sandu, A Lenardic, CJ O'Neill, CM Cooper International Geology Review 53 (11-12), 1392-1402, 2011 | 9 | 2011 |
adrian lenardicProfessor of Geophysics, Rice UniversityVerified email at rice.edu
