| Ocean basin evolution and global-scale plate reorganization events since Pangea breakup RD Müller, M Seton, S Zahirovic, SE Williams, KJ Matthews, NM Wright, ... Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 44 (1), 107-138, 2016 | 979 | 2016 |
| A global plate model including lithospheric deformation along major rifts and orogens since the Triassic RD Müller, S Zahirovic, SE Williams, J Cannon, M Seton, DJ Bower, ... Tectonics 38 (6), 1884-1907, 2019 | 487 | 2019 |
| Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates M Gurnis, M Turner, S Zahirovic, L DiCaprio, S Spasojevic, RD Müller, ... Computers & Geosciences 38 (1), 35-42, 2012 | 311 | 2012 |
| Ridge subduction sparked reorganization of the Pacific plate‐mantle system 60–50 million years ago M Seton, N Flament, J Whittaker, RD Müller, M Gurnis, DJ Bower Geophysical Research Letters 42 (6), 1732-1740, 2015 | 221 | 2015 |
| Lower mantle structure from paleogeographically constrained dynamic Earth models DJ Bower, M Gurnis, M Seton Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 14 (1), 44-63, 2013 | 149 | 2013 |
| Linking the evolution of terrestrial interiors and an early outgassed atmosphere to astrophysical observations DJ Bower, D Kitzmann, AS Wolf, P Sanan, C Dorn, AV Oza Astronomy & Astrophysics 631, A103, 2019 | 106 | 2019 |
| Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models DJ Bower, M Gurnis, N Flament Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 238, 8-22, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| Provenance of plumes in global convection models R Hassan, N Flament, M Gurnis, DJ Bower, D Müller Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (5), 1465-1489, 2015 | 87 | 2015 |
| A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone DJ Bower, JK Wicks, M Gurnis, JM Jackson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 303 (3-4), 193-202, 2011 | 85 | 2011 |
| Influence of subduction history on South American topography N Flament, M Gurnis, RD Müller, DJ Bower, L Husson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 430, 9-18, 2015 | 83 | 2015 |
| Vertically Resolved Magma Ocean–Protoatmosphere Evolution: H2, H2O, CO2, CH4, CO, O2, and N2 as Primary Absorbers T Lichtenberg, DJ Bower, M Hammond, R Boukrouche, P Sanan, SM Tsai, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126 (2), e2020JE006711, 2021 | 82 | 2021 |
| Origin and evolution of the deep thermochemical structure beneath Eurasia N Flament, S Williams, RD Müller, M Gurnis, DJ Bower Nature communications 8 (1), 14164, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
| Retention of water in terrestrial magma oceans and carbon-rich early atmospheres DJ Bower, K Hakim, PA Sossi, P Sanan The planetary science journal 3 (4), 93, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| Rolling hills on the core–mantle boundary D Sun, DV Helmberger, JM Jackson, RW Clayton, DJ Bower Earth and Planetary Science Letters 361, 333-342, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Direct measures of lateral velocity variation in the deep Earth D Sun, D Helmberger, S Ni, D Bower Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 114 (B5), 2009 | 44 | 2009 |
| The influence of bulk composition on the long-term interior-atmosphere evolution of terrestrial exoplanets RJ Spaargaren, MD Ballmer, DJ Bower, C Dorn, PJ Tackley Astronomy & Astrophysics 643, A44, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase DJ Bower, M Gurnis, JM Jackson, W Sturhahn Geophysical Research Letters 36 (10), 2009 | 39 | 2009 |
| Transient ventilation dynamics following a change in strength of a point source of heat DJ Bower, CP Caulfield, SD Fitzgerald, AW Woods Journal of Fluid Mechanics 614, 15-37, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| Direct imaging of molten protoplanets in nearby young stellar associations I Bonati, T Lichtenberg, DJ Bower, ML Timpe, SP Quanz Astronomy & Astrophysics 621, A125, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Slab control on the mega-sized North Pacific ultra-low velocity zone J Li, D Sun, DJ Bower Nature Communications 13 (1), 1042, 2022 | 32 | 2022 |
Michael GurnisProfessor of Geophysics, California Institute of TechnologyVerified email at gps.caltech.edu