| A thermodynamically consistent model of a mushy zone RN Hills, DE Loper, PH Roberts The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 36 (4), 505-540, 1983 | 381 | 1983 |
| The thermal boundary-layer interpretation of D ″and its role as a plume source FD Stacey, DE Loper Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 33 (1), 45-55, 1983 | 240 | 1983 |
| The dynamical and thermal structure of deep mantle plumes DE Loper, FD Stacey Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 33 (4), 304-317, 1983 | 238 | 1983 |
| The gravitationally powered dynamo DE Loper Geophysical Journal International 54 (2), 389-404, 1978 | 229 | 1978 |
| The core‐mantle boundary region DE Loper, T Lay Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 100 (B4), 6397-6420, 1995 | 190 | 1995 |
| Structure of the Earth's inner core DR Fearn, DE Loper, PH Roberts Nature 292 (5820), 232-233, 1981 | 187 | 1981 |
| Compositional convection and stratification of Earth's core DR Fearn, DE Loper Nature 289 (5796), 393-394, 1981 | 181 | 1981 |
| Mantle plumes and the periodicity of magnetic field reversals DE Loper, K McCartney Geophysical Research Letters 13 (13), 1525-1528, 1986 | 162 | 1986 |
| A revised estimate of the conductivity of iron alloy at high pressure and implications for the core energy balance FD Stacey, DE Loper Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 161 (1-2), 13-18, 2007 | 158 | 2007 |
| A study of conditions at the inner core boundary of the Earth DE Loper, PH Roberts Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 24 (4), 302-307, 1981 | 151 | 1981 |
| Torque balance and energy budget for the precessionally driven dynamo DE Loper Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 11 (1), 43-60, 1975 | 148 | 1975 |
| Mantle plumes DE Loper Tectonophysics 187 (4), 373-384, 1991 | 135 | 1991 |
| On the motion of an iron-alloy core containing a slurry: I. General theory DE Loper, PH Roberts Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 9 (1), 289-321, 1977 | 128 | 1977 |
| A simple model of whole‐mantle convection DE Loper Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90 (B2), 1809-1836, 1985 | 118 | 1985 |
| Some thermal consequences of a gravitationally powered dynamo DE Loper Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B12), 5961-5970, 1978 | 118 | 1978 |
| The magnetostrophic rise of a buoyant parcel in the Earth's core HK Moffatt, DE Loper Geophysical Journal International 117 (2), 394-402, 1994 | 105 | 1994 |
| Thermal histories of the core and mantle FD Stacey, DE Loper Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 36 (2), 99-115, 1984 | 97 | 1984 |
| Compositional convection and the gravitationally powered dynamo DE Loper, PH Roberts Stellar and planetary magnetism, 297-327, 1983 | 97 | 1983 |
| A model of correlated episodicity in magnetic-field reversals, climate, and mass extinctions DE Loper, K McCartney, G Buzyna The Journal of Geology 96 (1), 1-15, 1988 | 77 | 1988 |
| Thermal history of the Earth: a corollary concerning non-linear mantle rheology FD Stacey, DE Loper Physics of the earth and planetary interiors 53 (1-2), 167-174, 1988 | 75 | 1988 |
