| Persistence of strong silica-enriched domains in the Earth’s lower mantle MD Ballmer, C Houser, JW Hernlund, RM Wentzcovitch, K Hirose Nature Geoscience 10 (3), 236-240, 2017 | 191 | 2017 |
| Ponded melt at the boundary between the lithosphere and asthenosphere T Sakamaki, A Suzuki, E Ohtani, H Terasaki, S Urakawa, Y Katayama, ... Nature Geoscience 6 (12), 1041-1044, 2013 | 189 | 2013 |
| Compositional mantle layering revealed by slab stagnation at~ 1000-km depth MD Ballmer, NC Schmerr, T Nakagawa, J Ritsema Science advances 1 (11), e1500815, 2015 | 152 | 2015 |
| Spatial and temporal variability in Hawaiian hotspot volcanism induced by small-scale convection MD Ballmer, G Ito, J Van Hunen, PJ Tackley Nature Geoscience 4 (7), 457-460, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| Non‐hotspot volcano chains originating from small‐scale sublithospheric convection MD Ballmer, J Van Hunen, G Ito, PJ Tackley, TA Bianco Geophysical Research Letters 34 (23), 2007 | 133 | 2007 |
| Plutonic‐squishy lid: A new global tectonic regime generated by intrusive magmatism on Earth‐like planets DL Lourenço, AB Rozel, MD Ballmer, PJ Tackley Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21 (4), e2019GC008756, 2020 | 108 | 2020 |
| Double layering of a thermochemical plume in the upper mantle beneath Hawaii MD Ballmer, G Ito, CJ Wolfe, SC Solomon Earth and Planetary Science Letters 376, 155-164, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| Melt–crystal density crossover in a deep magma ocean R Caracas, K Hirose, R Nomura, MD Ballmer Earth and Planetary Science Letters 516, 202-211, 2019 | 95 | 2019 |
| Intraplate volcanism with complex age‐distance patterns: A case for small‐scale sublithospheric convection MD Ballmer, J van Hunen, G Ito, TA Bianco, PJ Tackley Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 (6), 2009 | 93 | 2009 |
| Reconciling magma‐ocean crystallization models with the present‐day structure of the Earth's mantle MD Ballmer, DL Lourenço, K Hirose, R Caracas, R Nomura Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18 (7), 2785-2806, 2017 | 91 | 2017 |
| Compositional layering within the large low shear‐wave velocity provinces in the lower mantle MD Ballmer, L Schumacher, V Lekic, C Thomas, G Ito Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17 (12), 5056-5077, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Global observations of reflectors in the mid-mantle with implications for mantle structure and dynamics L Waszek, NC Schmerr, MD Ballmer Nature Communications 9 (1), 385, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of ‘Superplume’volcanism in the western and south Pacific MD Ballmer, G Ito, J van Hunen, PJ Tackley Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (1-2), 224-232, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| Non-hotspot volcano chains produced by migration of shear-driven upwelling toward the East Pacific Rise MD Ballmer, CP Conrad, EI Smith, N Harmon Geology 41 (4), 479-482, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models J Yan, MD Ballmer, PJ Tackley Earth and Planetary Science Letters 537, 116171, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Intraplate volcanism due to convective instability of stagnant slabs in the mantle transition zone MH Motoki, MD Ballmer Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (2), 538-551, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| Modeling craton destruction by hydration‐induced weakening of the upper mantle J Liao, Q Wang, T Gerya, MD Ballmer Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122 (9), 7449-7466, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Intraplate volcanism at the edges of the C olorado P lateau sustained by a combination of triggered edge‐driven convection and shear‐driven upwelling MD Ballmer, CP Conrad, EI Smith, R Johnsen Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16 (2), 366-379, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
| Geochemical variation at the Hawaiian hot spot caused by upper mantle dynamics and melting of a heterogeneous plume TA Bianco, G Ito, J van Hunen, MD Ballmer, JJ Mahoney Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems 9 (11), 2008 | 46 | 2008 |
| A poorly mixed mantle transition zone and its thermal state inferred from seismic waves L Waszek, B Tauzin, NC Schmerr, MD Ballmer, JC Afonso Nature Geoscience 14 (12), 949-955, 2021 | 44 | 2021 |
