| Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet M Chen, F Niu, J Tromp, A Lenardic, CTA Lee, W Cao, J Ribeiro Nature communications 8 (1), 15659, 2017 | 185 | 2017 |
| The rise and fall of continental arcs: Interplays between magmatism, uplift, weathering, and climate CTA Lee, S Thurner, S Paterson, W Cao Earth and Planetary Science Letters 425, 105-119, 2015 | 130 | 2015 |
| Episodic nature of continental arc activity since 750 Ma: A global compilation W Cao, CTA Lee, JS Lackey Earth and Planetary Science Letters 461, 85-95, 2017 | 103 | 2017 |
| Tracking paleodeformation fields in the Mesozoic central Sierra Nevada arc: Implications for intra-arc cyclic deformation and arc tempos W Cao, S Paterson, V Memeti, R Mundil, JL Anderson, K Schmidt Lithosphere 7 (3), 296-320, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
| Triassic and Jurassic tectonics in the eastern Yanshan Belt, North China: insights from the controversial Dengzhangzi Formation and its neighboring units GA Davis, M Jiafeng, C Wenrong, DU Xingqiang Earth Science Frontiers 16 (3), 69-86, 2009 | 76 | 2009 |
| Intrusion of granitic magma into the continental crust facilitated by magma pulsing and dike‐diapir interactions: Numerical simulations W Cao, BJP Kaus, S Paterson Tectonics 35 (6), 1575-1594, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
| Bulk arc strain, crustal thickening, magma emplacement, and mass balances in the Mesozoic Sierra Nevada arc W Cao, S Paterson, J Saleeby, S Zalunardo Journal of Structural Geology 84, 14-30, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Deep mantle roots and continental emergence: implications for whole-Earth elemental cycling, long-term climate, and the Cambrian explosion CTA Lee, J Caves, H Jiang, W Cao, A Lenardic, NR McKenzie, O Shorttle, ... International Geology Review, 1-18, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Early evolution of Himalayan Orogenic Belt and generation of middle Eocene magmatism: constraint from Haweng granodiorite porphyry in the Tethyan Himalaya WQ Ji, FY Wu, JM Wang, XC Liu, ZC Liu, Z Zhang, W Cao, JG Wang, ... Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 236, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| Crustal tilting and differential exhumation of Gangdese Batholith in southern Tibet revealed by bedrock pressures W Cao, J Yang, AV Zuza, WQ Ji, XX Ma, X Chu, QP Burgess Earth and Planetary Science Letters 543, 116347, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Late Paleozoic tectonic assembly of the Sierra Nevada prebatholithic framework and western Laurentian provenance links based on synthesized detrital zircon geochronology S Attia, SR Paterson, W Cao, AD Chapman, J Saleeby, GC Dunne, ... Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career …, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| A mass balance and isostasy model: Exploring the interplay between magmatism, deformation and surface erosion in continental arcs using central Sierra Nevada as a case study W Cao, S Paterson Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17 (6), 2194-2212, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Seismogenic thickness of California: Implications for thermal structure and seismic hazard AV Zuza, W Cao Tectonophysics 782, 228426, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Arc tempos of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet X Ma, S Attia, T Cawood, W Cao, Z Xu, H Li Journal of Geodynamics 149, 101897, 2022 | 23 | 2022 |
| Day 6: Overview of arc processes and tempos SR Paterson, V Memeti, L Anderson, W Cao, JS Lackey, KD Putirka, ... | 23 | 2014 |
| The contribution to exogenic CO2 by contact metamorphism at continental arcs: A coupled model of fluid flux and metamorphic decarbonation X Chu, CTA Lee, R Dasgupta, W Cao American Journal of Science 319 (8), 631-657, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| Detrital zircon provenance and depositional links of Mesozoic Sierra Nevada intra-arc strata S Attia, SR Paterson, J Saleeby, W Cao Geosphere 17 (5), 1422-1453, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Hydrothermal circulation cools continental crust under exhumation W Cao, CTA Lee, J Yang, AV Zuza Earth and Planetary Science Letters 515, 248-259, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| Footwall rotation in a regional detachment fault system: Evidence for horizontal‐axis rotational flow in the Miocene Searchlight pluton, NV AV Zuza, W Cao, NH Hinz, JW DesOrmeau, ML Odlum, DF Stockli Tectonics 38 (7), 2506-2539, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| Metamorphic Core Complex Dichotomy in the North American Cordillera Explained by Buoyant Upwelling in Variably Thick Crust AV Zuza, W Cao GSA Today 33 (3-4), 4-11, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
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