| Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils MD Brasier, OR Green, AP Jephcoat, AK Kleppe, MJ Van Kranendonk, ... Nature 416 (6876), 76-81, 2002 | 1069 | 2002 |
| Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures AP Nutman, VC Bennett, CRL Friend, MJ Van Kranendonk, AR Chivas Nature 537 (7621), 535-538, 2016 | 629 | 2016 |
| Self-assembled silica-carbonate structures and detection of ancient microfossils JM García-Ruiz, ST Hyde, AM Carnerup, AG Christy, MJ Van Kranendonk, ... science 302 (5648), 1194-1197, 2003 | 502 | 2003 |
| secular tectonic evolution of Archean continental crust: interplay between horizontal and vertical processes in the formation of the Pilbara Craton, Australia MJ Van Kranendonk, R Hugh Smithies, AH Hickman, DC Champion Terra Nova 19 (1), 1-38, 2007 | 419 | 2007 |
| Early Archaean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate P Philippot, M Van Zuilen, K Lepot, C Thomazo, J Farquhar, ... science 317 (5844), 1534-1537, 2007 | 377 | 2007 |
| A non-marine depositional setting for the northern Fortescue Group, Pilbara Craton, inferred from trace element geochemistry of stromatolitic carbonates R Bolhar, MJ Van Kranendonk Precambrian Research 155 (3-4), 229-250, 2007 | 358 | 2007 |
| Volcanic degassing, hydrothermal circulation and the flourishing of early life on Earth: A review of the evidence from c. 3490-3240 Ma rocks of the Pilbara Supergroup, Pilbara … MJ Van Kranendonk Earth-Science Reviews 74 (3-4), 197-240, 2006 | 350 | 2006 |
| Geology and tectonic evolution of the archean North Pilbara terrain, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MJV Kranendonk, AH Hickman, RH Smithies, DR Nelson, G Pike Economic Geology 97 (4), 695-732, 2002 | 343 | 2002 |
| Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits T Djokic, MJ Van Kranendonk, KA Campbell, MR Walter, CR Ward Nature communications 8 (1), 1-9, 2017 | 334 | 2017 |
| Geological and trace element evidence for a marine sedimentary environment of deposition and biogenicity of 3.45 Ga stromatolitic carbonates in the Pilbara Craton, and support … MJ Van Kranendonk, GE Webb, BS Kamber Geobiology 1 (2), 91-108, 2003 | 328 | 2003 |
| Formation of Paleoarchean continental crust through infracrustal melting of enriched basalt RH Smithies, DC Champion, MJ Van Kranendonk Earth and Planetary Science Letters 281 (3-4), 298-306, 2009 | 291 | 2009 |
| Partial convective overturn of Archaean crust in the east Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: driving mechanisms and tectonic implications WJ Collins, MJ Van Kranendonk, C Teyssier Journal of Structural Geology 20 (9-10), 1405-1424, 1998 | 283 | 1998 |
| Critical tests of vertical vs. horizontal tectonic models for the Archaean East Pilbara granite–greenstone terrane, Pilbara craton, western Australia MJ Van Kranendonk, WJ Collins, A Hickman, MJ Pawley Precambrian Research 131 (3-4), 173-211, 2004 | 277 | 2004 |
| Paleoarchean development of a continental nucleus: the East Pilbara Terrane of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MJ Van Kranendonk, RH Smithies, AH Hickman, DC Champion Developments in Precambrian geology 15, 307-337, 2007 | 263* | 2007 |
| Modern-style subduction processes in the Mesoarchaean: geochemical evidence from the 3.12 Ga Whundo intra-oceanic arc RH Smithies, DC Champion, MJ Van Kranendonk, HM Howard, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 231 (3-4), 221-237, 2005 | 247 | 2005 |
| Geological setting of Earth's oldest fossils in the ca. 3.5 Ga Dresser formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MJ Van Kranendonk, P Philippot, K Lepot, S Bodorkos, F Pirajno Precambrian Research 167 (1-2), 93-124, 2008 | 240 | 2008 |
| Two types of Archean continental crust: Plume and plate tectonics on early Earth MJ Van Kranendonk American Journal of Science 310 (10), 1187-1209, 2010 | 207 | 2010 |
| The Mesoarchean emergence of modern-style subduction RH Smithies, MJ Van Kranendonk, DC Champion Gondwana Research 11 (1-2), 50-68, 2007 | 204 | 2007 |
| It started with a plume–early Archaean basaltic proto-continental crust RH Smithies, MJ Van Kranendonk, DC Champion Earth and Planetary Science Letters 238 (3-4), 284-297, 2005 | 201 | 2005 |
| A trace element study of siderite–jasper banded iron formation in the 3.45 Ga Warrawoona Group, Pilbara Craton—formation from hydrothermal fluids and shallow seawater R Bolhar, MJ Van Kranendonk, BS Kamber Precambrian Research 137 (1-2), 93-114, 2005 | 197 | 2005 |
Kathleen A CampbellProfessor of Earth Science, The University of AucklandVerified email at auckland.ac.nz
