| Supercontinent cycles, true polar wander, and very long-wavelength mantle convection S Zhong, N Zhang, ZX Li, JH Roberts Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261 (3-4), 551-564, 2007 | 309 | 2007 |
| A model for the evolution of the Earth's mantle structure since the Early Paleozoic N Zhang, S Zhong, W Leng, ZX Li Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 115 (B6), 2010 | 189 | 2010 |
| A 3‐D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and core solidification N Zhang, EM Parmentier, Y Liang Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 118 (9), 1789-1804, 2013 | 127 | 2013 |
| The supercontinent cycle RN Mitchell, N Zhang*, J Salminen, Y Liu, CJ Spencer, B Steinberger, ... Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2 (5), 358-374, 2021 | 115 | 2021 |
| Heat fluxes at the Earth's surface and core–mantle boundary since Pangea formation and their implications for the geomagnetic superchrons N Zhang, S Zhong Earth and Planetary Science Letters 306 (3-4), 205-216, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| The dominant driving force for supercontinent breakup: Plume push or subduction retreat? N Zhang, Z Dang, C Huang, ZX Li Geoscience Frontiers 9 (4), 997-1007, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| Predicting and testing continental vertical motion histories since the Paleozoic N Zhang, S Zhong, RM Flowers Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317, 426-435, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Supercontinent formation from stochastic collision and mantle convection models N Zhang, S Zhong, AK McNarmara Gondwana Research 15 (3-4), 267-275, 2009 | 53 | 2009 |
| Epeirogeny or eustasy? Paleozoic–Mesozoic vertical motion of the North American continental interior from thermochronometry and implications for mantle dynamics RM Flowers, AK Ault, SA Kelley, N Zhang, S Zhong Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317, 436-445, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| The effect of ilmenite viscosity on the dynamics and evolution of an overturned lunar cumulate mantle N Zhang, N Dygert, Y Liang, EM Parmentier Geophysical Research Letters 44 (13), 6543-6552, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| Lunar cumulate mantle overturn: a model constrained by ilmenite rheology H Li, N Zhang*, Y Liang, B Wu, NJ Dygert, J Huang, EM Parmentier Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124 (5), 1357-1378, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| Formation of mantle “lone plumes” in the global downwelling zone—A multiscale modelling of subduction-controlled plume generation beneath the South China Sea N Zhang, ZX Li Tectonophysics 723, 1-13, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| Effects of lunar cumulate mantle overturn and megaregolith on the expansion and contraction history of the Moon N Zhang, EM Parmentier, Y Liang Geophysical Research Letters 40 (19), 5019-5023, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Lunar compositional asymmetry explained by mantle overturn following the South Pole–Aitken impact N Zhang, M Ding, MH Zhu, H Li, H Li, Z Yue Nature Geoscience 15 (1), 37-41, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| Modeling the inception of supercontinent breakup: stress state and the importance of orogens C Huang, N Zhang*, ZX Li, M Ding, Z Dang, A Pourteau, S Zhong Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (11), 4830-4848, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Weak orogenic lithosphere guides the pattern of plume-triggered supercontinent break-up Z Dang, N Zhang*, ZX Li, C Huang, CJ Spencer, Y Liu Communications Earth & Environment 1 (1), 51, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Melt segregation and depletion during ascent of buoyant diapirs in subduction zones N Zhang, MD Behn, EM Parmentier, C Kincaid Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125 (2), e2019JB018203, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Role of mantle flow at the North Fiji Basin: Insights from anomalous topography N Zhang, RN Pysklywec Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7 (12), 2006 | 12 | 2006 |
| Will Earth's next supercontinent assemble through the closure of the Pacific Ocean? C Huang, ZX Li, N Zhang National Science Review 9 (12), nwac205, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Possible South-Dipping Mesozoic Subduction at Southern Tethys Ocean-Constrained from Global Tectonic Reconstructions and Seismic Tomography P Yan, N Zhang*, H Yuan, L Qi, L Xiaoxu Journal of Earth Science 34 (1), 260-279, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
Shijie ZhongDepartment of Physics, University of Colorado at BoulderVerified email at colorado.edu
