| Alpine metamorphism of the Alps: a review M Frey, JC Hunziker, W Frank, J Bocquet, GV Dal Piaz, E Jäger, E Niggli Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt 54, 247-290, 1974 | 268 | 1974 |
| The Sesia-Lanzo Zone, a slice of continental crust with Alpine high-pressure-low temperature assemblages in the western Italian Alps R Compagnoni Rendiconti Societa Italian di Mineralogia e Petrologia 33, 281-334, 1977 | 257 | 1977 |
| Tectonic erosion at the Adria margin and accretionary processes for the Cretaceous orogeny of the Alps R POLINO Mémoire de la Societe géologique de France 156, 345-367, 1990 | 255 | 1990 |
| Petrogenesis of calc-alkaline, shoshonitic and associated ultrapotassic Oligocene volcanic rocks from the northwestern Alps, Italy G Venturelli, RS Thorpe, GV Dal Piaz, A Del Moro, PJ Potts Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 86 (3), 209-220, 1984 | 177 | 1984 |
| Geological outline of the Alps GV Dal Piaz, A Bistacchi, M Massironi Episodes 26 (3), 175-180, 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| Mineral parageneses of eclogitic rocks and related mafic schists of the Piemonte ophiolite nappe, Breuil-St. Jacques area, Italian Western Alps WG Ernst, GV Dal Piaz American Mineralogist 63 (7-8), 621-640, 1978 | 162 | 1978 |
| The Austroalpine-Piedmont nappe stack and the puzzle of Alpine Tethys GV Dal Piaz Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 51 (1), 155-176, 1999 | 161 | 1999 |
| Tertiary age and paleostructural inferences of the eclogitic imprint in the Austroalpine outliers and Zermatt–Saas ophiolite, western Alps G Dal Piaz, G Cortiana, A Del Moro, S Martin, G Pennacchioni, P Tartarotti International Journal of Earth Sciences 90 (3), 668-684, 2001 | 137 | 2001 |
| Areal geology and petrology of eclogites and associated metabasites of the Piemonte ophiolite nappe, breuil—st. Jacques area, Italian Western Alps GV Dal Piaz, WG Ernst Tectonophysics 51 (1-2), 99-126, 1978 | 125 | 1978 |
| Tectonic significance of Alpine eclogites MI Spalla, JM Lardeaux, G vittorio Dal Piaz, G Gosso, B Messiga Journal of geodynamics 21 (3), 257-285, 1996 | 117 | 1996 |
| Early Alpine eclogite metamorphism in the Penninic Monte Rosa-Gran Paradiso basement nappes of the northwestern Alps GV Dal Piaz, B Lombardo Geol. Soc. Am. Mem 164, 249-265, 1986 | 115 | 1986 |
| Evolution of Austro-Alpine and Upper Penninic basement in the northwestern Alps from Variscan convergence to post-Variscan extension GV Dal Piaz Pre-Mesozoic geology in the Alps, 327-344, 1993 | 105 | 1993 |
| Premiers résultats de la traversée des Alpes occidentales par sismique reflexion verticale (Programme ECORS-CROP) R Bayer, M Cazes, GV Dal Piaz, B Damotte, G Elter, G Gosso, A Hirn, ... Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique …, 1987 | 98 | 1987 |
| Le metamorphisme de haute pression et basse temperature dans l'evolution structurale du bassin ophiolitique alpino-apenninique; 1 ere partie; Considerations … GV Dal Piaz Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 93 (2), 437-467, 1974 | 95 | 1974 |
| Le métamorphisme de haute pression et basse température dans l’évolution structurale du bassin ophiolitique alpino-apenninique GV Dal Piaz Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 54 (2/3), 399-424, 1974 | 93 | 1974 |
| Synthetic structural-kinematic map of Italy, scale 1: 2.000. 000 G Bigi, A Castellarin, R Catalano, M Coli, D Cosentino, GV Dal Piaz, ... CNR, Progetto Finalizzato Geodinamica, Roma, 1989 | 84 | 1989 |
| Structural model of Italy, sheet 1 G Bigi, A Castellarin, M Coli, GV Dal Piaz, R Sartori, P Scandone, GB Vai CNR, Progetto Finalizzato Geodinamica, SELCA Firenze 1, 1990 | 82 | 1990 |
| Recognizing remnants of magma-poor rifted margins in high-pressure orogenic belts: The Alpine case study M Beltrando, G Manatschal, G Mohn, GV Dal Piaz, AV Brovarone, ... Earth-Science Reviews 131, 88-115, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Metamorphic evolution of the Mt. Emilius klippe, Dent Blanche nappe, western Alps GV Dal Piaz, G Gosso, B Lombardo American Journal of Science 283 (A), 438-458, 1983 | 71 | 1983 |
| The austroalpine layered gabbros of the Matterhorn and Mt. Collon-Dents de Bertol GV Dal Piaz, G De Vecchi, JC Hunziker Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 57, 59-88, 1977 | 70 | 1977 |