| Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: a synthesis ZX Li, SV Bogdanova, AS Collins, A Davidson, B De Waele, RE Ernst, ... Precambrian research 160 (1-2), 179-210, 2008 | 2206 | 2008 |
| Sea salt aerosol production: mechanisms, methods, measurements, and models ER Lewis, ER Lewis, R Lewis, KE Karlstrom, SE Schwartz American geophysical union, 2004 | 601 | 2004 |
| Tectonic model for the Proterozoic growth of North America SJ Whitmeyer, KE Karlstrom Geosphere 3 (4), 220-259, 2007 | 582 | 2007 |
| Long-lived (1.8–1.0 Ga) convergent orogen in southern Laurentia, its extensions to Australia and Baltica, and implications for refining Rodinia KE Karlstrom, KI Åhäll, SS Harlan, ML Williams, J McLelland, ... Precambrian Research 111 (1-4), 5-30, 2001 | 492 | 2001 |
| Early Proterozoic assembly of tectonostratigraphic terranes in southwestern North America KE Karlstrom, SA Bowring The Journal of Geology 96 (5), 561-576, 1988 | 322 | 1988 |
| Refining Rodinia: Geologic evidence for the Australia–western US connection in the Proterozoic KE Karlstrom, SS Harlan, ML Williams, J McLelland, JW Geissman, ... GSA Today 9 (10), 1-7, 1999 | 315 | 1999 |
| Persistent influence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America: Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modification events KE Karlstrom, ED Humphreys Rocky Mountain Geology 33 (2), 161-179, 1998 | 231 | 1998 |
| The Cheyenne belt: Analysis of a Proterozoic suture in southern Wyoming KE Karlstrom, RS Houston Precambrian Research 25 (4), 415-446, 1984 | 228 | 1984 |
| Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling A Levander, B Schmandt, MS Miller, K Liu, KE Karlstrom, RS Crow, ... Nature 472 (7344), 461, 2011 | 218 | 2011 |
| Transcontinental Proterozoic provinces JL Anderson, EE Bender, RR Anderson, PW Bauer, JM Robertson, ... The Geology of North America 2, 171-334, 1993 | 217 | 1993 |
| Inversion of Proterozoic extensional faults: An explanation for the pattern of Laramide and Ancestral Rockies intracratonic deformation, United States S Marshak, K Karlstrom, JM Timmons Geology 28 (8), 735-738, 2000 | 209 | 2000 |
| Mesoproterozoic contractional orogeny in western North America: Evidence from ca. 1.4 Ga plutons MW Nyman, KE Karlstrom, E Kirby, CM Graubard Geology 22 (10), 901-904, 1994 | 193 | 1994 |
| Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of Paleozoic strata in the Grand Canyon, Arizona GE Gehrels, R Blakey, KE Karlstrom, JM Timmons, B Dickinson, M Pecha Lithosphere 3 (3), 183-200, 2011 | 190 | 2011 |
| Growth, stabilization, and reactivation of Proterozoic lithosphere in the southwestern United States SA Bowring, KE Karlstrom Geology 18 (12), 1203-1206, 1990 | 170 | 1990 |
| Model for tectonically driven incision of the younger than 6 Ma Grand Canyon KE Karlstrom, R Crow, LJ Crossey, D Coblentz, JW Van Wijk Geology 36 (11), 835-838, 2008 | 149 | 2008 |
| Chuar Group of the Grand Canyon: Record of breakup of Rodinia, associated change in the global carbon cycle, and ecosystem expansion by 740 Ma KE Karlstrom, SA Bowring, CM Dehler, AH Knoll, SM Porter, DJD Marais, ... Geology 28 (7), 619-622, 2000 | 144 | 2000 |
| Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the New Mexico region: A synthesis KE Karlstrom, JM Amato, ML Williams, M Heizler, CA Shaw, AS Read, ... The Geology of New Mexico: A Geologic History: New Mexico Geological Society …, 2004 | 134 | 2004 |
| Evolution and differentiation of the continental crust R Brown Cambridge University Press, 2006 | 133* | 2006 |
| Degassing of mantle-derived CO2 and He from springs in the southern Colorado Plateau region—Neotectonic connections and implications for groundwater systems LJ Crossey, KE Karlstrom, AE Springer, D Newell, DR Hilton, T Fischer Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (7-8), 1034-1053, 2009 | 127 | 2009 |
| Structure and evolution of the lithosphere beneath the Rocky Mountains: Initial results from the CD-ROM experiment KE Karlstron, SA Bowring, KR Chamberlain, KG Dueker, T Eshete, ... GSA today 12 (3), 4-10, 2002 | 127 | 2002 |