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| The geologic time scale FM Gradstein, JG Ogg, MD Schmitz, GM Ogg Boston, USA, 2012 | 1041 | 2012 |
| A Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous time scale FM Gradstein, FP Agterberg, JG Ogg, J Hardenbol, P Van Veen, J Thierry, ... Special Publications of SEPM, 1995 | 974 | 1995 |
| The neogene period FJ Hilgen, LJ Lourens, JA Van Dam, AG Beu, AF Boyes, RA Cooper, ... The geologic time scale 2, 923-978, 2012 | 866 | 2012 |
| A Phanerozoic time scale FM Gradstein, J Ogg Episodes Journal of International Geoscience 19 (1), 3-6, 1996 | 606 | 1996 |
| Carbon isotope stratigraphy MR Saltzman, E Thomas, FM Gradstein The geologic time scale 1, 207-232, 2012 | 503 | 2012 |
| The devonian period RT Becker, JEA Marshall, AC Da Silva, FP Agterberg, FM Gradstein, ... Geologic time scale 2020, 733-810, 2020 | 487 | 2020 |
| Geologic time scale 2004–why, how, and where next! F Gradstein, J Ogg Lethaia 37 (2), 175-181, 2004 | 473 | 2004 |
| Organic-matter-rich shales of China C Zou, R Zhu, ZQ Chen, JG Ogg, S Wu, D Dong, Z Qiu, Y Wang, L Wang, ... Earth-Science Reviews 189, 51-78, 2019 | 453 | 2019 |
| The cretaceous period JG Ogg, FP Agterberg, FM Gradstein A geologic time scale 2004, 344-383, 2005 | 452 | 2005 |
| The paleogene period HP Luterbacher A geologic time scale 2004, 2004 | 388 | 2004 |
| The silurian period MJ Melchin, PM Sadler, BD Cramer Geologic time scale 2020, 695-732, 2020 | 345 | 2020 |
| Tectonic denudation of the upper mantle along passive margins: a model based on drilling results (ODP leg 103, western Galicia margin, Spain) G Boillot, M Recq, EL Winterer, AW Meyer, J Applegate, M Baltuck, ... Tectonophysics 132 (4), 335-342, 1987 | 290 | 1987 |
| The cretaceous period AS Gale, J Mutterlose, S Batenburg, FM Gradstein, FP Agterberg, JG Ogg, ... Geologic time scale 2020, 1023-1086, 2020 | 244 | 2020 |
| The Ediacaran Period GM Narbonne, S Xiao, GA Shields, JG Gehling The geologic time scale 1, 413-435, 2012 | 233 | 2012 |
| Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology LA Hinnov, FJ Hilgen, FM Gradstein, JG Ogg The geologic time scale 1, 63-83, 2012 | 215 | 2012 |
| The triassic period JG Ogg, ZQ Chen, MJ Orchard, HS Jiang Geologic time scale 2020, 903-953, 2020 | 207 | 2020 |
| Cyclostratigraphy and the astronomical time scale LA Hinnov, JG Ogg Stratigraphy 4 (2-3), 239-251, 2007 | 193 | 2007 |
