| Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis W Krijgsman, FJ Hilgen, I Raffi, FJ Sierro, DS Wilson Nature 400 (6745), 652-655, 1999 | 2129 | 1999 |
| Synchronizing rock clocks of Earth history KF Kuiper, A Deino, FJ Hilgen, W Krijgsman, PR Renne, JR Wijbrans science 320 (5875), 500-504, 2008 | 1656 | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Tibetan plateau aridification linked to global cooling at the Eocene–Oligocene transition G Dupont-Nivet, W Krijgsman, CG Langereis, HA Abels, S Dai, X Fang Nature 445 (7128), 635-638, 2007 | 681 | 2007 |
| The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences M Roveri, R Flecker, W Krijgsman, J Lofi, S Lugli, V Manzi, FJ Sierro, ... Marine Geology 352, 25-58, 2014 | 621 | 2014 |
| Extending the astronomical (polarity) time scale into the Miocene FJ Hilgen, W Krijgsman, CG Langereis, LJ Lourens, A Santarelli, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 136 (3-4), 495-510, 1995 | 524 | 1995 |
| A calibrated mammal scale for the Neogene of Western Europe. State of the art J Agustı, L Cabrera, M Garcés, W Krijgsman, O Oms, JM Parés Earth-Science Reviews 52 (4), 247-260, 2001 | 478 | 2001 |
| Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean V Manzi, R Gennari, F Hilgen, W Krijgsman, S Lugli, M Roveri, FJ Sierro Terra Nova 25 (4), 315-322, 2013 | 329 | 2013 |
| Late Eocene sea retreat from the Tarim Basin (west China) and concomitant Asian paleoenvironmental change RE Bosboom, G Dupont-Nivet, AJP Houben, H Brinkhuis, G Villa, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 299 (3-4), 385-398, 2011 | 314 | 2011 |
| Late Neogene evolution of the Taza–Guercif Basin (Rifian Corridor, Morocco) and implications for the Messinian salinity crisis W Krijgsman, CG Langereis, WJ Zachariasse, M Boccaletti, G Moratti, ... Marine Geology 153 (1-4), 147-160, 1999 | 266 | 1999 |
| Astrochronology for the Messinian Sorbas basin (SE Spain) and orbital (precessional) forcing for evaporite cyclicity W Krijgsman, AR Fortuin, FJ Hilgen, FJ Sierro Sedimentary Geology 140 (1-2), 43-60, 2001 | 262 | 2001 |
| Rise and fall of the Paratethys Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis W Krijgsman, M Stoica, I Vasiliev, VV Popov Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (1-2), 183-191, 2010 | 256 | 2010 |
| Magnetostratigraphy of Cenozoic sediments from the Xining Basin: Tectonic implications for the northeastern Tibetan Plateau S Dai, X Fang, G Dupont‐Nivet, C Song, J Gao, W Krijgsman, C Langereis, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 111 (B11), 2006 | 256 | 2006 |
| Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution W Krijgsman, A Tesakov, T Yanina, S Lazarev, G Danukalova, ... Earth-Science Reviews 188, 1-40, 2019 | 234 | 2019 |
| The Abad composite (SE Spain): a Messinian reference section for the Mediterranean and the APTS FJ Sierro, FJ Hilgen, W Krijgsman, JA Flores Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 168 (1-2), 141-169, 2001 | 230 | 2001 |
| Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change R Flecker, W Krijgsman, W Capella, C de Castro Martíns, E Dmitrieva, ... Earth-Science Reviews 150, 365-392, 2015 | 225 | 2015 |
| A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction MHL Deenen, M Ruhl, NR Bonis, W Krijgsman, WM Kuerschner, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 291 (1-4), 113-125, 2010 | 215 | 2010 |
| Late Miocene magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in the Mediterranean W Krijgsman, FJ Hilgen, CG Langereis, A Santarelli, WJ Zachariasse Earth and Planetary Science Letters 136 (3-4), 475-494, 1995 | 202 | 1995 |
| Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology of the Tripoli diatomite formation (pre‐evaporite Messinian, Sicily, Italy) Hilgen, Krijgsman Terra Nova 11 (1), 16-22, 1999 | 194 | 1999 |
| A new chronology for the middle to late Miocene continental record in Spain W Krijgsman, M Garcés, CG Langereis, R Daams, J Van Dam, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 142 (3-4), 367-380, 1996 | 194 | 1996 |