152.

Canfield, D.E., Zhang, S.,Mitchell, R.N., Wang, X., Naemi, A., Spencer, C.J. and Zhang, P., 2025. Long-term  history of continental weathering and particle transport to the sea, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(36), p.e2507312122,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2507312122

151.

Yang, M.H., Zhang, Q.W., Li, Q.L.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Carlson, R.W., Chu, Z.Y., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Guo, S., Xue, D.S. and Su,  B., 2025. 2.2-billion-year-old KREEP-rich volcanism on the Moon, Science Bulletin, 70(19), pp. 3265-3271,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.08.032

150.

Zhang, H., Yang, W., Zhang, D., Hao, J., Liu, X., Zhu, H.,Mitchell, R.N., Jia, L., Fan, Y., Wu, S. and Gu, L., 2025. A more reduced mantle beneath the lunar South Pole–Aitken basin, Nature Communications, 16(1), p.6985,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62341-5

149.

Chen, F. andMitchell, R.N.*, 2025. Is one sample enough? Testing the importance of lateral sedimentary variability in cyclostratigraphy, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(7), p.e2024GC012087,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC012087

148.

Spencer, C.J., Gernon, T.M. andMitchell, R.N., 2025. Greenlandic debris in Iceland likely tied to Bond event 1 ice rafting in the Dark Ages, Geology, 53(7), pp.572-575,https://doi.org/10.1130/G53168.1

157.

Wang, C., Peng, P.,Mitchell, R.N., Deng, C., Salminen, J., Liu, Y. and Kirscher, U., 2025. Toward a more stable supercontinent Columbia in the Statherian, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(12), p.e2025GL116097,https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116097

146.

Zhang, R., Zhao, L., Zhai, M. andMitchell, R.N.,  2025. Revisiting the formation ages of Tangjiazhuang Group: Insights  from new U-Pb zircon ages in TTG gneisses of the Jiaobei terrane, North  China Craton, Precambrian Research, 422, p.107773,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107773

145.

Liu, X., Peng, P.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Spandler, C., Kang, J., Qin, Z., Su, X., Liu, J., Wang, C. and Chang,  S.R., 2025. Petrogenesis of Coexisting Agpaitic and Potassic Syenites in  Late Triassic Yangyuan Alkaline Complex, North China, Journal of Petrology, 66(6), p.egaf051,https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaf051

144.

Nordsvan, A.R., Bauer, K.W., Colleps, C.L.,Mitchell, R.N.and McKenzie, N.R., 2025. Modeling the stratigraphic record of  glacioeustatic sea-level rise and sediment starvation following Snowball  Earth, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 659, p.119332,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119332

143.

He, H., Hu, S., Gao, L., Li, R., Hao, J.,Mitchell, R.N., Lu, K., Gao, Y., Li, L., Qiu, M. and Zhou, Z., 2025. Lunar dichotomy in surface water storage of impact glass beads, Nature Communications, 16(1), p.4971,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60388-y

142.

Hao, W., Yang, J., Wang, H.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Zhang, C., Qiu, R., Guo, J., Zhang, W., Bao, X., Deng, C. and Wang, X.,  2025. Climate change enhanced habitat diversification for the Middle  Jurassic Yanliao Biota in East Asia, National Science Review, p.nwaf194,https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf194

141.

Huang, G.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Palin, R.M.*, Zhai, M., White, R.W., Spencer, C.J. and Guo, J., 2025.  Modelling partial melting in sinking greenstone belts with implications  for Archaean continental crust formation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(4), p.e2024JB030204,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030204

140.

Zou, Y., Chu, X.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Li, Q., Zhao, L., Tang, Y., Guo, J. and Zhai, M., 2025.  Dehydration-induced supralithostatic fluid overpressure in metapelites  from Northern Korea, Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), p.130,https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02125-3

139.

Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Liu, J., Zhang, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.and Zhang, Z., 2025. Oxygen driving hydrogen into the inner core: Implications for the Earth's core composition, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(3), p.e2024GL110315,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110315

138.

Xue, G., Zhang, J.E., Chen, W., Wu, X., Wang, J., Di, Q., Xu, Y., Zhao, Y., Li, X., Zhao, Y. andMitchell, R., 2025. Translithospheric carbonatite magmatic system of the world’s largest REE deposit, Bayan Obo, China, Geology, 53(2), pp.119-124,https://doi.org/10.1130/G52604.1

137.

Cai,  S., Qin, H., Wang, H., Deng, C., Yang, S., Xu, Y., Zhang, C., Tang, X.,  Gu, L., Li, X., Shen, Z., etc. 2025. Persistent but weak magnetic field  at the Moon’s midstage revealed by Chang’e-5 basalt, Science Advances, 11(1), p.eadp3333,https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp3333

136.

Shi, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Li, Y., Wan, B., Chen, L., Peng, P., Zhao, L., Liu, L. and Zhu, R.,  2024. Sluggish thermochemical basal mantle structures support their  long-lived stability. Nature Communications, 15(1), p.10000,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54416-6

135.

Moutbir, O., Aarab, E.M., Youbi, N., Lahna, A.A., Tassinari, C.C.G., Mata, J.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Gärtner, A., Soesoo, A., Bensalah, M.K. and Soulaimani, A., 2024.  Evidence of a large igneous province at ca. 347–330 Ma along the  northern Gondwana margin linked to the assembly of Pangea: Insights from  U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of the South-Western Branch  of the Variscan Belt (Morocco). Earth-Science Reviews, 258, p.104905,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104905

134.

Xue, G., Zhang, J.E., Chen, W., Wu, X., Wang, J., Di, Q., Xu, Y., Zhao, Y., Li, X., Zhao, Y. andMitchell, R., 2024. Translithospheric carbonatite magmatic system of the world’s largest REE deposit, Bayan Obo, China. Geology,https://doi.org/10.1130/G52604.1

133.

Zhang, H., Yang, W., Zhang, D., Tian, H., Ruan, R., Hu, S., Chen, Y., Hui, H., Lin, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.and Zhang, D., 2024. Long-term reduced lunar mantle revealed by Chang’e-5 basalt. Nature Communications, 15(1), p.8328,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52710-x

132.

Liu, B., Qi, C.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Lee, C.T.A. and Liu, C.Z., 2024. A model for melt‐preferred orientation  and permeabilities in deformed partially molten peridotites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(8), p.e2024GC011588,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011588

131.

Liu, J., Palin, R.M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Liu, Z., Zhang, J., Li, Z., Cheng, C. and Zhang, H., 2024. Archaean  multi-stage magmatic underplating drove formation of continental nuclei  in the North China Craton. Nature Communications, 15(1), p.6231,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50435-5

130.

Zou, C., Li, Y., He, X.F., Santosh, M., Yu, K. andMitchell, R.N., 2024. Contrasting hydrocarbon reservoirs in the North China Craton in relation to inhomogeneous craton destruction. Earth-Science Reviews, p.104843,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104843

129.

Wen, F., Zhai, M., Tian, Z., Wang, W., Zou, L. andMitchell, R.N.,  2024. Prograde metamorphism in the ~1.9 Ga Jiao–Liao–Ji orogenic belt  of NE China Craton: implications for orogenic crustal thickening. International Geology Review, pp.1-19,https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2024.2364214

128.

Murphy, J.B., Nance, R.D. andMitchell, R.N., 2024. The assembly of Pangea: geodynamic conundrums revisited. Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 181, pp.jgs2024-006,https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-006

127.

Liu, T., Liu, C.Z., Zhang, Z.Y., Zhang, W.Q., Ji, W.B., Zhang, C. andMitchell, R.N.,  2024. Dynamics of the oceanic dike–gabbro transition revealed by  petrology and geochemistry of the Yunzhug ophiolite, central Tibet.Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(5), pp.1-19,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-024-02135-y

126.

Sun, J., Liu, J., Liu, F., Sklyarov, E. andMitchell, R., 2024. Discovery of the Naturally Occurring Pure CaTiO3 Cubic Perovskite from Tazheran Massif. Earth and Planetary Science, 3(1), pp.35-43,https://doi.org/10.36956/eps.v3i1.991

125.

Liu, Y.S.,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Bleeker, W., Peng, P., Salminen, J. and Evans, D.A., 2024. Conformably  variable geocentric axial dipole at ca. 2.1 Ga: Paleomagnetic dispersion  of the Indin dyke swarm, Slave craton. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(11), p.e2024JB029046,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029046

124.

Jiang,  J., Zou, X., Mitchell, R.N.*, Zhang, Y.*, Zhao, Y., Yin, Q.Z., Yang,  W., Zhou, X., Wang, H., Spencer, C.J. and Shan, X., 2024. Sediment  subduction in Hadean revealed by machine learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(30), p.e2405160121,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405160121

123.

Ou, Q.,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Zhao, L.*, He, X.*, and Zhang, R., 2024. Magnetic Susceptibility  Reveals Differential Retrogression in Meta-Mafic Enclave Consistent with  Metamorphic P–T Estimation and Petrography. Earth and Planetary Science, vol.3, pp.55-67,https://doi.org/10.36956/eps.v3i1.1048

122.

Zhang, Q.,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Buckman, S., Kirscher, U. and Li, X.H., 2024. Magmatic cyclicity and  episodic continental growth of the Australian Tasmanides. Lithos, 472, p.107576,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107576

121.

Hou, Y., Zhao, P., Qin, H.,Mitchell, R.N., Li, Q., Hao, W., Zhang, M., Ward, P.D., Yuan, J., Deng, C. and Zhu, R.,  2024. Completing the loop of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous true polar wander event. Nature Communications, vol.15, p.2183.

120.

Zhou, Y., Zhai, M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Cawood, P.A., Huang, G., Spencer, C.J., Chen, M., Li, Y., Zhao, T. and  Wu, T., 2024. Low δ18O and δ30Si TTG at ca. 2.3 Ga hints at an intraplate rifting onset of the Paleoproterozoic supercontinent cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol.129, p.e2023JB027306.

119.

Xu, M., Xiao, W., Liu, K., Wan, B.,Mitchell, R.N., Rosenbaum, G. and Wang, H., 2024. Subduction erosion revealed by exhumed lower arc crustal rocks in an accretionary complex, northeastern China. Geology,https://doi.org/10.1130/G51803.1

118.

Li, Z., Dong, Y., An, W.,Mitchell, R.N., Lan, Z., Wang, D., Tan, M., Zhao, Z. and Zhang, J., 2024. The late  Stenian and late Tonian provenance transitions in the northern Xuhuai  Basin: Implications for the Precambrian evolution of the southeastern  North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 264, p.106070,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106070

117.

Meng, L., Chu, Y., Lin, W.,Mitchell, R.N.and Zhao, L., 2024. Bulldoze and rebuild: Modifying cratonic  lithosphere via removal and replacement induced by continental  subduction. Geology, vol. 52, p. 245-250,https://doi.org/10.1130/G51766.1

116.

Zhang, W.Q., Liu, C.Z., Dick, H.J.,Mitchell, R.N.and Liu, B.D., 2024. Oceanic mantle beneath ultraslow spreading ridges metasomatized by variably evolved melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol.179, pp.1-23,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02093-x

115.

Mitchell, R.N.*and Evans, D.A.D., 2024. The Balanced Billion.GSA Today,https://rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday/archive/34/2/pdf/i1052-5173-34-2-10.pdf

114.

Lin, Y.Z., Liu, C.Z., Dick, H.J.,Mitchell, R.N., Wu, S.T., Liu, T., Zhang, W.Q. and Zhang, Z.Y., 2023. Detrital peridotite minerals reveal recycled arc mantle beneath Marion Rise, Southwest Indian Ridge.Terra Nova., vol. 36, p. 230-238,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12702

113.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Feng, L., Zhang, Z. and Peng, P.*, 2023. Carbonate–organic decoupling during the first Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursion.The Innovation Geoscience, vol. 1, pp.100046-1,https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2023.100046

112.

Wu, C., Xu, T., Tian, X.,Mitchell, R.N., Lin, J., Yang, J., Wang, X. and Lu, Z., 2024. Underthrusting of Tarim  lower crust beneath the Tibetan Plateau revealed by receiver function  imaging.Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, p.e2024GL108220,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108220

111.

Zhang, L., Li, C., Zhang, J., Zhou, B., Zhao, Y.Y.S., Liu, Y., Di, K.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Li, J., Zhang, Z. and Chen, L., 2023. Buried palaeo-polygonal terrain  detected underneath Utopia Planitia on Mars by the Zhurong radar.Nature Astronomy, pp.1-8,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02117-3

110.

Liu, X., Peng, P.*,Mitchell, R.N.*, Wang, C. and Kang, J., 2023. Circum‐Cratonic Triassic Syenite Province of North China Craton Reveals Heterogeneous Lithospheric Mantle Related  to Dual Subduction.Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 128, p.e2023JB027084.

109.

Zhao, L., Tang, H.,Mitchell, R.N., Li, Q.L., Zhou, X.W. and Zhai, M.G., 2023. The joining of North and  South China during the Permian: Coherent metamorphic evidence from East Asia orogenesis.Tectonics, vol. 42, p.e2023TC007916,https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007916

108.

Song, D.,Mitchell, R.N.*, Xiao, W., Mao, Q., Wan, B. and Ao, S., 2023. Andean-type orogenic plateau as a trigger for aridification in the arcs of northeast Pangaea.Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 4, p.306,https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00976-2

107.

Zhang, Q., Zhao, L., Zhou, D., Nutman, A.P.,Mitchell, R.N.,Liu, Y., Li, Q.L., Yu, H.M., Fan, B., Spencer, C.J. and Li, X.H., 2023.  No evidence of supracrustal recycling in Si-O isotopes of Earth’s oldest rocks 4 Ga ago.Science Advances, vol. 9, p.eadf0693,https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf0693

106.

Su, B., Chen, Y., Yue, Z., Chen, L.,Mitchell, R.N.,Tang,  M., Yang, W., Huang, G., Guo, J., Li, X.H. and Wu, F.Y., 2023.  Crustal  remelting origin of highly silicic magmatism on the Moon.Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 4, p.228,https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00900-8

105.

Tian, H.C., Zhang, C., Yang, W., Du, J., Chen, Y., Xiao, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.,Hui, H., Changela, H.G., Zhang, T.X. and Tang, X., 2023, Surges in volcanic activity on the Moon about two billion years ago.Nature Communications, vol. 14, p.3734,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39418-0

104.

Du, A. et al., 2023, Ground magnetic survey on Mars from the Zhurong rover.Nature Astronomy, p.1-11,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02008-7

103.

Yang, J.,Mitchell, R.N.,Spencer, C.J., Sun, B., Zhang, C. and Zhao, L., 2023, Magmatic ignitor kick-starts subduction initiation.Gondwana Research, vol. 122, p. 112-124,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.05.023

102.

Mitchell, R.N.*and Kirscher, U., 2023, Mid-Proterozoic day length stalled by tidal resonance.Nature Geoscience, vol. 63, p.1-3,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01202-6

101.

Wang, C. andMitchell, R.N.*,2023. True polar wander in the Earth system,Science China Earth Sciences, vol. 66, p.1165-1184,https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-1105-2

100.

Zhang, Q., Buckman, S.,Mitchell, R.N.,Nutman, A.P., Li, X.H., Bennett, V.C. and Beer, C., 2023, Cross‐Orogen Granite Migration as an Indicator of Slab Rollback Along Eastern  Gondwana.Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 24, p.e2023GC010895,https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC010895

99.

Wang, D.,Mitchell, R.N.,Guo,  J. and Liu, F., 2023, Exhumation of an Archean Granulite Terrane by Paleoproterozoic Orogenesis: Evidence from the North China Craton.Journal of Petrology, vol. 64, p.egad035,https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egad035

98.

Deng, C.,Mitchell, R.N.,and  Wang, W., 2023, Editorial preface to special issue:  Continental evolution and sedimentary basins of the Tibetan Plateau and its environs.Global and Planetary Change, p.104161,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104161

97.

Ma, C., Tang, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.,Li, Y., Sun, S., Zhu, J., Foley, S.F., Wang, M., Ye, C., Ying, J. and Zhu, R., 2023, Volcanic phosphorus supply boosted Mesozoic terrestrial biotas in northern China.Science Bulletin, vol. 68, p. 1317-1326,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.05.022

96.

Wang, R., Shen, B., Lang, X., Wen, B.,Mitchell, R.N., Ma, H., Yin, Z., Peng, Y., Liu, Y. and Zhou, C., 2023, A Great late Ediacaran ice age.National Science Review, p.nwad117,https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad117

95.

Jiao, S., Brown, M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Chowdhury,  P., Clark, C., Chen, L., Chen, Y., Korhonen, F., Huang, G.  and Guo,  J., 2023, Mechanisms to generate ultrahigh-temperature  metamorphism.Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, pp.1-21,https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00403-2

94.

Li, Z., Ma, X., An, W.,Mitchell, R.N., Li, Q., Lan, Z., Dong, Y., Zhang, Y. and Li, J., 2023,  Provenance transition of the Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic Xuhuai  Basin:  Constraining the accretion of the Northern Qinling Terrane with the North China Craton.Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, p.105675,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105675

93.

Zou, Y.*,Mitchell, R.N.*, Chu, X., Brown, M., Jiang, J., Li, Q., Zhao, L. and Zhai, M., 2023, Surface evolution during the mid-Proterozoic stalled by mantle warming under Columbia–Rodinia.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 607, p.118055,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118055

92.

Mitchell, R.N.* and Jing, X., 2023, Paleoarchean plate motion: Not so fast.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 120, p.e2218383120,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218383120

91.

Liu, S.L., Ma, L., Zou, X., Fang, L., Qin, B., Melnik, A.E., Kirscher, U., Yang, K.F., Fan, H.R. andMitchell, R.N.*,2023, Trends and rhythms in carbonatites and kimberlites reflect thermo-tectonic evolution of Earth:Geology, vol. 51, pp.101-105,https://doi.org/10.1130/G50775.1

90.

Jing, X., Yang, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.*,Tong,  Y., Zhu, M. and Wan, B., 2022, Ordovician–Silurian true polar  wander  as a mechanism for severe glaciation and mass extinction:Nature Communications, vol. 13, p.7941,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35609-3

89.

Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Liu,  Y., Pisarevsky, S.A., Giddings, J. and Li, Z.X., 2022,  Paleomagnetic  evidence for a Paleoproterozoic rotational assembly of the  North  Australian craton in the leadup to supercontinent formation:Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, p.e2022GL099842,https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099842

88.

Zhang, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, J.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,2022, Strong Heterogeneity in Shallow Lunar Subsurface Detected by Apollo Seismic Data:Journal of Geophysical Research:Planets, vol. 127, p.e2022JE007222,https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007222

87.

Su, B., Yuan, J., Chen, Y., Yang, W.,Mitchell, R.N.,Hui,  H., Wang, H., Tian, H., Li, X.H., Wu, F.Y., 2022, Fusible  mantle  cumulates trigger young mare volcanism on the cooling Moon:Science Advances, vol. 8, p.eabn2103,https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2103

86.

Zhang, L., Zhang, J.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,Cao, P., Liu, J., 2022, A thermal origin for super-high-frequency marsquakes:Icarus, vol. 390, p.115327,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115327

85.

Huang, G.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,Palin,  R.M., Spencer, C.J., Guo, J., 2022, Barium content of  Archaean  continental crust reveals the onset of subduction was not  global:Nature Communications, vol. 13, pp.1-8,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34343-0

84.

Liu, D., Guo, J., Jiang, N., Hu, J.,Mitchell, R.N.,Fan, W., Mao, Q., Zhao, L., 2022. Lead isotopic compositions of late Archean lower continental crust:Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 337, p.95-105,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.09.024

83.

Mitchell, R.N.,Brown, M., Gernon, T.M., Spencer, C.J., 2022, Evolving mantle convection from bottom up to top down:The Innovation, vol. 3, p. 100309,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100309

82.

Xu, K.H., He., F., Wei, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.,Chen,  S., Wang, Y.Q., Rong, Z.J., 2022, A new inclination-based method  to  evaluate the global geomagnetic configuration and axial dipole  moment:Earth and Planetary Physics, vol. 6, p. 359-365,http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2022030

81.

Roberts, N.M.W., Salminen, J., Johansson, ？,Mitchell, R.N.,Palin, R.M., Condie, K.C., Spencer, C.J., 2022, On the enigmatic mid-Proterozoic: Single-lid versus plate tectonics:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 594, 117749,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117749

80.

Lu, K.,Mitchell, R.N.,Yang,  C., Zhou, J.L., Wu, L.G., Wang, X.C., Li, X.H., 2022,  Widespread  magmatic provinces at the onset of the Sturtian snowball  Earth:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 594, 117736,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117736

79.

Mitchell, R.N.*,Ganne, J., 2022, Less is not always more: A more inclusive data-filtering approach to secular mantle cooling:Precambrian Research, vol. 379, 106787,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106787

78.

Zhang, L., Zhang, J.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,2022, Dichotomy in crustal melting on early Mars inferred from antipodal effect:The Innovation, vol. 3, 100280,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100280

77.

Peng, P.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,Chen, Y., 2022, Earth’s one-of-a-kind fault: The Tanlu fault:Terra Nova,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12611.

76.

Liou, P., Guo, J., Peng, P.,Mitchell, R.N.,Jiang, N., Zhai, M., Mao, M, 2022, Crustal growth of the North China craton at ca. 2.5 Ga:Science Bulletin., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.06.002

75.

Gernon, T.M, Barr, R., Fitton, J.G., Hincks, T.K., Keir, D., Longman, J., Merdith, A.S.,Mitchell, R.N.,Palmer, M.R.:Nature Geoscience,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00967-6

74.

Liou, P., Wang, Z.,Mitchell, R. N.,Doucet, L. S., Li, M., Guo, J., Zhai, M, (2022), Fe isotopic evidence that “high pressure” TTGs formed at low pressure:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 592, 117645,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117645

73.

Liu, C. Z., Dick, H. J.,Mitchell, R. N.,Wei, W., Zhang, Z. Y., Hofmann, A. W., Yang, J.F., Li, Y. (2022). Archean cratonic mantle recycled at a mid-ocean ridge:Science Advances, vol. 8, eabn6749,https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn6749

72.

Pang, L., Zhu, X., Qiu, Y., Sun, Q.,Mitchell, R.N.,Zhao,  T., 2022, Provenance and tectonic setting of the Statherian  Hangaoshan  Group: Implications for evolution of the North China Craton  during  late Paleoproterozoic:Precambrian Research, vol. 376, 106682,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106682

71.

Wu, L., Huang, W., Liang, H., Murphy, J.B., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N.,Hawkins,  L.M.A., Halverson, G., Gu, Y.J., Zhang, J., Liu, X., 2022,  Reply to  comment on “Paleomagnetism of the Guanyang Devonian  sedimentary  successions in Guangxi province, South China”:Gondwana Research, vol. 107, p. 59-62,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.03.001

70.

Zhang, W.Q., Liu, C.Z.,Mitchell, R.N.,Liu,  T., Zhang, C., Zhang, Z.Y., 2022, Extensive melting of  ancient  depleted oceanic mantle evidenced by decoupled Hf–Nd isotopes  in the  lowermost oceanic crust:Lithos,vol. 418, 106684,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106684

69.

Peng, P.*, Xu, H.,Mitchell, R.N.*,Teixeira,  W., Kirscher, U., Qin, Z., Oliveira, E.P., Girardi, V.A.,  Wang, C. and  Chemale Jr, F., 2022, Earth's oldest hotspot track at ca.  1.8 Ga  advected by a global subduction system:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 585, p.117530,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117530

68.

Liu, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.*,Brown, M., Johnson, T.E., Pisarevsky, S., 2022, Linking metamorphism and plate boundaries over the past 2 billion years:Geology, vol. 50, p. 631-635,https://doi.org/10.1130/G49637.1

67.

Wu, L., Huang, W., Liang, H., Murphy, J.B., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N.,Hawkins,  L.M.A., Halverson, G., Yu, G.J., Zhang, J., Liu, X.,  2022,  Paleomagnetism of the Guanyang Devonian sedimentary successions  in  Guangxi province, South China:Gondwana Research, vol. 105, p. 143-159,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.09.004

66.

Mitchell, R.N.*,Spencer, C.J., Kirscher, U., Wilde, S.A. Plate tectonic–like cycles since the Hadean: Initiated or inherited?Geology,https://doi.org/10.1130/G49939.1

65.

Wang, C., Peng, P.,Mitchell, R.N.,Liu,  X., 2022, Casting a vote for shifting the Statherian: Petrogenesis  of  1.70 and 1.62 Ga mafic dykes in the North China Craton:Lithos, vol. 414, p.106631.

64.

Lan, Z., Huyskens, M.H., Le Hir, G.,Mitchell, R.N.,Yin, Q.Z., Zhang, G., Li, X.H., 2022, Massive volcanism may have foreshortened the Marinoan snowball Earth:Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, e2021GL097156,https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097156

63.

Lan, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.*,Gernon, T.M., Nordsvan, A.R., 2022, Did an asteroid impact cause temporary warming during snowball Earth?Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 581, 117407,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117407

62.

Liou, P.*, Guo, J.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,Spencer, C.J., Li, X., Zhai, M., Evans, N.J., Li, Y., 2022, Zircons underestimate mantle depletion of early Earth:Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 317, p. 538-551,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.11.015

61.

Sun, J., Wu, F.Y., Sklyarov, E., Sarkar, C., Liu, C.Z., Pearson, G.D., Cheng, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.,2021,  Matrix effects during in situ U-Pb dating of perovskite with  variable  crystal structure: Evidence from the Tazheran Massif, Russia:Chemical Geology, vol. 589, 120685,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120685

60.

Mitchell, R.N.*,Zhang, J., 2022, Four-month intrinsic viral cycle in COVID 19:The Innovation, 100196,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100196

59.

Wei, W., Liu, C.Z.,Mitchell, R.N.,Yan,  W., 2022, Petrogenesis of Dacites in a Triassic Volcanic Arc in  the  South China Sea: Constraints from Whole Rock and Mineral Geochemistry:Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 9, 1362,http://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.780007

58.

Shields, G. A., Strachan, R. A., Porter, S. M., Halverson, G. P., Macdonald, F. A., Plumb, K. A., de Alvarenga, C. J., Banerjee, D. M., Bekker, A., Bleeker, W., Brasier, A., Chakraborty, P. P., Collins, A. S., Condie, K., Das, K., Evans, D. A. D., Ernst, R., Fallick, A. E., Frimmel, H., Fuck, R., Hoffman, P. F., Kamber, B. S., Kuznetsov, A. B., Mitchell, R. N.,Poiré, D. G., Poulton, S. W., Riding, R., Sharma, M., Storey, C., Stueeken, E., Tostevin, R., Turner, E., Xiao, S., Zhang, S., Zhou, Y., and Zhu, M., 2022, A template for  an improved rock-based subdivision of the pre-Cryogenian timescale:Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 179., p.jgs2020-222,https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-222

57.

Wei, W., Liu, Chuan-Zhou, Hou, Y.F., Deng, C.L., Yan, W., Li, X.H., Chung, S.L.,Mitchell, R.N.,2022,  Discovery of a hidden Triassic Arc in the Southern South China  Sea:  Evidence for the breakaway of a ribbon continent with implications  for  the evolution of the Western Pacific margin:Terra Nova, vol. 34, p. 12-19,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12556

56.

Mitchell, R.N.*,2021, Chang’E-5 reveals the Moon’s secrets to a longer life:The Innovation, vol. 2, 100177,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100177

55.

Wen, F. Tian, Z., Liu, P.H., Xu, W., Liu, F.,Mitchell, R.N.,2021,  Sedimentary evidence for the early Paleoproterozoic  tectono-magmatic  lull: Detrital zircon provenance of the 2.47–2.17 Ga  Langzishan  Formation, Liaohe Group, Eastern Block of the North China  Craton:Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 221, 104989,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104939

54.

Sun, J.,Mitchell, R.N.,Kostrovitsky,  S.I., Apen, F.E., 2021, Siberia’s largest pulse of  kimberlites: U-Pb  geochronology of perovskite and rutile from the  Obnazhennaya kimberlite  and its xenoliths, Siberia craton:International Geology Review, p. 1-12,https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2021.1958384

53.

Spencer, C.S.,Mitchell, R.N.,Brown, M., 2021, Enigmatic mid-Proterozoic orogens: Hot, thin, and low:Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, e2021GL093312,https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093312

52.

Zhao, P., He, J., Deng, C., Chen, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.,  2021,  Early Neoproterozoic (870–820 Ma) amalgamation of the Tarim  craton  (northwestern China) and the final assembly of Rodinia:Geology, vol. 49, p. 1277-1282,https://doi.org/10.1130/G48837.1

51.

Mitchell, R.N.*,  Gernon,  T.M., Cox, G.M., Nordsvan, A.R., Kirscher, U., Xuan, C., Liu,  Y., Liu,  X., He, X., 2021, Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball  Earth:  Nature Communications, vol. 12, p. 4187,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24439-4

50.

Mitchell, R.N.*,  Thissen,  C.J., Evans, D.A.D., Slotznick, S.P., Coccioni, R., Yamazaki,  T.,  Kirschvink, J.L., 2021, A Late Cretaceous true polar  wander  oscillation:Nature Communications, vol. 12, p. 3629,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23803-8

49.

Jiao, S., Evans, N.J.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Fitzsimons,  I.C.W., Guo, J., 2021, Heavy rare-earth element and Y  partitioning  between monazite and garnet in aluminous granulites:Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 176,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01808-2

48.

Lan, Z., Zhang, S., Chen, Z.Q.,Mitchell, R.N., 2021, Locomotion and feeding trails produced by crabs:Geological Journal,https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4190

47.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Zhang, N.*, Salminen, J., Liu, Y., Spencer, C.J., Steinberger, B., Murphy, J.B., Li, Z.X., 2021, The supercontinent cycle:Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, vol. 2, p. 358-374,https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00160-0

46.

Brennan, D.T.,Mitchell, R.N.,Spencer,  C.J.,  Murphy, J.B., Li, Z.X., 2021, A tectonic model for  the  Transcontinental Arch: Progressive migration of a Laurentian  drainage  divide during the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Sauk Transgression:Terra Nova,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12528

45.

Liu, Y.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Li,  Z.X., Kirscher, U., Pisarevsky, S.A., Wang, C., 2021,  Archean  geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived  supercratons:Geology,https://doi.org/10.1130/G48575.1

44.

Zou, Y. Li, Q., Chu, X., Zhai, M.,Mitchell, R.N.,Zhao,  L., Zhou, L., Wang, Y., Liu, B., 2021, Older orogens cooled  slower:  New constraints on Orosirian tectonics from garnet diffusion  modeling  of metamorphic timescales, Jiaobei terrain, North China Craton:  Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 176, p. 1-24,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01846-w

43.

Zhang, Z., Peng, P.*, Feng, L., Gong, Z.,Mitchell, R.N.*, Li, Y., 2021, Oldest-known Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursion: Earlier onset of Neoproterozoic carbon cycle volatility:Gondwana Research, vol. 94, p. 1-11,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.01.013

42.

Wan, B., Wang, X., Liu, X., Cai, K., Xiao, W.,Mitchell, R.N., 2021, Long-lived seamount subduction in ancient orogens: Evidence from the Paleozoic South Tianshan:Geology, vol. 49, p. 531-535,https://doi.org/10.1130/G48547.1

41.

Wang, C.,Mitchell, R.N.*, Murphy, J.B., Peng, P., Spencer, C.J., 2021, The role of megacontinents in the supercontinent cycle:Geology, vol. 49, p. 402-406,https://doi.org/10.1130/G47988.1

40.

Youbi, N., Ernst, R.E.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Boumehdi,  M.A., Moume, W.E., Lahna, A.A., Bensalah, M.K., Soderlund,  U., Doblas,  M., Tassinari, C.C.G., 2021, Preliminary Appraisal of a  Correlation  Between Glaciations and Large Igneous Provinces Over the  Past 720  Million Years:Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Envirnmental and Biotic Changes, Geophysical Monograph 255, Edited by Ernst, R.E., Dickson, A.J., Bekker, A.,https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch8

39.

Murphy, J.B., Nance, R.D., Cawood, P.A., Collins, W.J., Dan, W., Doucet, L.S., Heron, P.J., Li, Z.X.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Pisarevsky,  S., Pufahl, P.K., Quesada, C., Spencer, C.J., Strachan,  R.A., Wu, L.,  2020, Pannotia: in defence of its existence and  geodynamic  significance:Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 503, p.13-39,https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-06

38.

Kirscher, U.*,Mitchell, R.N.*,  Liu,  Y., Nordsvan, A.R., Cox, G.M., Pisarevsky, S.A., Wang, C., Wu,  L.,  Murphy, J.N., and Li, Z.X., 2021, Paleomagnetic constraints on  the  duration of the Australia-Laurentia connection in the core of the  Nuna  supercontinent:Geology, vol. 49, p. 174-179,https://doi.org/10.1130/G47823.1

37.

Mitchell, R.N.*,  Kirscher,  U., Kunzmann, M., Liu, Y., Cox, G.M., 2021, Gulf of  Nuna:  Astrochronologic correlation of a Mesoproterozoic oceanic euxinic  event:  Geology, vol. 48, p.25-29,https://doi.org/10.1130/G47587.1

36.

Zou, Y., Li, Q.L.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Zhai,  M.G., Zou, X.Y., Zhao, L., Wang, Y.Q., Liu, B., 2020, Local  rapid  exhumation and fast cooling in a long-lived Paleoproterozoic  orogeny:Journal of Petrology, vol. 63. egaa091,https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa091

35.

Wan, B.*, Yang, X., Tian, X.*, Yuan, H., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N.*, 2020, Seismological evidence for the earliest global subduction network at 2 Ga:Science Advances, vol. 6, eabc5491,https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc5491

34.

Shan, H., Zhai, M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Liu,  F., Guo, J., 2020, Comparative studies on two phases of Archaean  TTG  magmas from different blocks of the North China Craton:  petrogenesis  and constraints on crustal evolution:Geological Magazine,https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820000618

33.

Zou, Y., Zhai, M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Zhao,  L., Zhou, L., Liu, B., Wang, Y., Chen, M., 2020, Discovery of  kyanite  in typically cordierite/sillimanite-bearing low-to  medium-pressure  politic granulites from the Jiaobei terrain, North China  Craton:Precambrian Research, vol. 342, 105677,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105677

32.

Doucet, L.S., Li, Z.X., El Dien, H., Pourteau, A., Murphy, J.B., Collins, W.J., Mattielli, N., Olierook, H.K.H., Spencer, C.J.,Mitchell, R.N., 2020, Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences:Nature Geoscience, vol. 13, p. 511-515,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0599-9

31.

Mitchell, R.N.,  Wu,  L., Murphy, J.B., Li, Z.X., 2020, Trial by fire: Testing  the  paleolongitude of Pangea of competing reference frames with the  African  LLSVP:Geoscience Frontiers, vol. 11, p. 1253-1256,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.12.002

30.

El Dien, H., Doucet, L.S., Li, Z.X., Cox, G.M.,Mitchell, R.N., 2019, Global geochemical fingerprinting of plume intensity suggests coupling with the supercontinent cycle:Nature Communications, vol. 10, 5270,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13300-4

29.

Doucet, L.S., Li, Z.X., Ernst, R.E., Kirscher, U., El Dien, H.,Mitchell, R.N., 2019, Coupled supercontinent-mantle plume events evidenced by oceanic plume record:Geology, vol. 48, p. 159-163,https://doi.org/10.1130/G46754.1

28.

Nordsvan, A.R., Barham, M., Cox, G., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N., 2019, Major shoreline retreat and sediment starvation following Snowball Earth,Terra Nova, vol. 31, p. 495-502,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12426

27.

Mitchell, R.N.*2019, Spot the difference: Zircon disparity tracks crustal evolution: COMMENT,Geology, vol. 47, e479,https://doi.org/10.1130/G46293C.1

26.

Mitchell, R.N.*,  Spencer,  C.J., Kirscher, U., He, X.F., Murphy, J.B., Li, Z.X., and  Collins,  W.J., 2019, Harmonic hierarchy of mantle and lithospheric  convective  cycles: Time series analysis of hafnium isotopes of zircon:Gondwana Research, vol. 75, p. 239-248,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.06.003

25.

Spencer, C.J., Murphy, J.B., Hoiland, C.W., Johnston, S.T.,Mitchell, R.N., and Collins, W.J., 2019 Evidence for whole mantle convection driving Cordilleran tectonics:Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 46, p. 4239-4248,https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082313

24.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Gernon, T.M, Nordsvan, A., Cox, G.M., Li, Z.-X., and Hoffman, P.F. 2019, Hit or miss: Glacial incisions of snowball Earth:Terra Nova, vol. 31, p. 381-389,https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12400

23.

Li, Z.-X.,Mitchell, R.N.,Spencer,  C.J., Ernst, R., Pisarevsky, S., Kirscher, U., Murphy, J.B.,  2019,  Decoding Earth’s rhythms: Modulation of supercontinent cycles by  longer  superocean episodes:Precambrian Research, vol. 323, p. 1-5,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.01.009

22.

Keller, C.B., Husson, J.M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Bottke,  W.F., Gernon, T.M., Boehnke, P., Bell, E.A., Swanson-Hysell,  N.,  Peters, S.E., 2019, Neoproterozoic glacial origin of the  Great  Unconformity:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, p. 1136-1145,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804350116

21.

Milanese, F.N., Olivero, E.B., Raffi, M.E., Franceschinis, P.R., Gallo, L.C., Skinner, S.M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Kirschvink,  J.L., and Rapalini, A.E., 2019, Mid Campanian‐Lower  Maastrichtian  magnetostratigraphy of the James Ross Basin,  Antarctica:  Chronostratigraphical implications:Basin Research, vol. 31, p. 562-583,https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12334

20.

Kirscher, U., Li, Z.-X.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Pisarevsky,  S., Deynzyn, S., and Nordsvan, A., 2019, Paleomagnetism of  the Hart  Dolerite (Kimberly Region, North Australia craton): Two stage  Nuna  assembly?Precambrian Research, vol. 329, p. 170-181,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.12.026

19.

Liu, Y., Li, Z.-X., Pisarevsky, S.A., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Stark,  J.C., Clark, C., Hand, M., 2018, First Precambrian  palaeomagnetic data  from the Mawson Craton (East Antarctica) and  tectonic implications:Scientific Reports, vol. 8, 16403,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34748-2

18.

Cox, G.M., Isakson, V., Hoffman, P.F., Gernon, T.M., Schmitz, M.D., Shahin, S., Collins, A.S., Preiss, W., Blades, M.L.,Mitchell, R.N., Nordsvan, A., 2018, South Australian U-Pb (CA-ID-TIMS) age supports globally synchronous Sturtian glaciation:Precambrian Research, vol. 315, p. 257-263,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.07.007

17.

Liu, Y. Li, Z.-X., Pisarevsky, S., Kirscher, U.,Mitchell, R.N., Stark, J.C., 2018, Palaeomagnetism of the 1.89 Ga Boonadgin dykes of the Yilgarn Craton: Possible connection with India:Precambrian Research, vol. 329, p. 211-223,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2018.05.021

16.

Cox, G.M.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Lyons,  T., Hasterock, D., Gard, M.G., 2018, Linking the rise of  atmospheric  oxygen to growth in the continental phosphorus inventory:Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 489, p. 28-36,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.016

15.

Spencer, C.J., Murphy, J.B., Kirkland, C.L., Liu, Y., andMitchell, R.N., 2018, A Palaeoproterozoic tectono-magmatic lull as a potential trigger for the supercontinent cycle:Nature Geoscience, vol. 11, p. 79-101,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-017-0051-y

14.

Gong, Z., Xu, X.X., Evans, D.A.D., Hoffman, P.F.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Bleeker,  W., 2018, Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of the ca. 1.87 Ga  Pearson  Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada: A test of  vertical-axis  rotation within the Great Slave basin:Precambrian Research, vol. 305, p. 295-309,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.11.021

13.

Buchan, K.L.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Bleeker, W., Hamilton, M.A., and LeCheminant, A.N., 2016, Paleomagnetism of ca.  2.13-2.11 Ga Indin and ca. 1.885 Ga Ghost dyke swarms of the Slave craton: Implications for the Slave craton APW path and relative drift of Slave, Superior and Siberian cratons in the Paleoproterozoic:Precambrian Research, vol. 275, p. 151-175,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.01.012

12.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Raub, T.D., Silva, S.C., and Kirschvink, J.L., 2015, Was the  Cambrian  explosion both an effect and an artifact of true polar wander? American Journal of Science, vol. 315, p. 945-957,https://doi:10.2475/10.2015.02

11.

Ward, P.D., Haggart, J.W.,Mitchell, R.N., and Catlin, E., 2015, Quantitative morphological description of the Late Cretaceous ammonite Baculites inornatus Meek from western North America: implications for species concepts in the biostratigraphically  important Baculitidae:The Journal of Paleontology, vol. 89, p. 594-610,https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.33

10.

Mitchell, R.N.*, 2014, True polar wander and supercontinent cycles: Implications for lithospheric elasticity and the triaxial Earth:American Journal of Science, vol. 314, p. 966-979,https://doi:10.2475/05.2014.04

9.

Mitchell, R.N.*,  Bleeker,  W., van Breemen, O., LeCheminant, A.N., Peng, P., and Nilsson, M.K.M., 2014, Plate tectonics before 2 Ga: Evidence from paleomagnetism of cratons within supercontinent Nuna:American Journal of Science, vol. 314, p. 878-894,https://doi:10.2475/04.2014.03

8.

Tobin, T.S., Ward, P.D., Steig, E.J., Olivero, E.B., Hilburn, I.A.,Mitchell, R.N., Diamond, M.R., Raub, T.D., and Kirschvink, J.L, 2012, Extinction patterns, δ¹⁸O trends, and magnetostratigraphy from a southern high-latitude Cretaceous-Paleogene section: Links with Deccan volcanism:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 350-352, p. 180-188,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.029

7.

Ward, P.D., Haggart, J.W.,Mitchell, R.N.,  Kirschvink,  J.L., and Tobin, T., 2012, Integration of macrofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy for the Pacific Coast Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of North America and implications for correlation with the Western Interior and Tethys:Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 124, p. 957-974,https://doi.org/10.1130/B30077.1

6.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Kilian, T.M, and Evans, D.A.D., 2012, Supercontinent cycles and the calculation of absolute palaeolongitude in deep time:Nature, vol. 482, p. 208-211,https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10800

5.

Mitchell, R.N.*, Kilian, T.M., Raub, T.D., Evans, D.A.D., Bleeker, W., and Maloof, A., 2011, Sutton hotspot: Resolving Ediacaran-Cambrian tectonics and true polar wander for Laurentia:American Journal of Science, vol. 311, p. 651-663,https://doi:10.2475/08.2011.01

4.

Evans, D.A.D. andMitchell, R.N., 2011, Assembly and breakup of the core of Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna:Geology, vol. 39, p. 443-446,https://doi.org/10.1130/G31654.1,ISI-WOS ‘Highly Cited Paper’

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