Calculations on the thermal history of the Earth

Conduction of heat in solids

C. J. Tranter · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1959 · 18.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +10

Synthesis of the Elements in Stars

E. M. Burbidge, G. R. Burbidge, William A. Fowler et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1957 · 4K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Nuclear Organization +8

Age of meteorites and the earth

Claire Patterson · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1956 · 537 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +6

The composition of the stone meteorites and the origin of the meteorites

Harold C. Urey, Harmon Craig · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1953 · 514 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +12

The thermal conductivity of rocks and its dependence upon temperature and composition

A. F. Birch, H. Clark · American Journal of Science · 1940 · 496 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Marine Sedimentology +2