| Oxygen isotope composition of the oceanic crust and its bearing on seawater K Muehlenbachs, RN Clayton Journal of Geophysical Research 81 (23), 4365-4369, 1976 | 398 | 1976 |
| Early life recorded in Archean pillow lavas H Furnes, NR Banerjee, K Muehlenbachs, H Staudigel, M de Wit Science 304 (5670), 578-581, 2004 | 352 | 2004 |
| Oxygen isotope studies of fresh and weathered submarine basalts K Muehlenbachs, RN Clayton Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9 (2), 172-184, 1972 | 290 | 1972 |
| The fingerprint of seawater circulation in a 500-meter section of ocean crust gabbros SR Hart, J Blusztajn, HJB Dick, PS Meyer, K Muehlenbachs Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63 (23-24), 4059-4080, 1999 | 282 | 1999 |
| Alteration of the oceanic crust and the 18O history of seawater K Muehlenbachs Stable isotopes in high temperature geological processes, 425-444, 2018 | 277 | 2018 |
| Isotopic evidence for geochemical decoupling between ancient epeiric seas and bordering oceans: implications for secular curves C Holmden, RA Creaser, K Muehlenbachs, SA Leslie, SM Bergstrom Geology 26 (6), 567-570, 1998 | 274 | 1998 |
| Helium, oxygen, strontium and neodymium isotopic relationships in Icelandic volcanics M Condomines, K Grönvold, PJ Hooker, K Muehlenbachs, RK o'Nions, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 66, 125-136, 1983 | 257 | 1983 |
| A vestige of Earth's oldest ophiolite H Furnes, M de Wit, H Staudigel, M Rosing, K Muehlenbachs science 315 (5819), 1704-1707, 2007 | 234 | 2007 |
| An oxygen isotopic profile through the upper kilometer of the oceanic crust, DSDP Hole 504B JC Alt, K Muehlenbachs, J Honnorez Earth and Planetary Science Letters 80 (3-4), 217-229, 1986 | 224 | 1986 |
| Geochemistry of reduced gas related to serpentinization of the Zambales ophiolite, Philippines TA Abrajano, NC Sturchio, BM Kennedy, GL Lyon, K Muehlenbachs, ... Applied Geochemistry 5 (5-6), 625-630, 1990 | 198 | 1990 |
| Dual origins of lode gold deposits in the Canadian Cordillera BE Nesbitt, JB Murowchick, K Muehlenbachs Geology 14 (6), 506-509, 1986 | 194 | 1986 |
| The oxygen isotopic composition of the oceans, sediments and the seafloor K Muehlenbachs Chemical Geology 145 (3-4), 263-273, 1998 | 192 | 1998 |
| Evidence for microbial activity at the glass-alteration interface in oceanic basalts T Torsvik, H Furnes, K Muehlenbachs, IH Thorseth, O Tumyr Earth and Planetary Science Letters 162 (1-4), 165-176, 1998 | 190 | 1998 |
| Microbes play an important role in the alteration of oceanic crust IH Thorseth, T Torsvik, H Furnes, K Muehlenbachs Chemical Geology 126 (2), 137-146, 1995 | 187 | 1995 |
| Low-O18 basalts from Iceland K Muehlenbachs, AT Anderson Jr, GE Sigvaldason Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 38 (4), 577-588, 1974 | 172 | 1974 |
| Oxygen isotope geochemistry of submarine greenstones K Muehlenbachs, RN Clayton Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9 (5), 471-478, 1972 | 157 | 1972 |
| Hydrothermal sulfide and oxide deposits on seamounts near 21 N, East Pacific Rise JC Alt, P Lonsdale, R Haymon, K Muehlenbachs Geological Society of America Bulletin 98 (2), 157-168, 1987 | 154 | 1987 |
| Isotope reversals and universal stages and trends of gas maturation in sealed, self-contained petroleum systems B Tilley, K Muehlenbachs Chemical Geology 339, 194-204, 2013 | 153 | 2013 |
| Alteration of the upper oceanic crust: mineralogy and processes in DSDP Hole 504B, Leg 83 JC Alt Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 83, 217-248, 1985 | 152 | 1985 |
| Oxygen isotope ratios of the Icelandic crust K Hattori, K Muehlenbachs Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 87 (B8), 6559-6565, 1982 | 148 | 1982 |
