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C. R. L. Friend

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Publications by Year

Research Areas

Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies

Most-Cited Works

→ Evidence for life on Earth before 3,800 million years ago(1996)1,322 cited
→ Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures(2016)569 cited
→ The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3900-3600 Ma)(1996)482 cited
→ Multistage late Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the North China Craton, eastern Hebei(2011)296 cited
→ SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Closepet Granite and Peninsular Gneiss, Karnataka, South India(1991)202 cited
→ Recognition of ≥3850 Ma water-lain sediments in West Greenland and their significance for the early Archaean Earth(1997)192 cited

→ ∼ 3710 and ⪖ 3790 Ma volcanic sequences in the Isua (Greenland) supracrustal belt; structural and Nd isotope implications(1997)

185 cited

→ Late Archaean terrane accretion in the Godthåb region, southern West Greenland(1988)181 cited

→ Meta-igneous (non-gneissic) tonalites and quartz-diorites from an extensive ca. 3800 Ma terrain south of the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland: constraints on early crust formation(1999)173 cited

→ Evidence for 3650–3600 Ma assembly of the northern end of the Itsaq Gneiss Complex, Greenland: Implication for early Archaean tectonics(2002)172 cited