| Mantle convection in the Earth and planets G Schubert, DL Turcotte, P Olson Cambridge University Press, 2001 | 1283 | 2001 |
| Mantle plumes control magnetic reversal frequency RL Larson, P Olson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 107 (3-4), 437-447, 1991 | 339 | 1991 |
| Deep slabs, geochemical heterogeneity, and the large-scale structure of mantle convection: investigation of an enduring paradox PG Silver, RW Carlson, P Olson Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 16 (1), 477-541, 1988 | 291 | 1988 |
| Numerical modelling of the geodynamo: a systematic parameter study U Christensen, P Olson, GA Glatzmaier Geophysical Journal International 138 (2), 393-409, 1999 | 289 | 1999 |
| An experimental study of subduction and slab migration C Kincaid, P Olson Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 92 (B13), 13832-13840, 1987 | 286 | 1987 |
| A benchmark comparison for mantle convection codes B Blankenbach, F Busse, U Christensen, L Cserepes, D Gunkel, ... Geophysical Journal International 98 (1), 23-38, 1989 | 282 | 1989 |
| Numerical modeling of the geodynamo: mechanisms of field generation and equilibration P Olson, U Christensen, GA Glatzmaier Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 104 (B5), 10383-10404, 1999 | 280 | 1999 |
| Is the inner core of the Earth pure iron? A Jephcoat, P Olson Nature 325 (6102), 332, 1987 | 230 | 1987 |
| Creeping plumes P Olson, H Singer Journal of Fluid Mechanics 158, 511-531, 1985 | 228 | 1985 |
| Dipole moment scaling for convection-driven planetary dynamos P Olson, UR Christensen Earth and Planetary Science Letters 250 (3-4), 561-571, 2006 | 219 | 2006 |
| Thermochemical flows couple the Earth's inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity J Aubert, H Amit, G Hulot, P Olson Nature 454 (7205), 758, 2008 | 205 | 2008 |
| A laboratory model of subduction zone anisotropy J Buttles, P Olson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 164 (1-2), 245-262, 1998 | 166 | 1998 |
| Mantle plumes link magnetic superchrons to Phanerozoic mass depletion events V Courtillot, P Olson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 260 (3-4), 495-504, 2007 | 160 | 2007 |
| Plume formation in the D ″-layer and the roughness of the core–mantle boundary P Olson, G Schubert, C Anderson Nature 327 (6121), 409, 1987 | 156 | 1987 |
| The time-averaged magnetic field in numerical dynamos with non-uniform boundary heat flow P Olson, UR Christensen Geophysical Journal International 151 (3), 809-823, 2002 | 150 | 2002 |
| Chaotic thermal convection in a rapidly rotating spherical shell: consequences for flow in the outer core P Cardin, P Olson Physics of the earth and planetary interiors 82 (3-4), 235-259, 1994 | 142 | 1994 |
| Large-scale flow in the core R Holme, P Olson Treatise on geophysics 8, 107-130, 2007 | 141 | 2007 |
| Experiments on Rayleigh–Bénard convection, magnetoconvection and rotating magnetoconvection in liquid gallium JM Aurnou, PL Olson Journal of fluid mechanics 430, 283-307, 2001 | 135 | 2001 |
| 1.21—Deep Earth structureQ of the Earth from crust to core B Romanowicz, BJ Mitchell Treatise on geophysics, 731-774, 2007 | 127 | 2007 |
| Laboratory experiments on the structure of subducted lithosphere L Guillou-Frottier, J Buttles, P Olson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 133 (1-2), 19-34, 1995 | 125 | 1995 |
