| Sediment accumulation rates and the completeness of stratigraphic sections PM Sadler The Journal of Geology 89 (5), 569-584, 1981 | 1374 | 1981 |
| Calibrating the end-Permian mass extinction S Shen, JL Crowley, Y Wang, SA Bowring, DH Erwin, PM Sadler, C Cao, ... science 334 (6061), 1367-1372, 2011 | 794 | 2011 |
| Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology PF Hoffman, DS Abbot, Y Ashkenazy, DI Benn, JJ Brocks, PA Cohen, ... Science Advances 3 (11), e1600983, 2017 | 534 | 2017 |
| Classical confidence intervals and Bayesian probability estimates for ends of local taxon ranges D Strauss, PM Sadler Mathematical Geology 21, 411-427, 1989 | 377 | 1989 |
| The ordovician period RA Cooper, PM Sadler, O Hammer, FM Gradstein The geologic time scale, 489-523, 2012 | 372 | 2012 |
| A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity J Fan, S Shen, DH Erwin, PM Sadler, N MacLeod, Q Cheng, X Hou, ... Science 367 (6475), 272-277, 2020 | 349 | 2020 |
| The silurian period MJ Melchin, PM Sadler, BD Cramer Geologic time scale 2020, 695-732, 2020 | 331 | 2020 |
| Geometry and stratification of uppermost Cretaceous and Paleogene units on Seymour Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula PM Sadler Geological Society of America Memoirs 169, 303-320, 1988 | 259 | 1988 |
| Biological and inorganic factors in the destruction of limestone coasts J Schneider (No Title), 1976 | 215 | 1976 |
| On the labeling, length, and objective basis of Fischer plots PM Sadler, DA Osleger, IP Montanez Journal of Sedimentary Research 63 (3), 360-368, 1993 | 198 | 1993 |
| The influence of hiatuses on sediment accumulation rates PM Sadler GeoResearch Forum 5 (1), 15-40, 1999 | 188 | 1999 |
| High-resolution, early Paleozoic (Ordovician-Silurian) time scales PM Sadler, RA Cooper, M Melchin Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (5-6), 887-906, 2009 | 174 | 2009 |
| When and how did the terrestrial mid-Permian mass extinction occur? Evidence from the tetrapod record of the Karoo Basin, South Africa MO Day, J Ramezani, SA Bowring, PM Sadler, DH Erwin, F Abdala, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1811), 20150834, 2015 | 170 | 2015 |
| Estimation of completeness of stratigraphical sections using empirical data and theoretical models PM Sadler, DJ Strauss Journal of the Geological Society 147 (3), 471-485, 1990 | 154 | 1990 |
| Scaling laws for aggradation, denudation and progradation rates: the case for time-scale invariance at sediment sources and sinks PM Sadler, DJ Jerolmack Geological Society, London, Special Publications 404 (1), 69-88, 2015 | 149 | 2015 |
| The Ordovician Period D Goldman, PM Sadler, SA Leslie, MJ Melchin, FP Agterberg, ... Geologic time scale 2020, 631-694, 2020 | 148 | 2020 |
| Thinking outside the zone: high-resolution quantitative diatom biochronology for the Antarctic Neogene RD Cody, RH Levy, DM Harwood, PM Sadler Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 260 (1-2), 92-121, 2008 | 143 | 2008 |
| A new look at sedimentation rates and the completeness of the stratigraphic record MH Anders, SW Krueger, PM Sadler The Journal of Geology 95 (1), 1-14, 1987 | 128 | 1987 |
| Quantitative biostratigraphy—achieving finer resolution in global correlation PM Sadler Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 32 (1), 187-213, 2004 | 125 | 2004 |
| Graptoloid evolutionary rates track Ordovician–Silurian global climate change RA Cooper, PM Sadler, A Munnecke, JS Crampton Geological Magazine 151 (2), 349-364, 2014 | 112 | 2014 |
