| Chronology of expansion and contraction of four Great Basin lake systems during the past 35,000 years LV Benson, DR Currey, RI Dorn, KR Lajoie, CG Oviatt, SW Robinson, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 78 (3-4), 241-286, 1990 | 456 | 1990 |
| Rock varnish RI Dorn, TM Oberlander Progress in Physical Geography 6 (3), 317-367, 1982 | 387* | 1982 |
| Microbial origin of desert varnish RI Dorn, TM Oberlander Science 213 (4513), 1245-1247, 1981 | 342 | 1981 |
| Rock coatings RI Dorn Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 1-14, 70-97, 2013 | 303 | 2013 |
| Role of in situ cosmogenic nuclides 10be and 26al in the study of diverse geomorphic processes K Nishiizumi, CP Kohl, JR Arnold, R Dorn, I Klein, D Fink, R Middleton, ... Earth surface processes and landforms 18 (5), 407-425, 1993 | 254 | 1993 |
| Cation-ratio dating: A new rock varnish age-determination technique RI Dorn Quaternary Research 20 (1), 49-73, 1983 | 213 | 1983 |
| Cosmogenic chlorine-36 production rates in terrestrial rocks MG Zreda, FM Phillips, D Elmore, PW Kubik, P Sharma, RI Dorn Earth and Planetary Science Letters 105 (1-3), 94-109, 1991 | 196 | 1991 |
| Direct measurement of the combined effects of lichen, rainfall, and temperature onsilicate weathering PV Brady, RI Dorn, AJ Brazel, J Clark, RB Moore, T Glidewell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63 (19-20), 3293-3300, 1999 | 137 | 1999 |
| A new conceptual model for understanding geographical variations in weathering GA Pope, RI Dorn, JC Dixon Annals of the Association of American Geographers 85 (1), 38-64, 1995 | 137 | 1995 |
| Age and geomorphic history of Meteor Crater, Arizona, from cosmogenic 36Cl and 14C in rock varnish FM Phillips, MG Zreda, SS Smith, D Elmore, PW Kubik, RI Dorn, DJ Roddy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55 (9), 2695-2698, 1991 | 125 | 1991 |
| A rock varnish interpretation of alluvial-fan development in Death Valley, California RI Dorn National Geographic Research 4 (1), 56-73, 1988 | 122 | 1988 |
| Sally's Rockshelter and the Archaeology of the Vision Quest DS Whitley, RI Dorn, JM Simon, R Rechtman, TK Whitley Cambridge Archaeological Journal 9 (2), 221-247, 1999 | 118 | 1999 |
| The role of climatic change in alluvial fan development RI Dorn Geomorphology of desert environments, 593-615, 1994 | 118 | 1994 |
| Accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating of rock varnish RI Dorn, AJT Jull, DJ Donahue, TW Linick, LJ Toolin Geological Society of America Bulletin 101 (11), 1363-1372, 1989 | 113 | 1989 |
| Constraining the age of the Côa valley (Portugal) engravings with radiocarbon dating RI Dorn Antiquity 71 (271), 105-115, 1997 | 111 | 1997 |
| Understanding the spatial variability of environmental change in drylands with rock varnish microlaminations T Liu, RI Dorn Annals of the Association of American Geographers 86 (2), 187-212, 1996 | 104 | 1996 |
| Cation-ratio and accelerator radiocarbon dating of rock varnish on Mojave artifacts and landforms RI Dorn, DB Bamforth, TA Cahill, JC Dohrenwend, BD Turrin, ... Science 231 (4740), 830-833, 1986 | 104 | 1986 |
| Age determinations for rock varnish formations within petroglyphs: cation-ratio dating of 24 motifs from the Olary Region, South Australia MF Nobbs, RI Dorn Rock Art Research 5 (2), 108-126 133-137 139, 1988 | 103 | 1988 |
| New perspectives on the Clovis vs. pre-Clovis controversy DS Whitley, RI Dorn American Antiquity 58 (4), 626-647, 1993 | 99 | 1993 |
| New approach to the radiocarbon dating of rock varnish, with examples from drylands RI Dorn, PB Clarkson, MF Nobbs, LL Loendorf, DS Whitley Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82 (1), 136-151, 1992 | 93 | 1992 |
