| Chemical diversity of abyssal volcanic glass erupted along Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean sea‐floor spreading centers WG Melson, TL Vallier, TL Wright, G Byerly, J Nelen The geophysics of the Pacific Ocean basin and its margin 19, 351-367, 1976 | 372 | 1976 |
| Volcanism and metamorphism in the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, 22° N latitude WG Melson, G Thompson, TH van Andel Journal of Geophysical Research 73 (18), 5925-5941, 1968 | 287 | 1968 |
| Volcanic glass compositions of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus PT Robinson, WG Melson, T O'Hearn, HU Schmincke Geology 11 (7), 400-404, 1983 | 241 | 1983 |
| Metamorphism in the mid-Atlantic ridge, 22 N latitude WG Melson, TH van Andel Marine geology 4 (3), 165-186, 1966 | 198 | 1966 |
| Petrology of a transform fault zone and adjacent ridge segments WG Melson, G Thompson Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A …, 1971 | 189 | 1971 |
| Rhyodacites, andesites, ferro-basalts and ocean tholeiites from the Galapagos spreading center GR Byerly, WG Melson, PR Vogt Earth and Planetary Science Letters 30 (2), 215-221, 1976 | 172 | 1976 |
| St. Paul’s Rocks, equatorial Atlantic: Petrogenesis, radiometric ages, and implications on sea-floor spreading WG Melson, SR Hart, G Thompson Geological Society of America Memoirs 132, 241-272, 1972 | 169 | 1972 |
| Nuees ardentes of the 1968 eruption of Mayon volcano, Philippines JG Moore, WG Melson Bulletin Volcanologique 33, 600-620, 1969 | 168 | 1969 |
| Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic and REE geochemistry of St. Paul's Rocks: the metamorphic and metasomatic development of an alkali basalt mantle source MK Roden, SR Hart, FA Frey, WG Melson Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 85, 376-390, 1984 | 162 | 1984 |
| The petrology of oceanic crust across fracture zones in the Atlantic Ocean: Evidence of a new kind of sea-floor spreading G Thompson, WG Melson The Journal of Geology 80 (5), 526-538, 1972 | 148 | 1972 |
| MORB generation beneath the ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9–25 E): Major element chemistry and the importance of process versus source JJ Standish, HJB Dick, PJ Michael, WG Melson, T O'Hearn Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9 (5), 2008 | 145 | 2008 |
| A catalog of the major element chemistry of abyssal volcanic glasses WG Melson, GR Byerly, JA Nelen, T O'Hearn, TL Wright, T Vallier Smithsonian Contrib. Earth Sci 19, 31-60, 1977 | 142 | 1977 |
| Glassy abyssal basalts, Atlantic sea floor near St. Paul's Rocks: Petrography and composition of secondary clay minerals WG Melson, G Thompson Geological Society of America Bulletin 84 (2), 703-716, 1973 | 140 | 1973 |
| Explosive activity associated with the growth of volcanic domes CG Newhall, WG Melson Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 17 (1-4), 111-131, 1983 | 136 | 1983 |
| Boron contents of serpentinites and metabasalts in the oceanic crust: implications for the boron cycle in the oceans G Thompson, WG Melson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 8 (1), 61-65, 1970 | 129 | 1970 |
| Ejecta velocities, magma chamber pressure and kinetic energy associated with the 1968 eruption of Arenal volcano RF Fudali, WG Melson Bulletin Volcanologique 35, 383-401, 1971 | 123 | 1971 |
| The volatile content of magmas from Arenal volcano, Costa Rica JA Wade, T Plank, WG Melson, GJ Soto, EH Hauri Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 157 (1-3), 94-120, 2006 | 121 | 2006 |
| Axial processes along a segment of the East Pacific Rise, 10–12 N G Thompson, WB Bryan, R Ballard, K Hamuro, WG Melson Nature 318 (6045), 429-433, 1985 | 111 | 1985 |
| St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks: a high-temperature, mantle-derived intrusion WG Melson, E Jarosewich, VT Bowen, G Thompson Science 155 (3769), 1532-1535, 1967 | 111 | 1967 |
| Volume, energy and cyclicity of eruptions of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica WG Melson, R Saenz Bulletin Volcanologique 37, 416-437, 1973 | 98 | 1973 |
