| Flood basalts and hot-spot tracks: plume heads and tails MA Richards, RA Duncan, VE Courtillot Science 246 (4926), 103-107, 1989 | 1528 | 1989 |
| Structure and evolution of the Himalaya–Tibet orogenic belt CJ Allegre, V Courtillot, P Tapponnier, A Hirn, M Mattauer, C Coulon, ... Nature 307 (5946), 17-22, 1984 | 1405 | 1984 |
| Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle V Courtillot, A Davaille, J Besse, J Stock Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205 (3-4), 295-308, 2003 | 1331 | 2003 |
| Apparent and true polar wander and the geometry of the geomagnetic field over the last 200 Myr J Besse, V Courtillot Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 107 (B11), EPM 6-1-EPM 6-31, 2002 | 1148 | 2002 |
| On the ages of flood basalt events VE Courtillot, PR Renne Comptes Rendus Geoscience 335 (1), 113-140, 2003 | 950 | 2003 |
| On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup V Courtillot, C Jaupart, I Manighetti, P Tapponnier, J Besse Earth and Planetary Science Letters 166 (3-4), 177-195, 1999 | 939 | 1999 |
| Revised and synthetic apparent polar wander paths of the African, Eurasian, North American and Indian plates, and true polar wander since 200 Ma J Besse, V Courtillot Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 96 (B3), 4029-4050, 1991 | 878 | 1991 |
| Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary? V Courtillot, J Besse, D Vandamme, R Montigny, JJ Jaeger, H Cappetta Earth and Planetary Science Letters 80 (3-4), 361-374, 1986 | 822 | 1986 |
| Timing of the Ethiopian flood basalt event and implications for plume birth and global change C Hofmann, V Courtillot, G Feraud, P Rochette, G Yirgu, E Ketefo, R Pik Nature 389 (6653), 838-841, 1997 | 786 | 1997 |
| Paleomagnetic constraints on the geodynamic history of the major blocks of China from the Permian to the present RJ Enkin, Z Yang, Y Chen, V Courtillot Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 97 (B10), 13953-13989, 1992 | 781 | 1992 |
| Deccan flood basalts and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary V Courtillot, G Feraud, H Maluski, D Vandamme, MG Moreau, J Besse Nature 333 (6176), 843-846, 1988 | 652 | 1988 |
| Paleontological view of the ages of the Deccan Traps, the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, and the India-Asia collision JJ Jaeger, V Courtillot, P Tapponnier Geology 17 (4), 316-319, 1989 | 446 | 1989 |
| Tectonic evolution of the Tancheng‐Lujiang (Tan‐Lu) fault via middle Triassic to Early Cenozoic paleomagnetic data SA Gilder, PH Leloup, V Courtillot, Y Chen, RS Coe, X Zhao, W Xiao, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 104 (B7), 15365-15390, 1999 | 434 | 1999 |
| Evolutionary catastrophes: the science of mass extinction V Courtillot, V Courtillot Cambridge University Press, 2002 | 415 | 2002 |
| Paleogeographic maps of the continents bordering the Indian Ocean since the Early Jurassic J Besse, V Courtillot Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B10), 11791-11808, 1988 | 401 | 1988 |
| 40K–40Ar dating of the Main Deccan large igneous province: Further evidence of KTB age and short duration AL Chenet, X Quidelleur, F Fluteau, V Courtillot, S Bajpai Earth and Planetary Science Letters 263 (1-2), 1-15, 2007 | 372 | 2007 |
| Palaeomagnetic estimates of crustal shortening in the Himalayan thrusts and Zangbo suture J Besse, V Courtillot, JP Pozzi, M Westphal, YX Zhou Nature 311 (5987), 621-626, 1984 | 362 | 1984 |
| Paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of southern Tibet since middle Cretaceous time: New paleomagnetic data and synthesis J Achache, V Courtillot, ZY Xiu Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 89 (B12), 10311-10339, 1984 | 325 | 1984 |
| 40Ar/39Ar dating of mineral separates and whole rocks from the Western Ghats lava pile: further constraints on duration and age of the Deccan traps C Hofmann, G Feraud, V Courtillot Earth and Planetary Science Letters 180 (1-2), 13-27, 2000 | 320 | 2000 |
| Magnetic field reversals, polar wander, and core-mantle coupling V Courtillot, J Besse Science 237 (4819), 1140-1147, 1987 | 310 | 1987 |
