| Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction? AL Melott, BS Lieberman, CM Laird, LD Martin, MV Medvedev, ... International Journal of Astrobiology 3 (1), 55-61, 2004 | 250 | 2004 |
| Gamma-ray bursts and the Earth: Exploration of atmospheric, biological, climatic, and biogeochemical effects BC Thomas, AL Melott, CH Jackman, CM Laird, MV Medvedev, ... The Astrophysical Journal 634 (1), 509, 2005 | 157 | 2005 |
| Astrophysical ionizing radiation and Earth: a brief review and census of intermittent intense sources AL Melott, BC Thomas Astrobiology 11 (4), 343-361, 2011 | 118 | 2011 |
| Causes of an ad 774–775 14C increase AL Melott, BC Thomas Nature 491 (7426), E1-E2, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| Extraordinary biomass-burning episode and impact winter triggered by the Younger Dryas cosmic impact∼ 12,800 years ago. 1. Ice cores and glaciers WS Wolbach, JP Ballard, PA Mayewski, V Adedeji, TE Bunch, ... The Journal of Geology 126 (2), 165-184, 2018 | 83 | 2018 |
| Extraordinary biomass-burning episode and impact winter triggered by the Younger Dryas cosmic impact∼ 12,800 years ago. 2. Lake, marine, and terrestrial sediments WS Wolbach, JP Ballard, PA Mayewski, AC Parnell, N Cahill, V Adedeji, ... The Journal of Geology 126 (2), 185-205, 2018 | 80 | 2018 |
| Terrestrial effects of possible astrophysical sources of an AD 774‐775 increase in 14C production BC Thomas, AL Melott, KR Arkenberg, BR Snyder Geophysical research letters 40 (6), 1237-1240, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
| Terrestrial ozone depletion due to a Milky Way gamma-ray burst BC Thomas, CH Jackman, AL Melott, CM Laird, RS Stolarski, N Gehrels, ... The Astrophysical Journal 622 (2), L153, 2005 | 73 | 2005 |
| Late Ordovician geographic patterns of extinction compared with simulations of astrophysical ionizing radiation damage AL Melott, BC Thomas Paleobiology 35 (3), 311-320, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| A supernova at 50 pc: effects on the Earth's atmosphere and biota AL Melott, BC Thomas, M Kachelriess, DV Semikoz, AC Overholt The Astrophysical Journal 840 (2), 105, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| Supernova triggers for end-Devonian extinctions BD Fields, AL Melott, J Ellis, AF Ertel, BJ Fry, BS Lieberman, Z Liu, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (35), 21008-21010, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Terrestrial consequences of spectral and temporal variability in ionizing photon events LM Ejzak, AL Melott, MV Medvedev, BC Thomas The Astrophysical Journal 654 (1), 373, 2007 | 62 | 2007 |
| Modeling atmospheric effects of the September 1859 solar flare BC Thomas, CH Jackman, AL Melott Geophysical research letters 34 (6), 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| Terrestrial effects of nearby supernovae in the early Pleistocene BC Thomas, EE Engler, M Kachelrieß, AL Melott, AC Overholt, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 826 (1), L3, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Cometary airbursts and atmospheric chemistry: Tunguska and a candidate Younger Dryas event AL Melott, BC Thomas, G Dreschhoff, CK Johnson Geology 38 (4), 355-358, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Climatic and biogeochemical effects of a galactic gamma ray burst AL Melott, BC Thomas, DP Hogan, LM Ejzak, CH Jackman Geophysical research letters 32 (14), 2005 | 41 | 2005 |
| Solar irradiance changes and phytoplankton productivity in Earth's ocean following astrophysical ionizing radiation events PJ Neale, BC Thomas Astrobiology 16 (4), 245-258, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| From cosmic explosions to terrestrial fires? AL Melott, BC Thomas The Journal of Geology 127 (4), 475-481, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Inhibition by ultraviolet and photosynthetically available radiation lowers model estimates of depth‐integrated picophytoplankton photosynthesis: global predictions for … PJ Neale, BC Thomas Global change biology 23 (1), 293-306, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Photobiological effects at Earth's surface following a 50 pc supernova BC Thomas Astrobiology 18 (5), 481-490, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
Adrian MelottEmeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of KansasVerified email at ku.edu
