| Weighing the deep continental biosphere S McMahon, J Parnell FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87 (1), 113-120, 2014 | 247 | 2014 |
| Estimating microbial growth and hydrogen consumption in hydrogen storage in porous media EM Thaysen, S McMahon, GJ Strobel, IB Butler, BT Ngwenya, ... Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 151, 111481, 2021 | 114 | 2021 |
| A field guide to finding fossils on Mars S McMahon, T Bosak, JP Grotzinger, RE Milliken, RE Summons, M Daye, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123 (5), 1012-1040, 2018 | 111 | 2018 |
| Experimental evidence that clay inhibits bacterial decomposers: implications for preservation of organic fossils S McMahon, RP Anderson, EE Saupe, DEG Briggs Geology 44 (10), 867-870, 2016 | 101 | 2016 |
| The role of experiments in investigating the taphonomy of exceptional preservation DEG Briggs, S McMahon Palaeontology 59 (1), 1-11, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Pumice as a remarkable substrate for the origin of life MD Brasier, R Matthewman, S McMahon, D Wacey Astrobiology 11 (7), 725-735, 2011 | 95 | 2011 |
| Earth's earliest and deepest purported fossils may be iron-mineralized chemical gardens S McMahon Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1916), 2019 | 63 | 2019 |
| The origin and occurrence of subaqueous sedimentary cracks S McMahon, A van Smeerdijk Hood, D McIlroy | 63 | 2017 |
| The ‘Tully monster’is a vertebrate VE McCoy, EE Saupe, JC Lamsdell, LG Tarhan, S McMahon, S Lidgard, ... Nature 532 (7600), 496-499, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
| Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites NJF Blamey, J Parnell, S McMahon, DF Mark, T Tomkinson, M Lee, ... Nature Communications 6 (1), 7399, 2015 | 53 | 2015 |
| Doushantuo-type microfossils from latest Ediacaran phosphorites of northern Mongolia RP Anderson, FA Macdonald, DS Jones, S McMahon, DEG Briggs Geology 45 (12), 1079-1082, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| Physical and chemical controls on habitats for life in the deep subsurface beneath continents and ice J Parnell, S McMahon Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| Reply: Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia AG Liu, S McMahon, JJ Matthews, JW Still, AT Brasier, D Marosi Geology 47 (8), e474, 2019 | 38* | 2019 |
| Petrological evidence supports the death mask model for the preservation of Ediacaran soft-bodied organisms in South Australia AG Liu, S McMahon, JJ Matthews, JW Still, AT Brasier Geology 47 (3), 215-218, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
| Palaeobiology of latest Ediacaran phosphorites from the upper Khesen Formation, Khuvsgul Group, northern Mongolia RP Anderson, S McMahon, FA Macdonald, DS Jones, DEG Briggs Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (6), 501-532, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Evidence for seismogenic hydrogen gas, a potential microbial energy source on Earth and Mars S McMahon, J Parnell, NJF Blamey Astrobiology 16 (9), 690-702, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| False biosignatures on Mars: anticipating ambiguity S McMahon, J Cosmidis Journal of the Geological Society 179 (2), jgs2021-050, 2022 | 34 | 2022 |
| The deep history of Earth's biomass S McMahon, J Parnell Journal of the Geological Society 175 (5), 716-720, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Toward sustainable space exploration: a roadmap for harnessing the power of microorganisms R Santomartino, NJH Averesch, M Bhuiyan, CS Cockell, J Colangelo, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 1391, 2023 | 25 | 2023 |
| Pumice from the∼ 3460 Ma Apex Basalt, Western Australia: A natural laboratory for the early biosphere MD Brasier, R Matthewman, S McMahon, MR Kilburn, D Wacey Precambrian Research 224, 1-10, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
Derek E.G. BriggsYale UniversityVerified email at yale.edu
