| Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope D Brownlee, P Tsou, J Aléon, CMOD Alexander, T Araki, S Bajt, ... science 314 (5806), 1711-1716, 2006 | 983 | 2006 |
| Isotopic compositions of cometary matter returned by Stardust KD McKeegan, J Aléon, J Bradley, D Brownlee, H Busemann, ... Science 314 (5806), 1724-1728, 2006 | 421 | 2006 |
| Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites T Yokoyama, K Nagashima, I Nakai, ED Young, Y Abe, J Aléon, ... Science 379 (6634), eabn7850, 2022 | 186 | 2022 |
| Isotopic records in CM hibonites: Implications for timescales of mixing of isotope reservoirs in the solar nebula MC Liu, KD McKeegan, JN Goswami, KK Marhas, S Sahijpal, TR Ireland, ... Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (17), 5051-5079, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample M Ito, N Tomioka, M Uesugi, A Yamaguchi, N Shirai, T Ohigashi, MC Liu, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (10), 1163-1171, 2022 | 88 | 2022 |
| Origin and significance of Si and O isotope heterogeneities in Phanerozoic, Archean, and Hadean zircon D Trail, P Boehnke, PS Savage, MC Liu, ML Miller, I Bindeman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (41), 10287-10292, 2018 | 66 | 2018 |
| A heterogeneous solar nebula as sampled by CM hibonite grains MC Liu, M Chaussidon, C Göpel, T Lee Earth and Planetary Science Letters 327, 75-83, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| Quantification of oxygen isotope SIMS matrix effects in olivine samples: Correlation with sputter rate J Isa, IE Kohl, MC Liu, JT Wasson, ED Young, KD McKeegan Chemical Geology 458, 14-21, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System T Hopp, N Dauphas, Y Abe, J Aléon, CM O’D. Alexander, S Amari, ... Science advances 8 (46), eadd8141, 2022 | 44 | 2022 |
| A lower initial abundance of short-lived 41Ca in the early solar system and its implications for solar system formation MC Liu, M Chaussidon, G Srinivasan, KD McKeegan The Astrophysical Journal 761 (2), 137, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| Large and robust lenticular microorganisms on the young Earth DZ Oehler, MM Walsh, K Sugitani, MC Liu, CH House Precambrian Research 296, 112-119, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| The Hyperion-II radio-frequency oxygen ion source on the UCLA ims1290 ion microprobe: Beam characterization and applications in geochemistry and cosmochemistry MC Liu, KD McKeegan, TM Harrison, G Jarzebinski, L Vltava International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 424, 1-9, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Lithium–Beryllium–Boron isotopic compositions in meteoritic hibonite: Implications for origin of 10Be and early Solar System irradiation MC Liu, LR Nittler, CMOD Alexander, T Lee The Astrophysical Journal Letters 719 (1), L99, 2010 | 37 | 2010 |
| Early fluid activity on Ryugu inferred by isotopic analyses of carbonates and magnetite KA McCain, N Matsuda, MC Liu, KD McKeegan, A Yamaguchi, M Kimura, ... Nature Astronomy 7 (3), 309-317, 2023 | 35 | 2023 |
| Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2 N Kawasaki, K Nagashima, N Sakamoto, T Matsumoto, K Bajo, S Wada, ... Science advances 8 (50), eade2067, 2022 | 34 | 2022 |
| Aluminum-26 chronology of dust coagulation and early solar system evolution MC Liu, J Han, AJ Brearley, AT Hertwig Science Advances 5 (9), eaaw3350, 2019 | 33 | 2019 |
| Oxygen isotope evidence from Ryugu samples for early water delivery to Earth by CI chondrites RC Greenwood, IA Franchi, R Findlay, JA Malley, M Ito, A Yamaguchi, ... Nature Astronomy 7 (1), 29-38, 2023 | 30 | 2023 |
| Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis M Paquet, F Moynier, T Yokoyama, W Dai, Y Hu, Y Abe, J Aléon, ... Nature astronomy 7 (2), 182-189, 2023 | 27 | 2023 |
| Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu MC Liu, KA McCain, N Matsuda, A Yamaguchi, M Kimura, N Tomioka, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (10), 1172-1177, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| In situ isotopic studies of the U-depleted Allende CAI Curious Marie: Pre-accretionary alteration and the co-existence of 26Al and 36Cl in the early solar nebula H Tang, MC Liu, KD McKeegan, FLH Tissot, N Dauphas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 207, 1-18, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
