Observations of flexure and the rheology of the oceanic lithosphere

An analysis of the variation of ocean floor bathymetry and heat flow with age

1977 • 2,778 citations

Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments

1980 • 1,763 citations

Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics

1979 • 880 citations

Flexural rigidity, thickness, and viscosity of the lithosphere

1970 • 586 citations

An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans 1. Hawaiian‐Emperor Seamount Chain

1978 • 557 citations

On the rheology of the upper mantle

1973 • 526 citations

Double-planed structure of the deep seismic zone in the northeastern Japan arc

1978 • 435 citations

Island subsidence, hot spots, and lithospheric thinning

1978 • 430 citations

The mechanisms of creep in olivine

1978 • 410 citations

Gravity Anomalies Seaward of Deep-Sea Trenches and their Tectonic Implications

1974 • 402 citations

The relationship between bathymetry and gravity in the Atlantic Ocean

1976 • 380 citations

Low-stress high-temperature creep in olivine single crystals

1974 • 379 citations

Tertiary Pacific Plate Motion Deduced from the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain

1973 • 303 citations

High Temperature Creep of Rock and Mantle Viscosity

1975 • 290 citations

Earthquakes and bending of plates at trenches

1979 • 289 citations

Micromechanisms of flow and fracture, and their relevance to the rheology of the upper mantle

1978 • 283 citations

The Kuril Trench - Hokkaido Rise System: Large Shallow Earthquakes and Simple Models of Deformation

1971 • 280 citations

Gravity Anomalies and Flexure of the Lithosphere along the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain

1974 • 278 citations

High-temperature creep of Mt. Burnet Dunite

1977 • 266 citations

Observations of flexure and the state of stress in the oceanic lithosphere

1980 • 264 citations

Observations of flexure and the geological evolution of the Pacific Ocean basin

1980 • 259 citations

Magma Supply Rate at Kilauea Volcano, 1952-1971

1972 • 242 citations

Past Sea Levels, Eustasy and Deformation of the Earth

1972 • 235 citations

On the applicability of a universal elastic trench profile

1976 • 232 citations

Lithospheric flexure and uplifted atolls

1978 • 231 citations

Regionality of group velocities of Rayleigh waves in the Pacific and thickening of the plate

1975 • 199 citations

The evolution of the upper mantle beneath mid-ocean ridges

1977 • 186 citations

A double Benioff Zone beneath the central Aleutians: An unbending of the lithosphere

1977 • 183 citations

Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere: A three-dimensional study of the Great Meteor Seamount, northeast Atlantic

1975 • 158 citations

An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 2. Midocean ridge crests

1979 • 158 citations

On the elastic-perfectly plastic bending of the lithosphere under generalized loading with application to the Kuril Trench

1978 • 138 citations

Relationship between subsidence and volcanic load, Hawaii

1970 • 125 citations

An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 3. Aseismic ridges

1979 • 120 citations

The strength of the earth's crust

2007 • 119 citations

Compensation of oceanic topography: An Application of the Response Function Technique to the Surveyor area

1979 • 117 citations

Potassium-Argon Ages of Lavas from the Hawi and Pololu Volcanic Series, Kohala Volcano, Hawaii

1972 • 116 citations

Is the oceanic lithosphere elastic or viscous?

1977 • 105 citations

Laboratory observations of high-temperature rheology of rocks

1972 • 101 citations

Lithospheric thickness in the western Pacific

1975 • 99 citations

On lithospheric flexure seaward of the Bonin and Mariana trenches

1979 • 95 citations

On the response of the ocean lithosphere to sea-mount loads from Geos 3 satellite radar altimeter observations

1980 • 76 citations

Numerical and approximate solutions for lithospheric thickening and thinning

1976 • 53 citations

A detailed study of two earthquakes seaward of the Tonga Trench: Implications for mechanical behavior of the oceanic lithosphere

1978 • 48 citations

Some new evidence on lithospheric bulges close to island arcs

1975 • 48 citations

A convective heat transfer model for lithospheric thinning and crustal uplift

1979 • 46 citations

Age of the Gauss-Matuyama boundary and of the Kaena and Mammoth events

1972 • 33 citations

A quantitative study of the lithosphere and gravity anomalies along the atlantic coast

1944 • 29 citations

Seismic velocity, attenuation and rheology of the upper mantle

1980 • 26 citations

The Strength of the Earth's Crust

1914 • 21 citations

Changes in the crust and upper mantle near the Japan‐Bonin Trench

1980 • 18 citations

The rise of sea level in contemporary times at Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii

1966 • 17 citations

Earth deformation in response to surface loading : application to the formation of the Hawaiian ridge

1977 • 10 citations