The evolution of the upper mantle beneath mid-ocean ridges

Plate Motions and Deep Mantle Convection

1972 • 817 citations

The general linear inverse problem: Implication of surface waves and free oscillations for Earth structure

1972 • 763 citations

Seismic Anisotropy of the Uppermost Mantle under Oceans

1964 • 755 citations

Some remarks on heat flow and gravity anomalies

1967 • 741 citations

The Implications of Terrestrial Heat Flow Observations on Current Tectonic and Geochemical Models of the Crust and Upper Mantle of the Earth

1970 • 735 citations

Elastic moduli, pressure derivatives, and temperature derivatives of single-crystal olivine and single-crystal forsterite

1969 • 721 citations

History of Ocean Basins

2015 • 707 citations

Finite amplitude convective cells and continental drift

1967 • 625 citations

Reykjanes ridge crest: A detailed geophysical study

1971 • 622 citations

Atlantic ocean floor: Geochemistry and petrology of basalts from legs 2 and 3 of the Deep-Sea Drilling Project

1974 • 542 citations

On the Thermal Balance of a Mid-Ocean Ridge

1972 • 528 citations

Continental Tectosphere

2015 • 520 citations

Thermal Model of Ocean Ridges

1973 • 516 citations

A pyroxene geotherm

1973 • 481 citations

The Early Structural Evolution and Anisotropy of the Oceanic Upper Mantle

1975 • 472 citations

Anisotropy of the Pacific upper mantle

1969 • 446 citations

Deep earthquake zones, anomalous structures in the upper mantle, and the lithosphere

1967 • 430 citations

Sea-Floor Spreading and the Cenozoic History of the East-Central Pacific

1972 • 408 citations

V. Petrogenesis and discussion

1971 • 394 citations

Fundamentals of ridge crest topography

1974 • 383 citations

Lateral variations of attenuation in the upper mantle and discontinuities in the lithosphere

1969 • 375 citations

New analysis of attenuation in partially melted rock

1969 • 357 citations

The earth’s crust and upper mantle

1970 • 345 citations

Velocity anisotropy and delay-time maps of the mantle near Hawaii

1969 • 325 citations

The Galapagos Spreading Centre: Lithospheric Cooling and Hydrothermal Circulation

1974 • 322 citations

Crustal structure of the mid-ocean ridges: 5. Heat flow through the Atlantic Ocean floor and convection currents

1966 • 309 citations

An igneous plagioclase thermometer

1970 • 260 citations

The anelasticity of the Earth

1964 • 246 citations

Convection and the large-scale circulation of the mantle

1973 • 246 citations

An Earth Model based on free oscillations and body waves

1976 • 243 citations

Sensitivity of heat flow and gravity to the mechanism of sea-floor spreading

1969 • 241 citations

Variations of Upper Mantle Structure under the Pacific Ocean

1974 • 232 citations

The effect of temperature and partial melting on velocity and attenuation in a Simple Binary System

1968 • 228 citations

Earth Structure from Free Oscillations and Travel Times

1974 • 226 citations

Mineralogy of peridotitic compositions under upper mantle conditions

1970 • 214 citations

Segregation of Magma from a Mostly Crystalline Mush

1974 • 208 citations

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

1975 • 199 citations

Comparison of long-wavelength residual elevation and free air gravity anomalies in the North Atlantic and possible implications for the thickness of the lithospheric plate

1975 • 198 citations

Mesozoic Sea-Floor Spreading in the North Pacific

2011 • 191 citations

On Regional Differences in Dispersion of Mantle Rayleigh Waves

1971 • 169 citations

Role of water in magma generation and initiation of diapiric uprise in the mantle

1971 • 160 citations

Oceanic lithosphere and asthenosphere: Thermal and mechanical structure

1976 • 151 citations

Lateral heterogeneity of the upper mantle determined from the travel times ofScS

1975 • 151 citations

Compressional and shear wave velocities in granulite facies rocks and eclogites to 10 kbar

1974 • 150 citations

On the reliability of oceanic heat flow averages

1976 • 149 citations

Phase equilibria and elastic properties of a pyrolite model for the oceanic upper mantle

1976 • 146 citations

Thermal expansion at high pressures

1968 • 142 citations

Geophysical tests of petrological models of the spreading lithosphere

1971 • 141 citations

Pyroxene geotherms

1975 • 138 citations

Melting Interval of Peridotite with 5.7 per Cent Water to 30 Kilobars

1974 • 131 citations

Ptravel times for an oceanic path

1970 • 121 citations

Thermal model of oceanic lithosphere

1975 • 119 citations

Density and Composition of the Upper Mantle: First Approximation as an Olivine Layer

2011 • 118 citations

Regionalized Earth models

1970 • 111 citations

Magmatic activity as the major process in the chemical evolution of the earth's crust and mantle

1972 • 109 citations

UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE NORTH PACIFIC AND THE MARGINAL SEAS

1973 • 109 citations

Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocities in the Atlantic Ocean

1974 • 108 citations

Variations of Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocities across the Pacific Ocean

1974 • 108 citations

Shear wave attenuation and melting beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1973 • 106 citations

Sheared Iherzolites: From the point of view of rock mechanics

1975 • 105 citations

A Measurement of Seismic Anistropy in the Northeast Pacific

1971 • 103 citations

Refinement of the Kudo-Weill plagioclase thermometer and its application to basaltic rocks

1973 • 102 citations

Contrasted melting relations in a pyrolite upper mantle under mid-oceanic ridge, stable crust and island arc environments

1973 • 102 citations

Lithospheric thickness in the western Pacific

1975 • 99 citations

Pyroxenes in the system Mg2Si2O6-CaMgSi2O6 at high pressure

1975 • 96 citations

Mantle anisotropy in the Pacific Ocean

1971 • 96 citations

Lateral heterogeneity of the upper mantle determined from the travel times of multipleScS

1976 • 93 citations

Ocean-floor heat flow and the circulation of interstitial waters

1972 • 88 citations

LAVA TEMPERATURES IN THE 1959 KILAUEA ERUPTION AND COOLING LAKE

1961 • 86 citations

Elastic properties of eclogite xenoliths from diatremes of the East Colorado Plateau and their implication to the upper mantle structure

1971 • 85 citations

Numerical experiments on the thickening plate model.

1975 • 82 citations

Petroleum and Global Tectonics

1975 • 82 citations

A study of lateral inhomogeneities in the upper mantle by multiple Scs travel‐time residuals

1975 • 80 citations

Seismic Constraints on Ocean-Ridge Mantle Structure: Anomalous Fault-Plane Solutions from First Motions

1974 • 70 citations

S_nvelocities and the composition of the lithosphere in the regionalized Atlantic

1973 • 68 citations

Thermal aspects of sea-floor spreading and the nature of the oceanic crust

1973 • 63 citations

Petrological models of the oceanic lithosphere: Geophysical and geochemical tests

1974 • 62 citations

Thermal Structure of the Lithosphere: A Petrologic Model

1974 • 60 citations

Temperatures and compositions of magmas ascending along mid-ocean ridges

1973 • 59 citations

A new method for the analysis of multi-mode surface-wave dispersion: Application to Love-wave propagation in the east Pacific

1975 • 59 citations

Analytical approach to estimating the source rock of basaltic magmas: Major elements

1973 • 58 citations

Depth versus (age)1/2: A perspective on mid-ocean rises

1975 • 57 citations

Structure of the Crust and Upper Mantle in the Iberian Shield by Means of a Long Period Triangular Array

1970 • 49 citations

Teleseismic P-wave Delay Time in Iceland

1970 • 47 citations

Oceanic mantle phases recorded on seismographs in the Northwestern Pacific at distances between 7° and 40°

1972 • 47 citations

Model relating heat-flow values near, and vertical velocities of mass transport beneath, oceanic rises

1971 • 42 citations

Shear wave anisotropy in the upper mantle of the Pacific Basin

1976 • 41 citations

Thermal aspects of sea-floor spreading, and the nature of the suboceanic lithosphere

1974 • 33 citations

Melting relations of some oceanic basalts

1972 • 28 citations

An Earth model consistent with free oscillation and surface wave data

1972 • 24 citations

On heat flow singularities over mid-ocean ridges

1975 • 24 citations

Teleseismic S travel-time delay for Mid-Atlantic ridge earthquakes

1974 • 17 citations

Preferred Mineral Orientation by Recrystallization under non-Hydrostatic Stress and Geotectonic Stress in the Upper Mantle

2010 • 16 citations

Heat Flow and Vertical Movements of the Crust

1975 • 16 citations

Density Modelling by Monte Carlo Inversion--II Comparison of Recent Earth Models

1972 • 13 citations

On the composition of the oceanic lithosphere

1976 • 7 citations

Anisotropy of the upper mantle of the Pacific Basin

1975 • 5 citations