A tectonic model for ridge-transform-ridge plate boundaries: Implications for the structure of oceanic lithosphere

A New Class of Faults and their Bearing on Continental Drift

1965 • 1,296 citations

Similarities between Shear Zones of Different Magnitudes

1970 • 1,092 citations

Basic Wrench Tectonics

1973 • 1,067 citations

Mechanism of earthquakes and nature of faulting on the mid-oceanic ridges

1967 • 697 citations

Thermal Model of Ocean Ridges

1973 • 516 citations

Formation of oceanic crust: Some thermal constraints

1975 • 410 citations

World seismicity maps compiled from ESSA, Coast and Geodetic Survey, epicenter data, 1961-1967

1969 • 405 citations

Structural Analysis of the Dasht-e Bayaz (Iran) Earthquake Fractures

1970 • 374 citations

Oceanic spreading rate and crustal thickness

1981 • 319 citations

Tectonics of ridge-transform intersections at the Kane fracture zone

1983 • 318 citations

Changes in Direction of Sea Floor Spreading

1968 • 316 citations

Northern East Pacific Rise: Magnetic anomaly and bathymetric framework

1982 • 314 citations

Diversity and origin of abyssal tholeiite from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 24� and 30� North latitude

1969 • 238 citations

Northern East Pacific Rise: Evolution from 25 m.y. B.P. to the present

1982 • 235 citations

Vertical tectonism in oceanic fracture zones

1978 • 230 citations

Deep-tow studies of the structure of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge crest near lat 37°N

1977 • 221 citations

Overlapping spreading centres: new accretion geometry on the East Pacific Rise

1983 • 214 citations

Nazca Plate: Crustal Formation and Andean Convergence

1981 • 212 citations

Sections of the Earth's crust in the equatorial Atlantic

1976 • 191 citations

The crustal structure of the kane fracture zone from seismic refraction studies

1980 • 182 citations

Serpentinite protrusions in the oceanic crust

1976 • 180 citations

Petrogenesis of Basalt Glasses from the Tamayo Region, East Pacific Rise

1984 • 179 citations

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge Near 45 °N. XVI. Serpentinized Ultramafic Intrusions

1971 • 176 citations

Origin of Fracture Zone Topography

1969 • 170 citations

Serpentinization faults and their role in the tectonics of slow spreading ridges

1981 • 166 citations

Composition and origin of serpentinites from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 24� and 30� North Latitude

1969 • 166 citations

Sonar studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Kurchatov Fracture Zone

1977 • 164 citations

Petrology of a transform fault zone and adjacent ridge segments

1971 • 160 citations

Topography and tectonics at the intersections of fracture zones with central rifts

1970 • 156 citations

The geochemistry of oceanic basalts in the vicinity of transform faults: Observations and implications

1984 • 153 citations

Transform Fault and Rift Valley from Bathyscaph and Diving Saucer

1975 • 142 citations

Tectonic fabric of the Atlantic and Indian oceans and continental drift

1965 • 139 citations

Some characteristics of the Rift Valley in the Atlantic Ocean near 36° 48′ north

1974 • 138 citations

Coastal Complex, western Newfoundland: An Early Ordovician oceanic fracture zone

1978 • 135 citations

Zero-offset fracture zones

1980 • 124 citations

The Vema fracture zone and the tectonics of transverse shear zones in oceanic crustal plates

1971 • 122 citations

The memory of the accreting plate boundary and the continuity of fracture zones

1982 • 122 citations

Multiple, closely spaced transform faults in fast-slipping fracture zones

1983 • 121 citations

Chain and romanche fracture zones

1964 • 114 citations

Gravity and Magnetic Investigations in the Guiana Basin, Western Equatorial Atlantic

1973 • 113 citations

The Oceanographer fracture zone -- I. Crustal structure from seismic refraction studies

1983 • 112 citations

Ultramafic and mafic rocks from the Garret Transform Fault near 13°30′S on the East Pacific Rise: Igneous petrology

1983 • 108 citations

The geology of the Oceanographer Transform: The ridge-transform intersection

1984 • 104 citations

Selenium pollution of lakes near the smelters at Sudbury, Ontario

1983 • 103 citations

The geology of the oceanographer fracture zone: A model for fracture zones

1976 • 103 citations

Geologic Investigations in the Cayman Trough: Evidence for Thin Oceanic Crust along the Mid-Cayman Rise

1981 • 90 citations

Crustal structure and isostatic compensation near the Kane fracture zone from topography and gravity measurements--I. Spectral analysis approach

1982 • 87 citations

Equatorial mid-atlantic ridge: petrologic and Sr isotopic evidence for an alpine-type rock assemblage

1970 • 85 citations

Deep tow studies of the Tamayo transform fault

1979 • 85 citations

Evolution of oceanic crust: 3. Petrology and chemistry of basalts from the East Pacific Rise and the Siqueiros Transform Fault

1977 • 83 citations

Seismic constraints on the crustal structure within the Vema Fracture Zone

1982 • 81 citations

Oceanic fracture zones do not provide deep sections in the crust

1976 • 80 citations

The active part of Charlie‐Gibbs Fracture Zone: A study using sonar and other geophysical techniques

1981 • 75 citations

Geological and geophysical investigation of the Midcayman Rise Spreading Center: Initial results and observations

1979 • 73 citations

Near-Bottom Reconnaissance of a Fast-Slipping Transform Fault Zone at the Pacific-Nazca Plate Boundary

1978 • 73 citations

The intersection of the Siqueiros Transform Fault and the East Pacific Rise

1976 • 71 citations

Partial melting under spreading ridges

1978 • 71 citations

Side-scan sonar studies of North Atlantic fracture zones

1979 • 70 citations

Geochemical studies of abyssal lavas recovered by DSRV Alvin from Eastern Galapagos Rift, Inca Transform, and Ecuador Rift: 1. Major element variations in natural glasses and spacial distribution of lavas

1983 • 70 citations

Crustal structure near the Arctic Mid‐Ocean Ridge

1982 • 69 citations

Atlantic oceanic crust: seismic structure of a slow-spreading ridge

1984 • 66 citations

Oceanographer fracture zone

1969 • 65 citations

Mid-Atlantic Ridge from 47° to 51° North

1973 • 64 citations

A thermal study of the formation of oceanic crust

1976 • 61 citations

Tectonic evolution of the FAMOUS area of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, lat 35°50′ to 37°20′N

1977 • 60 citations

The Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia: A Possible Oceanic Transform Fault

1980 • 59 citations

Mantle Uplifted Block in the Western Indian Ocean

1978 • 59 citations

The geology of the Oceanographer Transform: The transform domain

1985 • 58 citations

Tectonics of the Nazca-Pacific divergent plate boundary

1981 • 56 citations

Surface features associated with transform faults: A comparison between observed examples and an experimental model

1974 • 56 citations

In situ structural observations along Transform Fault A in the FAMOUS area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1978 • 55 citations

Vema fracture zone transform fault

1975 • 54 citations

Structure of the Vema Fracture Zone from gravity and magnetic intensity profiles

1975 • 54 citations

Variations in structure and petrology in the Coastal Complex, Newfoundland: anatomy of an oceanic fracture zone

1984 • 52 citations

Near-bottom Observations of an Active Transform Fault (Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 37° N)

1973 • 49 citations

A long-range sonar study of the mid-atlantic ridge crest near 37°N (FAMOUS area) and its tectonic implications

1976 • 49 citations

Variations in oceanic upper crustal structure in a small area of the north-eastern Atlantic

1980 • 48 citations

Microearthquakes on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N and the Rivera Fracture Zone

1982 • 46 citations

A seismic experiment at the axis of the East Pacific Rise

1980 • 43 citations

Displacement history of oceanic fracture zones

1977 • 42 citations

The Tamayo transform fault in the mouth of the Gulf of California

1979 • 36 citations

Morphology and tectonic evolution of the rift valley at lat 36°30′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

1977 • 35 citations

Formerly emerging crustal blocks in the equatorial Atlantic

1981 • 33 citations

Topographic and geologic evolution of fracture zones

1979 • 32 citations

Structure of the Mid Atlantic Ridge province between 12° and 18°N

1974 • 30 citations

The fault pattern of a slow-spreading ridge near a fracture zone

1975 • 30 citations

The Kane fracture zone in the Central Atlantic Ocean

1979 • 26 citations

Seismicity and crustal structure in the Orozco Fracture Zone: Project Rose Phase II

1982 • 25 citations

Gravimetric model of the Atlantic equatorial fracture zones

1980 • 25 citations

Chain and romanche fracture zones

1965 • 24 citations

Reconstructed seismic velocity structure of the Lewis Hills Massif and implications for oceanic fracture zones

1982 • 21 citations

Submersible structural study of Tamayo transform fault: East Pacific Rise, 23�N (project RITA)

1981 • 18 citations

Geometry of transform zones

1980 • 17 citations

Large-scale oblique features in an active transform fault, the Wilkes fracture zone near 9°S on the East Pacific Rise

1981 • 17 citations

The Real 'creation Science'

1982 • 11 citations

Seismicity and structure of the Orozco transform fault from ocean bottom seismic observations

1982 • 9 citations