Regional geophysics of the Colorado Plateau

Present‐day plate motions

1978 • 2,261 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

Cordilleran Benioff zones

1977 • 609 citations

State of Stress in the Earth's Crust

1978 • 593 citations

Plate tectonics of the Laramide orogeny

1978 • 575 citations

Thermal Model of Ocean Ridges

1973 • 516 citations

Cenozoic geology of the Yerington district, Nevada, and implications for the nature and origin of Basin and Range faulting

1977 • 503 citations

Flow and Fracture of Rocks

1972 • 461 citations

Heat Flow in the United States and the Thermal Regime of the Crust

2011 • 399 citations

A Discussion on volcanism and the structure of the Earth - Cenozoic volcanism and plate-tectonic evolution of the Western United States. II. Late cenozoic

1972 • 371 citations

Contemporary Tectonics and Seismicity of the Western United States with Emphasis on the Intermountain Seismic Belt

1974 • 329 citations

Fine structure of the upper mantle

1969 • 314 citations

Heat flow in the western United States

1971 • 313 citations

A Discussion on volcanism and the structure of the Earth - Cenozoic volcanism and plate-tectonic evolution of the Western United States. I. Early and middle cenozoic

1972 • 303 citations

The Structure and Physical Properties of the Earth's Crust

1971 • 257 citations

Hydraulic fracturing to determine the regional in situ stress field, Piceance Basin, Colorado

1976 • 250 citations

Faulting and Crustal Stress at Rangely, Colorado

2011 • 234 citations

Thin Skin Distension in Tertiary Rocks of Southeastern Nevada

1971 • 216 citations

Regional geotherms and lithospheric thickness

1977 • 215 citations

Evolution of the Rio Grande rift in the Socorro and Las Cruces areas

1975 • 191 citations

The effect of high temperature and high confining pressure on compressional wave velocities in quartz-bearing and quartz-free igneous and metamorphic rocks

1978 • 184 citations

Heat flow in the united States

1968 • 175 citations

Eclogite nodules from kimberlite pipes of the Colorado plateau—samples of subducted Franciscan-type oceanic lithosphere

1975 • 171 citations

Basin and Range rifting in northern Nevada: Clues from a mid-Miocene rift and its subsequent offsets

1978 • 166 citations

3: Regional gravity and tectonic patterns: Their relation to late Cenozoic epeirogeny and lateral spreading in the western Cordillera

1978 • 164 citations

Tectonic implications of space-time patterns of Cenozoic magmatism in the western United States

1976 • 162 citations

Regional geophysical setting of the Rio Grande rift

1978 • 162 citations

Early History of the Colorado River in the Basin and Range Province

1972 • 157 citations

Terrestrial Heat Flow along the Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico and Southern Colorado

1975 • 152 citations

Peach Springs Tuff: Its Bearing on Structural Evolution of the Colorado Plateau and Development of Cenozoic Drainage in Mohave County, Arizona

1974 • 142 citations

Regional Geophysics of the Basin and Range Province

1974 • 138 citations

Seismic-wave attenuation and partial melting in the upper mantle of North America

1972 • 126 citations

Crustal structure along the Great Basin-Colorado Plateau Transition from seismic refraction studies

1975 • 123 citations

A crustal-upper-mantle model for the Colorado Plateau based on observations of crystalline rock fragments in the Moses Rock Dike

1972 • 121 citations

Thermal model of oceanic lithosphere

1975 • 119 citations

Regional Variations in Gravity

2011 • 113 citations

The Structure of the Upper Mantle under the United States from the Dispersion of Rayleigh Waves

1974 • 111 citations

Crustal structure in the Eastern Colorado Plateaus province from seismic-refraction measurements

1965 • 110 citations

Heat flow and gravity interpretation across the Rio Grande Rift in southern New Mexico and west Texas

1975 • 110 citations

Surface waves and the structure of the Great Basin of Nevada and western Utah

1978 • 106 citations

Some observations on the Cenozoic volcano-tectonic evolution of the Great Basin, western United States

1972 • 98 citations

Pliocene Uplift of the Grand Canyon Region—Time of Drainage Adjustment

1972 • 95 citations

AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE THE CURIE POINT ISOTHERM IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA

1977 • 94 citations

The Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map of the United States

1965 • 92 citations

Summary of tectonic and structural evidence for stress orientation at the Nevada Test Site

1974 • 89 citations

Aspects of the Deep Crustal Evolution Beneath South Central New Mexico

2011 • 87 citations

Crustal structure in eastern New Mexico interpreted from the gnome explosion

1962 • 87 citations

Seismic Exploration of a Continental Crust

2013 • 83 citations

Magnetic variation anomalies and seismic low-velocity zone in the western United States

1971 • 82 citations

Tertiary Igneous Chronology of the Great Basin of Western United States–Implications for Tectonic Models

1971 • 80 citations

Lead detoxification by a copper-tolerant isopod

1978 • 79 citations

Aeromagnetics and the Transition Between the Colorado Plateau and Basin Range Provinces

1973 • 76 citations

Crustal structure in central New Mexico interpreted from the gasbuggy explosion

1976 • 71 citations

Structure of the Rio Grande rift in southern New Mexico and West Texas based on gravity interpretation

1978 • 66 citations

Crustal Stress in the Continental United States as Derived from Hydrofracturing Tests

2011 • 66 citations

Northern Trans-Pecos magmatic province: Introduction and comparison with the Kenya rift

1977 • 65 citations

Faulting patterns in north‐central Nevada and strength of the crust

1980 • 63 citations

On Some of the Greater Problems of Physical Geology

1926 • 62 citations

Seismic-Refraction Study of Crustal Structure between the Nevada Test Site and Boise, Idaho

1967 • 61 citations

Sedimentation and volcanism in the Hopi Buttes, Arizona

1942 • 59 citations

Age of structural differentiation between the Colorado Plateaus and Basin and Range provinces in southwestern Utah

1978 • 57 citations

Terrestrial heat flow and crustal radioactivity in northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado

1978 • 56 citations

Geothermal anomalies along the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico

1978 • 55 citations

Middle Miocene hiatus in volcanic activity in the Great Basin area of the Western United States

1970 • 52 citations

A COMPARISON OF TERRESTRIAL HEAT FLOW AND TRANSIENT GEOMAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

1969 • 48 citations

Geology and uranium deposits of the Laguna district, New Mexico

1967 • 44 citations

HEAT FLOW IN WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO

1956 • 41 citations

Rate of crustal extension across the Rio Grande Rift near Albuquerque, New Mexico

1977 • 40 citations

Cenozoic volcanic geology and probable age of inception of basin-range faulting in the southeasternmost Chocolate Mountains, California

1978 • 38 citations

Review of Evidence for Velocity Inversions in the Continental Crust

2011 • 37 citations

Heat flow in Colorado and New Mexico

1969 • 36 citations

Low-velocity zone variations in the southwestern United States

1973 • 35 citations

Shear wave velocities in the Earth's mantle

1972 • 31 citations

Terrestrial heat flow in eastern Arizona: A first report

1979 • 30 citations

Mid-Cenozoic volcano-tectonic troughs in central Nevada

1979 • 27 citations

Heat flow at Spor Mountain, Jordan Valley, Bingham, and La Sal, Utah

1973 • 24 citations

Regional Variations in Upper Mantle Structure Beneath North America

1970 • 20 citations

Geothermal gradients, recent climatic changes, and rate of sulfide oxidation in the San Manuel District, Arizona

1948 • 12 citations

Igneous geology and structure of the Mount Taylor volcanic field, New Mexico

1938 • 10 citations

The nature of the basement beneath the Colorado Plateau and some implications for plateau uplifts

1978 • 10 citations

Surface seismic measurements of the Project GASBUGGY explosion at intermediate distance ranges

1968 • 9 citations

Deep fault trough of Oligocene age, Candelaria Hills, Nevada: Summary

1979 • 7 citations