Ridge forces, absolute plate motions, and the intraplate stress field

Current plate motions

1990 • 3,697 citations

Present‐day plate motions

1978 • 2,261 citations

Geodynamics applications of continuum physics to geological problems

1982 • 1,914 citations

First‐ and second‐order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: The World Stress Map Project

1992 • 1,779 citations

Geodynamics: Applications of Continuum Physics to Geological Problems

1983 • 1,615 citations

On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion

1975 • 1,591 citations

Quaternary extension in southern Tibet: Field observations and tectonic implications

1986 • 836 citations

Active tectonics of Tibet

1978 • 719 citations

Global patterns of tectonic stress

1989 • 625 citations

Current plate velocities relative to the hotspots incorporating the NUVEL‐1 global plate motion model

1990 • 572 citations

Plate kinematics: The Americas, East Africa, and the rest of the world

1978 • 483 citations

Tectonic stress in the plates

1979 • 368 citations

Stress in the Indo-Australian plate

1986 • 351 citations

Deformation of the Indo–Australian plate

1980 • 314 citations

Evaluation of the forces that drive the plates

1977 • 310 citations

The active tectonics of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and surrounding regions

1991 • 269 citations

Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge Area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian Plate

1978 • 252 citations

A diffuse plate boundary model for Indian Ocean tectonics

1985 • 229 citations

Folding of oceanic lithosphere

1985 • 222 citations

On the Forces Driving Plate Tectonics: Inferences from Absolute Plate Velocities and Intraplate Stress

2007 • 189 citations

Quaternary normal and reverse faulting and the state of stress in the central Andes of south Peru

1985 • 181 citations

A relation between the driving force and geoid anomaly associated with mid-ocean ridges

1980 • 165 citations

Heat transfer and intraplate deformation in the central Indian Ocean

1983 • 161 citations

The driving mechanism of plate tectonics: Relation to age of the lithosphere at trenches

1983 • 139 citations

On the initiation of subduction zones

1989 • 125 citations

Earthquake source mechanisms from body-waveform inversion and intraplate tectonics in the northern Indian Ocean

1985 • 116 citations

Gravitational drive on oceanic plates caused by thermal contraction

1975 • 111 citations

North American Plate Dynamics

1991 • 106 citations

On the origin of the Cocos-Nazca spreading center

1981 • 102 citations

Seasat‐derived gravity constraints on stress and deformation in the northeastern Indian Ocean

1989 • 98 citations

On the Driving Forces of Plate Tectonics

1975 • 90 citations

Evolution of oceanic lithosphere: A driving force study of the Nazca Plate

1984 • 62 citations

A stress province boundary and tractions on the North American plate

1983 • 60 citations

Stress observations and driving force models for the South American Plate

1992 • 52 citations

Incongruent melting of Mg2SiO4 at 20 GPa

1985 • 22 citations

Plate‐driving forces over the Cenozoic Era

1988 • 21 citations

Application of fluid mechanic principles to the study of geodynamic processes at trench-arc-back arc systems

1988 • 6 citations