The double seismic zone in downgoing slabs and the viscosity of the mesosphere

On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion

1975 • 1,591 citations

The viscosity of the earth's mantle

1975 • 612 citations

Subduction and Accretion in Trenches

1975 • 495 citations

Geometry of Benioff Zones: Lateral segmentation and downwards bending of the subducted lithosphere

1977 • 380 citations

Steady state flow of rocks

1976 • 325 citations

Evaluation of the forces that drive the plates

1977 • 310 citations

Viscosity of the Earth's Mantle

2015 • 277 citations

Double-planed deep seismic zone and upper-mantle structure in the Northeastern Japan Arc

1978 • 194 citations

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

1977 • 183 citations

Frictional heating of the descending lithosphere

1973 • 177 citations

Creep laws for the mantle of the Earth

1978 • 174 citations

Evolution of the Downgoing Lithosphere and the Mechanisms of Deep Focus Earthquakes

2009 • 173 citations

Numerical Modelling of Tectonic Flow behind Island Arcs

1974 • 156 citations

Stress and temperature in subduction shear zones: Tonga and Mariana

1978 • 119 citations

Teleseismic p-wave transmission through slabs

1973 • 119 citations

The Aleutian Arc: Tectonic blocks, episodic subduction, strain diffusion, and magma generation

1977 • 116 citations

Stress and Flow beneath Island Arcs

2007 • 91 citations

Plate effects in North Pacific subduction zones

1977 • 84 citations

Dynamic support of the outer rise

1978 • 80 citations

Stress Distribution Beneath Island Arcs

1972 • 71 citations

Numerical simulation of sea-floor spreading

1972 • 58 citations

Collapse of the Hudson Bay ice center and glacio-isostatic rebound

1976 • 54 citations

Structural superplastic creep and linear viscosity in the earth's mantle

1976 • 53 citations

The Viscosity of the Earth

1915 • 48 citations

Dominant Creep Mechanism and the Descending Lithosphere

1975 • 26 citations