| Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic, C Gaina, T Torsvik, G Shephard, ... Earth-Science Reviews 113 (3-4), 212-270, 2012 | 1917 | 2012 |
| Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents M Gurnis Nature 332 (6166), 695-699, 1988 | 738 | 1988 |
| Role of temperature‐dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection S Zhong, MT Zuber, L Moresi, M Gurnis Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 105 (B5), 11063-11082, 2000 | 713 | 2000 |
| GPlates: Building a virtual Earth through deep time RD Müller, J Cannon, X Qin, RJ Watson, M Gurnis, S Williams, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (7), 2243-2261, 2018 | 539 | 2018 |
| Evolving force balance during incipient subduction M Gurnis, C Hall, L Lavier Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 5 (7), 2004 | 462 | 2004 |
| A global plate model including lithospheric deformation along major rifts and orogens since the Triassic RD Müller, S Zahirovic, SE Williams, J Cannon, M Seton, DJ Bower, ... Tectonics 38 (6), 1884-1907, 2019 | 443 | 2019 |
| Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones CE Hall, M Gurnis, M Sdrolias, LL Lavier, RD Müller Earth and Planetary Science Letters 212 (1-2), 15-30, 2003 | 441 | 2003 |
| Sharp sides to the African superplume S Ni, E Tan, M Gurnis, D Helmberger science 296 (5574), 1850-1852, 2002 | 431 | 2002 |
| The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny L Liu, M Gurnis, M Seton, J Saleeby, RD Müller, JM Jackson Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 353-357, 2010 | 417 | 2010 |
| Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates JA Boyden, RD Müller, M Gurnis, TH Torsvik, JA Clark, M Turner, ... Geoinformatics: cyberinfrastructure for the solid earth sciences 9, 5-114, 2011 | 390 | 2011 |
| A review of observations and models of dynamic topography N Flament, M Gurnis, RD Müller Lithosphere 5 (2), 189-210, 2013 | 374 | 2013 |
| Mantle convection with plates and mobile, faulted plate margins S Zhong, M Gurnis Science 267 (5199), 838-843, 1995 | 349 | 1995 |
| Constraining mantle density structure using geological evidence of surface uplift rates: The case of the African superplume M Gurnis, JX Mitrovica, J Ritsema, HJ van Heijst Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 1 (7), 2000 | 345 | 2000 |
| Constraints on the lateral strength of slabs from three-dimensional dynamic flow models L Moresi, M Gurnis Earth and Planetary Science Letters 138 (1-4), 15-28, 1996 | 343 | 1996 |
| Reconstructing Farallon plate subduction beneath North America back to the Late Cretaceous L Liu, S Spasojevic, M Gurnis Science 322 (5903), 934-938, 2008 | 341 | 2008 |
| The dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle flow: From local to global scales G Stadler, M Gurnis, C Burstedde, LC Wilcox, L Alisic, O Ghattas science 329 (5995), 1033-1038, 2010 | 323 | 2010 |
| Controls of the structure of subducted slabs M Gurnis, BH Hager Nature 335 (6188), 317-321, 1988 | 321 | 1988 |
| Horizontal subduction and truncation of the Cocos Plate beneath central Mexico X Pérez‐Campos, YH Kim, A Husker, PM Davis, RW Clayton, A Iglesias, ... Geophysical research letters 35 (18), 2008 | 320 | 2008 |
| Rapid continental subsidence following the initiation and evolution of subduction M Gurnis Science 255 (5051), 1556-1558, 1992 | 320 | 1992 |
| Cretaceous vertical motion of Australia and the AustralianAntarctic discordance M Gurnis, RD Muller, L Moresi Science 279 (5356), 1499-1504, 1998 | 318 | 1998 |
