| Did the Indo-Asian collision alone create the Tibetan plateau? MA Murphy, A Yin, TM Harrison, SB Dürr, Z Chen, FJ Ryerson, WSF Kidd, ... Geology 25 (8), 719-722, 1997 | 731* | 1997 |
| Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet P Kapp, MA Murphy, A Yin, TM Harrison, L Ding, J Guo Tectonics 22 (4), 1029, 2003 | 595 | 2003 |
| Blueschist-bearing metamorphic core complexes in the Qiangtang block reveal deep crustal structure of northern Tibet P Kapp, A Yin, CE Manning, M Murphy, TM Harrison, M Spurlin, D Lin, ... Geology 28 (1), 19-22, 2000 | 447 | 2000 |
| Tertiary deformation history of southeastern and southwestern Tibet during the Indo-Asian collision A Yin, TM Harrison, MA Murphy, M Grove, S Nie, FJ Ryerson, WX Feng, ... Geological Society of America Bulletin 111 (11), 1644-1664, 1999 | 331 | 1999 |
| Structural evolution of the Gurla Mandhata detachment system, southwest Tibet: Implications for the eastward extent of the Karakoram fault system MA Murphy, A Yin, P Kapp, TM Harrison, CE Manning, FJ Ryerson, D Lin, ... Geological Society of America Bulletin 114 (4), 428-447, 2002 | 255 | 2002 |
| Southward propagation of the Karakoram fault system, southwest Tibet: Timing and magnitude of slip MA Murphy, A Yin, P Kapp, TM Harrison, D Lin, G Jinghui Geology 28 (5), 451-454, 2000 | 239 | 2000 |
| Relationship between leucogranites and the Qomolangma detachment in the Rongbuk Valley, south Tibet MA Murphy, TM Harrison Geology 27 (9), 831-834, 1999 | 232 | 1999 |
| Significant late Neogene east-west extension in northern Tibet A Yin, PA Kapp, MA Murphy, CE Manning, TM Harrison, M Grove, D Lin, ... Geology 27 (9), 787-790, 1999 | 220 | 1999 |
| Tomographic evidence for wholesale underthrusting of India beneath the entire Tibetan plateau H Zhou, MA Murphy Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 25 (3), 445-457, 2005 | 208 | 2005 |
| Structural evolution and sequence of thrusting in the Tethyan fold-thrust belt and Indus-Yalu suture zone, southwest Tibet MA Murphy, A Yin Geological Society of America Bulletin 115 (1), 21-34, 2003 | 186 | 2003 |
| Transtensional deformation in the central Himalaya and its role in accommodating growth of the Himalayan orogen MA Murphy, P Copeland Tectonics 24 (4), TC4012, 2005 | 163 | 2005 |
| Oblique convergence, arc-parallel extension, and the role of strike-slip faulting in the High Himalaya RH Styron, MH Taylor, MA Murphy Geosphere 7 (2), 582-596, 2011 | 126 | 2011 |
| Location, location, location: The variable lifespan of the Laramide orogeny P Copeland, CA Currie, TF Lawton, MA Murphy Geology 45 (3), 223-226, 2017 | 120 | 2017 |
| Limit of strain partitioning in the Himalaya marked by large earthquakes in western Nepal MA Murphy, MH Taylor, J Gosse, CRP Silver, DM Whipp, C Beaumont Nature Geoscience 7 (1), 38-42, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| Late Miocene topographic inversion in southwest Tibet based on integrated paleoelevation reconstructions and structural history M Murphy, MA, Saylor, JE, Lin Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282, 1-9, 2009 | 89 | 2009 |
| Range-front fault scarps of the Sierra El Mayor, Baja California: Formed above an active low-angle normal fault? GJ Axen, JM Fletcher, E Cowgill, M Murphy, P Kapp, I MacMillan, ... Geology 27 (3), 247-250, 1999 | 88 | 1999 |
| Isotopic characteristics of the Gurla Mandhata metamorphic core complex: Implications for the architecture of the Himalayan orogen MA Murphy Geology 35 (11), 983-986, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| 青藏高原羌塘中部冈玛日地区蓝闪石片岩及其^ 40Ar/^ 39Ar 年代学 邓希光 科学通报 45 (21), 2322-2326, 2000 | 59 | 2000 |
| Syncollisional extension along the India–Asia suture zone, south-central Tibet: Implications for crustal deformation of Tibet MA Murphy, V Sanchez, MH Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (3), 233-243, 2010 | 53 | 2010 |
| Basin formation in the High Himalaya by arc‐parallel extension and tectonic damming: Zhada basin, southwestern Tibet J Saylor, P DeCelles, G Gehrels, M Murphy, R Zhang, P Kapp Tectonics 29 (1), 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
An YinProfessor of Geology, University of California, Los AngelesVerified email at ess.ucla.edu
