The role of rifting in the tectonic development of the midcontinent, U.S.A.

Plume-Generated Triple Junctions: Key Indicators in Applying Plate Tectonics to Old Rocks

Kevin Burke, John Dewey · The Journal of Geology · 1973 · 943 citations

Volcanology, Engineering, Continental Tectonics +21

State of stress in the conterminous United States

Mary Lou Zoback, Mark D. Zoback · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1980 · 875 citations

Engineering, Stress Orientations, Active Tectonics +23

Modern and ancient geosynclinal sedimentation

Earth-Science Reviews · 1974 · 300 citations

Sedimentary Record, Engineering, Provenance (Geology) +6

Reelfoot Rift: Reactivated Precursor to the Mississippi Embayment

C. Patrick Ervin, L.D. McGinnis · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1975 · 250 citations

Rift System, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Sedimentary Record +15

Significance and Origin of Big Rivers

Paul Edwin Potter · The Journal of Geology · 1978 · 248 citations

Engineering, Geomorphology, Marine History +17