| Microplate capture, rotation of the western Transverse Ranges, and initiation of the San Andreas transform as a low-angle fault system C Nicholson, CC Sorlien, T Atwater, JC Crowell, BP Luyendyk Geology 22 (6), 491-495, 1994 | 510 | 1994 |
| Community fault model (CFM) for southern California A Plesch, JH Shaw, C Benson, WA Bryant, S Carena, M Cooke, J Dolan, ... Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 97 (6), 1793-1802, 2007 | 290 | 2007 |
| Oblique extensional tectonics in the Malawi Rift, Africa J Chorowicz, C Sorlien Geological Society of America Bulletin 104 (8), 1015-1023, 1992 | 101 | 1992 |
| High tsunami frequency as a result of combined strike-slip faulting and coastal landslides MJ Hornbach, N Braudy, RW Briggs, MH Cormier, MB Davis, JB Diebold, ... Nature Geoscience 3 (11), 783-788, 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Uplift and subsidence from oblique slip: the Ganos–Marmara bend of the North Anatolian Transform, Western Turkey L Seeber, O Emre, MH Cormier, CC Sorlien, CMG McHugh, A Polonia, ... Tectonophysics 391 (1-4), 239-258, 2004 | 94 | 2004 |
| Listric thrusts in the western Transverse Ranges, California L Seeber, CC Sorlien Geological Society of America Bulletin 112 (7), 1067-1079, 2000 | 93 | 2000 |
| Cenozoic tectonics of the Cape Roberts rift basin and Transantarctic Mountains front, southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica RJ Hamilton, BP Luyendyk, CC Sorlien, LR Bartek Tectonics 20 (3), 325-342, 2001 | 91 | 2001 |
| Offshore sedimentary effects of the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake CM McHugh, L Seeber, N Braudy, MH Cormier, MB Davis, JB Diebold, ... Geology 39 (8), 723-726, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| Structural and tectonic evolution of the Ross Sea rift in the Cape Colbeck region, Eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica BP Luyendyk, CC Sorlien, DS Wilson, LR Bartek, CS Siddoway Tectonics 20 (6), 933-958, 2001 | 66 | 2001 |
| Evidence for widespread creep on the flanks of the Sea of Marmara transform basin from marine geophysical data DJ Shillington, L Seeber, CC Sorlien, MS Steckler, H Kurt, D Dondurur, ... Geology 40 (5), 439-442, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| Oligocene development of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet recorded in eastern Ross Sea strata CC Sorlien, BP Luyendyk, DS Wilson, RC Decesari, LR Bartek, ... Geology 35 (5), 467-470, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Rapid subsidence and sedimentation from oblique slip near a bend on the North Anatolian transform fault in the Marmara Sea, Turkey L Seeber, MH Cormier, C McHugh, O Emre, A Polonia, C Sorlien Geology 34 (11), 933-936, 2006 | 56 | 2006 |
| Fault-related fold growth and isostatic subsidence, California Channel Islands N Pinter, CC Sorlien, AT Scott American Journal of Science 303 (4), 300-318, 2003 | 52 | 2003 |
| Faulting and uplift of the northern Channel Islands, California CC Sorlien, WL Halvorson, GJ Maender The fourth California Islands symposium: update on the status of resources …, 1994 | 52 | 1994 |
| Past continental shelf evolution increased Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to climatic conditions F Colleoni, L De Santis, E Montoli, E Olivo, CC Sorlien, PJ Bart, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 11323, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Block rotation and termination of the Hosgri strike-slip fault, California, from three-dimensional map restoration CC Sorlien, MJ Kamerling, D Mayerson Geology 27 (11), 1039-1042, 1999 | 48 | 1999 |
| Uniform basin growth over the last 500 ka, North Anatolian Fault, Marmara Sea, Turkey CC Sorlien, SD Akhun, L Seeber, MS Steckler, DJ Shillington, H Kurt, ... Tectonophysics 518, 1-16, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| Steady late quaternary slip rate on the Cinarcik section of the North Anatolian fault near Istanbul, Turkey H Kurt, CC Sorlien, L Seeber, MS Steckler, DJ Shillington, G Cifci, ... Geophysical Research Letters 40 (17), 4555-4559, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Map restoration of folded and faulted late Cenozoic strata across the Oak Ridge fault, onshore and offshore Ventura basin, California CC Sorlien, JP Gratier, BP Luyendyk, JS Hornafius, TE Hopps Geological Society of America Bulletin 112 (7), 1080-1090, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
| Evidence for a minimum 52±1 km of total offset along the northern branch of the North Anatolian Fault in northwest Turkey K Akbayram, CC Sorlien, AI Okay Tectonophysics 668, 35-41, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
