| The large‐scale dynamics of grain‐size variation in alluvial basins, 1: Theory C Paola, PL Heller, CL Angevine Basin research 4 (2), 73-90, 1992 | 822 | 1992 |
| Two-phase stratigraphic model of foreland-basin sequences PL Heller, CL Angevine, NS Winslow, C Paola Geology 16 (6), 501-504, 1988 | 573 | 1988 |
| Interpreting avulsion process from ancient alluvial sequences: Guadalope-Matarranya system (northern Spain) and Wasatch Formation (western Colorado) D Mohrig, PL Heller, C Paola, WJ Lyons Geological Society of America Bulletin 112 (12), 1787-1803, 2000 | 506 | 2000 |
| Downstream changes in alluvial architecture; an exploration of controls on channel-stacking patterns PL Heller, C Paola Journal of Sedimentary Research 66 (2), 297-306, 1996 | 375 | 1996 |
| Quantitative sedimentary basin modeling CL Angevine, PL Heller, C Paola American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1990 | 321 | 1990 |
| Plate tectonics and basin subsidence history X Xie, PL Heller Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (1-2), 55-64, 2009 | 300 | 2009 |
| Submarine ramp facies model for delta-fed, sand-rich turbidite systems PL Heller, WR Dickinson AAPG Bulletin 69 (6), 960-976, 1985 | 286 | 1985 |
| Time of initial thrusting in the Sevier orogenic belt, Idaho-Wyoming and Utah PL Heller, SS Bowdler, HP Chambers, JC Coogan, ES Hagen, ... Geology 14 (5), 388-391, 1986 | 277 | 1986 |
| Fluvial response to abrupt global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary BZ Foreman, PL Heller, MT Clementz Nature 491 (7422), 92-95, 2012 | 256 | 2012 |
| The relative contribution of accretion, shear, and extension to Cenozoic tectonic rotation in the Pacific Northwest RE Wells, PL Heller Geological Society of America Bulletin 100 (3), 325-338, 1988 | 230 | 1988 |
| The large‐scale dynamics of grain‐size variation in alluvial basins, 2: Application to syntectonic conglomerate PL Heller, C Paola Basin Research 4 (2), 91-102, 1992 | 202 | 1992 |
| History and causes of post-Laramide relief in the Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau ME McMillan, PL Heller, SL Wing Geological Society of America Bulletin 118 (3-4), 393-405, 2006 | 187 | 2006 |
| Experimental stratigraphy C Paola, J Mullin, C Ellis, DC Mohrig, JB Swenson, G Parker, T Hickson, ... Gsa Today 11 (7), 4-9, 2001 | 180 | 2001 |
| Significance of channel-belt clustering in alluvial basins EA Hajek, PL Heller, BA Sheets Geology 38 (6), 535-538, 2010 | 179 | 2010 |
| The paradox of Lower Cretaceous gravels and the initiation of thrusting in the Sevier orogenic belt, United States Western Interior PL Heller, C Paola Geological Society of America Bulletin 101 (6), 864-875, 1989 | 154 | 1989 |
| Postdepositional tilt of the Miocene-Pliocene Ogallala Group on the western Great Plains: Evidence of late Cenozoic uplift of the Rocky Mountains ME McMillan, CL Angevine, PL Heller Geology 30 (1), 63-66, 2002 | 145 | 2002 |
| Geomorphology and sequence stratigraphy due to slow and rapid base-level changes in an experimental subsiding basin (XES 96-1) PL Heller, C Paola, IG Hwang, B John, R Steel AAPG bulletin 85 (5), 817-838, 2001 | 139 | 2001 |
| Detrital modes of upper Paleozoic sandstones derived from Antler Orogen in Nevada; implications for nature of Antler Orogeny WR Dickinson, DW Harbaugh, AH Saller, PL Heller, WS Snyder American Journal of Science 283 (6), 481-509, 1983 | 134 | 1983 |
| Isotopic provenance of sandstones from the eocene tyee formation, Oregon Coast Range PL Heller, ZE Peterman, JR O'NEIL, M Shafiqullah Geological Society of America Bulletin 96 (6), 770-780, 1985 | 133 | 1985 |
| Mesozoic basin development and tectonic evolution of the Dabieshan orogenic belt, central China S Liu, PL Heller, G Zhang Tectonics 22 (4), 2003 | 130 | 2003 |