| Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision P Molnar, P Tapponnier science 189 (4201), 419-426, 1975 | 6340 | 1975 |
| Oblique stepwise rise and growth of the Tibet Plateau P Tapponnier, X Zhiqin, F Roger, B Meyer, N Arnaud, G Wittlinger, ... science 294 (5547), 1671-1677, 2001 | 4758 | 2001 |
| Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine P Tapponnier, G Peltzer, AY Le Dain, R Armijo, P Cobbold Geology 10 (12), 611-616, 1982 | 4034 | 1982 |
| Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the South China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia A Briais, P Patriat, P Tapponnier Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B4), 6299-6328, 1993 | 1876 | 1993 |
| Active faulting and tectonics in China P Tapponnier, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research 82 (20), 2905-2930, 1977 | 1599 | 1977 |
| The Ailao Shan-Red river shear zone (Yunnan, China), tertiary transform boundary of Indochina PH Leloup, R Lacassin, P Tapponnier, U Schärer, D Zhong, X Liu, ... Tectonophysics 251 (1-4), 3-84, 1995 | 1545 | 1995 |
| Structure and evolution of the Himalaya–Tibet orogenic belt CJ Allegre, V Courtillot, P Tapponnier, A Hirn, M Mattauer, C Coulon, ... Nature 307 (5946), 17-22, 1984 | 1436 | 1984 |
| The Ailao Shan/Red River metamorphic belt: tertiary left-lateral shear between Indochina and South China P Tapponnier, R Lacassin, PH Leloup, U Schärer, Z Dalai, W Haiwei, ... Nature 343 (6257), 431-437, 1990 | 1427 | 1990 |
| Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia JP Avouac, P Tapponnier Geophysical Research Letters 20 (10), 895-898, 1993 | 1346 | 1993 |
| Slip-line field theory and large-scale continental tectonics P Tapponnier, P Molnar Nature 264 (5584), 319-324, 1976 | 1319 | 1976 |
| Quaternary extension in southern Tibet: Field observations and tectonic implications R Armijo, P Tapponnier, JL Mercier, TL Han Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B14), 13803-13872, 1986 | 1242 | 1986 |
| Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau B Meyer, P Tapponnier, L Bourjot, F Metivier, Y Gaudemer, G Peltzer, ... Geophysical Journal International 135 (1), 1-47, 1998 | 1235 | 1998 |
| Active faulting and Cenozoic tectonics of the Tien Shan, Mongolia, and Baykal regions P Tapponnier, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 84 (B7), 3425-3459, 1979 | 1215 | 1979 |
| Formation and evolution of strike‐slip faults, rifts, and basins during the India‐Asia collision: An experimental approach G Peltzer, P Tapponnier Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B12), 15085-15117, 1988 | 1180 | 1988 |
| Active tectonics of Tibet P Molnar, P Tapponnier Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B11), 5361-5375, 1978 | 1090 | 1978 |
| Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly granite P Tapponnier, WF Brace International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics …, 1976 | 1031 | 1976 |
| Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan JP Avouac, P Tapponnier, M Bai, H You, G Wang Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B4), 6755-6804, 1993 | 1016 | 1993 |
| On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup V Courtillot, C Jaupart, I Manighetti, P Tapponnier, J Besse Earth and Planetary Science Letters 166 (3-4), 177-195, 1999 | 963 | 1999 |
| Tectonics of the Qinling Belt: build-up and evolution of eastern Asia M Mattauer, P Matte, J Malavieille, P Tapponnier, H Maluski, XZ Qin, ... Nature 317 (6037), 496-500, 1985 | 916 | 1985 |
| New constraints on the structure, thermochronology, and timing of the Ailao Shan‐Red River shear zone, SE Asia PH Leloup, N Arnaud, R Lacassin, JR Kienast, TM Harrison, TTP Trong, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 106 (B4), 6683-6732, 2001 | 889 | 2001 |