| Modes of continental lithospheric extension WR Buck Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 96 (B12), 20161-20178, 1991 | 1227 | 1991 |
| Flexural rotation of normal faults WR Buck Tectonics 7 (5), 959-973, 1988 | 982 | 1988 |
| Modes of faulting at mid-ocean ridges WR Buck, LL Lavier, ANB Poliakov Nature 434 (7034), 719-723, 2005 | 485 | 2005 |
| Continental and oceanic core complexes DL Whitney, C Teyssier, P Rey, WR Buck Bulletin 125 (3-4), 273-298, 2013 | 451 | 2013 |
| Convective partial melting: 1. A model for the formation of thick basaltic sequences during the initiation of spreading JC Mutter, WR Buck, CM Zehnder Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B2), 1031-1048, 1988 | 417 | 1988 |
| Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: pure and simple WR Buck, F Martinez, MS Steckler, JR Cochran Tectonics 7 (2), 213-234, 1988 | 396 | 1988 |
| Small-scale convection induced by passive rifting: the cause for uplift of rift shoulders WR Buck Earth and Planetary Science Letters 77 (3-4), 362-372, 1986 | 380 | 1986 |
| Role of melt supply in oceanic detachment faulting and formation of megamullions BE Tucholke, MD Behn, WR Buck, J Lin Geology 36 (6), 455-458, 2008 | 370 | 2008 |
| Tectonic stress and magma chamber size as controls on dike propagation: Constraints from the 1975–1984 Krafla rifting episode WR Buck, P Einarsson, B Brandsdóttir Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 111 (B12), 2006 | 306 | 2006 |
| Consequences of asthenospheric variability on continental rifting WR Buck Rheology and deformation of the lithosphere at continental margins, 1-30, 2004 | 303 | 2004 |
| The role of magma in the development of the Afro-Arabian Rift System WR Buck | 302 | 2006 |
| Factors controlling normal fault offset in an ideal brittle layer LL Lavier, WR Buck, ANB Poliakov Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 105 (B10), 23431-23442, 2000 | 293 | 2000 |
| Convection beneath young oceanic lithosphere: Implications for thermal structure and gravity WR Buck, EM Parmentier Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B2), 1961-1974, 1986 | 225 | 1986 |
| How much magma is required to rift a continent? RW Bialas, WR Buck, R Qin Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292 (1-2), 68-78, 2010 | 198 | 2010 |
| Focused mantle upwelling below mid‐ocean ridges due to feedback between viscosity and melting WR Buck, W Su Geophysical Research Letters 16 (7), 641-644, 1989 | 194 | 1989 |
| Effect of lithospheric thickness on the formation of high-and low-angle normal faults WR Buck Geology 21 (10), 933-936, 1993 | 165 | 1993 |
| Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift CJ Ebinger, D Keir, A Ayele, E Calais, TJ Wright, M Belachew, ... Geophysical Journal International 174 (3), 1138-1152, 2008 | 163 | 2008 |
| Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data M Studinger, RE Bell, WR Buck, GD Karner, DD Blankenship Earth and Planetary Science Letters 220 (3-4), 391-408, 2004 | 161 | 2004 |
| Geodynamics of continental rift initiation and evolution S Brune, F Kolawole, JA Olive, DS Stamps, WR Buck, SJH Buiter, ... Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4 (4), 235-253, 2023 | 157 | 2023 |
| The effect of lower crustal flow on continental extension and passive margin formation JR Hopper, WR Buck Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 101 (B9), 20175-20194, 1996 | 152 | 1996 |
