| Life cycle of oceanic core complexes CJ MacLeod, RC Searle, BJ Murton, JF Casey, C Mallows, SC Unsworth, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 287 (3-4), 333-344, 2009 | 371 | 2009 |
| Tectonic pattern of the Azores spreading centre and triple junction R Searle Earth and Planetary Science Letters 51 (2), 415-434, 1980 | 364 | 1980 |
| Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge for 11 million years D Sauter, M Cannat, S Rouméjon, M Andreani, D Birot, A Bronner, ... Nature Geoscience 6 (4), 314-320, 2013 | 320 | 2013 |
| Large landslides from oceanic volcanoes RT Holcomb, RC Searle Marine Georesources & Geotechnology 10 (1-2), 19-32, 1991 | 308 | 1991 |
| Onset and progression of serpentinization and magnetite formation in olivine-rich troctolite from IODP Hole U1309D JS Beard, BR Frost, P Fryer, A McCaig, R Searle, B Ildefonse, P Zinin, ... Journal of Petrology 50 (3), 387-403, 2009 | 226 | 2009 |
| Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre DP Connelly, JT Copley, BJ Murton, K Stansfield, PA Tyler, CR German, ... Nature communications 3 (1), 620, 2012 | 219 | 2012 |
| Sea Beam/Deep‐Tow investigation of an active oceanic propagating rift system, Galapagos 95.5° W RN Hey, MC Kleinrock, SP Miller, TM Atwater, RC Searle Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B3), 3369-3393, 1986 | 208 | 1986 |
| Sonar studies of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge and Kurchatov fracture zone RC Searle, AS Laughton Journal of Geophysical Research 82 (33), 5313-5328, 1977 | 195 | 1977 |
| Evidence from gravity anomalies for thinning of the lithosphere beneath the rift valley in Kenya RC Searle Geophysical Journal International 21 (1), 13-31, 1970 | 169 | 1970 |
| The Reykjanes Ridge: structure and tectonics of a hot-spot-influenced, slow-spreading ridge, from multibeam bathymetry, gravity and magnetic investigations RC Searle, JA Keeton, RB Owens, RS White, R Mecklenburgh, B Parsons, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 160 (3-4), 463-478, 1998 | 153 | 1998 |
| Evolution of rifting in Africa RW Girdler, JD Fairhead, RC Searle, WTC Sowerbutts Nature 224 (5225), 1178-1182, 1969 | 146 | 1969 |
| En echelon axial volcanic ridges at the Reykjanes Ridge: a life cycle of volcanism and tectonics LM Parson, BJ Murton, RC Searle, D Booth, J Evans, P Field, J Keeton, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 117 (1-2), 73-87, 1993 | 143 | 1993 |
| Footwall rotation in an oceanic core complex quantified using reoriented Integrated Ocean Drilling Program core samples A Morris, JS Gee, N Pressling, BE John, CJ MacLeod, CB Grimes, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 287 (1-2), 217-228, 2009 | 141 | 2009 |
| Multiple, closely spaced transform faults in fast-slipping fracture zones RC Searle Geology 11 (10), 607-610, 1983 | 137 | 1983 |
| Quantifying tectonic strain and magmatic accretion at a slow spreading ridge segment, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, 29° N J Escartin, PA Cowie, RC Searle, S Allerton, NC Mitchell, CJ MacLeod, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 104 (B5), 10421-10437, 1999 | 135 | 1999 |
| Roller-bearing tectonic evolution of the Juan Fernandez microplate RL Larson, RC Searle, MC Kleinrock, H Schouten, RT Bird, DF Naar, ... Nature 356 (6370), 571-576, 1992 | 110 | 1992 |
| Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 30 N DK Blackman, B Ildefonse, BE John, Y Ohara, DJ Miller, N Abe, M Abratis, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116 (B7), 2011 | 108 | 2011 |
| Mid-ocean ridges R Searle Cambridge University Press, 2013 | 107 | 2013 |
| Comprehensive sonar imaging of the Easter microplate RC Searle, RI Rusby, J Engeln, RN Hey, J Zukin, PM Hunter, TP LeBas, ... Nature 341 (6244), 701-705, 1989 | 107 | 1989 |
| A geophysical study of the Red sea axial trough between 20⋅ 5° and 22° N RC Searle, DA Ross Geophysical Journal International 43 (2), 555-572, 1975 | 104 | 1975 |