| Focal depths of intracontinental and intraplate earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere WP Chen, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 88 (B5), 4183-4214, 1983 | 1272 | 1983 |
| Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in central Asia WP Chen, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research 82 (20), 2945-2969, 1977 | 431 | 1977 |
| Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau P Molnar, WP Chen Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 88 (B2), 1180-1196, 1983 | 412 | 1983 |
| The Chi-Chi earthquake sequence: Active, out-of-sequence thrust faulting in Taiwan H Kao, WP Chen Science 288 (5475), 2346-2349, 2000 | 326 | 2000 |
| The Azores‐Gibraltar plate boundary: Focal mechanisms, depths of earthquakes, and their tectonic implications NL Grimison, WP Chen Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B2), 2029-2047, 1986 | 296 | 1986 |
| Source parameters of earthquakes and intraplate deformation beneath the Shillong Plateau and the northern Indoburman ranges WP Chen, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 95 (B8), 12527-12552, 1990 | 292 | 1990 |
| Constraints on the seismic wave velocity structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau and their tectonic implications WP Chen, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 86 (B7), 5937-5962, 1981 | 194 | 1981 |
| Earthquakes beneath the Himalayas and Tibet: Evidence for strong lithospheric mantle WP Chen, Z Yang Science 304 (5679), 1949-1952, 2004 | 178 | 2004 |
| Seismogenic strike‐slip faulting and the development of the North China Basin WP Chen, J Nábelek Tectonics 7 (5), 975-989, 1988 | 154 | 1988 |
| Present-day deformation of the Qaidam basin with implications for intra-continental tectonics WP Chen, CY Chen, JL Nábelek Tectonophysics 305 (1-3), 165-181, 1999 | 146 | 1999 |
| The Tangshan earthquake sequence and its implications for the evolution of the North China basin J Nábělek, WP Chen, H Ye Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 92 (B12), 12615-12628, 1987 | 145 | 1987 |
| Seismicity and mountain building P Molnar, WP Chen Symposium on mountain building, 41-57, 1983 | 145 | 1983 |
| STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE HIMALAYA: A BRIEF SUMMARY OF RELEVANT GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS. P Molnar, C WP, F TJ, P Tapponnier, W WEK, WU FT | 144 | 1977 |
| Evidence for a large-scale remnant of subducted lithosphere beneath Fiji WP Chen, MR Brudzinski Science 292 (5526), 2475-2479, 2001 | 136 | 2001 |
| Northward thinning of Tibetan crust revealed by virtual seismic profiles TL Tseng, WP Chen, RL Nowack Geophysical Research Letters 36 (24), 2009 | 135 | 2009 |
| Seismic evidence of negligible water carried below 400-km depth in subducting lithosphere HW Green II, WP Chen, MR Brudzinski Nature 467 (7317), 828-831, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Calculated temperatures in overthrust terrains and the origin of Tertiary granites in the Great Himalaya P Molnar, WP Chen, E Padovani Journal of Geophysical Research 88 (B8), 6415-6429, 1983 | 116* | 1983 |
| Correlation between seismic anisotropy and Bouguer gravity anomalies in Tibet and its implications for lithospheric structures WP Chen, S Özalaybey Geophysical Journal International 135 (1), 93-101, 1998 | 111 | 1998 |
| Earthquakes along the East African Rift System: A multiscale, system‐wide perspective Z Yang, WP Chen Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 115 (B12), 2010 | 110 | 2010 |
| Shear-wave birefringence and current configuration of converging lithosphere under Tibet WP Chen, M Martin, TL Tseng, RL Nowack, SH Hung, BS Huang Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295 (1-2), 297-304, 2010 | 107 | 2010 |
