| Flood basalts and hot-spot tracks: plume heads and tails MA Richards, RA Duncan, VE Courtillot Science 246 (4926), 103-107, 1989 | 1513 | 1989 |
| Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid BH Hager, RW Clayton, MA Richards, RP Comer, AM Dziewonski Nature 313 (6003), 541-545, 1985 | 939 | 1985 |
| Geoid anomalies in a dynamic Earth MA Richards, BH Hager Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 89 (B7), 5987-6002, 1984 | 743 | 1984 |
| Synchrony and causal relations between Permian-Triassic boundary crises and Siberian flood volcanism PR Renne, MT Black, Z Zichao, MA Richards, AR Basu Science 269 (5229), 1413-1416, 1995 | 732 | 1995 |
| The dynamics of Cenozoic and Mesozoic plate motions C Lithgow‐Bertelloni, MA Richards Reviews of Geophysics 36 (1), 27-78, 1998 | 698 | 1998 |
| Hotspots, mantle plumes, flood basalts, and true polar wander RA Duncan, MA Richards Reviews of Geophysics 29 (1), 31-50, 1991 | 694 | 1991 |
| Long-wavelength variations in Earth’s geoid: physical models and dynamical implications BH Hager, MA Richards Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A …, 1989 | 547 | 1989 |
| A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity Y Ricard, M Richards, C Lithgow‐Bertelloni, Y Le Stunff Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B12), 21895-21909, 1993 | 504 | 1993 |
| Mantle convection GF Davies, MA Richards The Journal of Geology 100 (2), 151-206, 1992 | 497 | 1992 |
| State shift in Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, possibly induced by impact PR Renne, CJ Sprain, MA Richards, S Self, L Vanderkluysen, K Pande Science 350 (6256), 76-78, 2015 | 347 | 2015 |
| Large-scale mantle convection and the history of subduction MA Richards, DC Engebretson Nature 355 (6359), 437-440, 1992 | 347 | 1992 |
| Effect of depth-dependent viscosity on the planform of mantle convection HP Bunge, MA Richards, JR Baumgardner Nature 379 (6564), 436-438, 1996 | 319 | 1996 |
| Dynamically supported geoid highs over hotspots: Observation and theory MA Richards, BH Hager, NH Sleep Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B7), 7690-7708, 1988 | 275 | 1988 |
| A sensitivity study of three‐dimensional spherical mantle convection at 108 Rayleigh number: Effects of depth‐dependent viscosity, heating mode, and an … HP Bunge, MA Richards, JR Baumgardner Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 102 (B6), 11991-12007, 1997 | 269 | 1997 |
| Numerical investigations of the mantle plume initiation model for flood basalt events CG Farnetani, MA Richards Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 99 (B7), 13813-13833, 1994 | 267 | 1994 |
| Time scales and heterogeneous structure in geodynamic Earth models HP Bunge, MA Richards, C Lithgow-Bertelloni, JR Baumgardner, ... Science 280 (5360), 91-95, 1998 | 250 | 1998 |
| Role of a low‐viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology MA Richards, WS Yang, JR Baumgardner, HP Bunge Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 2 (8), 2001 | 235 | 2001 |
| A mantle plume initiation model for the Wrangellia flood basalt and other oceanic plateaus MA Richards, DL Jones, RA Duncan, DJ DePaolo Science 254 (5029), 263-267, 1991 | 218 | 1991 |
| Evidence for an ancient martian ocean in the topography of deformed shorelines JT Perron, JX Mitrovica, M Manga, I Matsuyama, MA Richards Nature 447 (7146), 840-843, 2007 | 214 | 2007 |
| Drowned islands downstream from the Galapagos hotspot imply extended speciation times DM Christie, RA Duncan, AR McBirney, MA Richards, WM White, ... Nature 355 (6357), 246-248, 1992 | 213 | 1992 |
