| Mesozoic contractional deformation in the middle of the Asian tectonic collage: the intraplate Western Ordos fold–thrust belt, China BJ Darby, BD Ritts Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205 (1-2), 13-24, 2002 | 345 | 2002 |
| Cenozoic multiple-phase tectonic evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from sedimentary records from Qaidam basin, Hexi Corridor, and Subei basin, northwest China G Zhuang, JK Hourigan, BD Ritts, ML Kent-Corson American Journal of Science 311 (2), 116-152, 2011 | 267 | 2011 |
| Magnitude of post–Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) displacement on the central Altyn Tagh fault system, northwest China BD Ritts, U Biffi Geological Society of America Bulletin 112 (1), 61-74, 2000 | 256 | 2000 |
| Upper Oligocene lacustrine source rocks and petroleum systems of the northern Qaidam basin, northwest China AD Hanson, BD Ritts, D Zinniker, JM Moldowan, U Biffi AAPG bulletin 85 (4), 601-620, 2001 | 231 | 2001 |
| Initiation and long-term slip history of the Altyn Tagh fault Y Yue, BD Ritts, SA Graham International Geology Review 43 (12), 1087-1093, 2001 | 229 | 2001 |
| Stable isotopic constraints on the tectonic, topographic, and climatic evolution of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau ML Kent-Corson, BD Ritts, G Zhuang, PM Bovet, SA Graham, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282 (1-4), 158-166, 2009 | 205 | 2009 |
| Evidence of Miocene crustal shortening in the north Qilian Shan from Cenozoic stratigraphy of the western Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province, China PM Bovet, BD Ritts, G Gehrels, AO Abbink, B Darby, J Hourigan American Journal of Science 309 (4), 290-329, 2009 | 204 | 2009 |
| Late Paleozoic sedimentation on the northern margin of the North China block: implications for regional tectonics and climate change T Cope, BD Ritts, BJ Darby, A Fildani, SA Graham International Geology Review 47 (3), 270-296, 2005 | 203 | 2005 |
| Slowing extrusion tectonics: lowered estimate of post-Early Miocene slip rate for the Altyn Tagh fault Y Yue, BD Ritts, SA Graham, JL Wooden, GE Gehrels, Z Zhang Earth and Planetary Science Letters 217 (1-2), 111-122, 2004 | 198 | 2004 |
| Jurassic to Cenozoic exhumation history of the Altyn Tagh range, northwest China, constrained by 40Ar/39Ar and apatite fission track thermochronology ER Sobel, N Arnaud, M Jolivet, BD Ritts, M Brunel Geological Society of America Memoirs 194, 247-267, 2001 | 197 | 2001 |
| From sea level to high elevation in 15 million years: Uplift history of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin in the Altun Shan BD Ritts, Y Yue, SA Graham, ER Sobel, OA Abbink, D Stockli American Journal of Science 308 (5), 657-678, 2008 | 195 | 2008 |
| Sedimentary record of Triassic intraplate extension in North China: evidence from the nonmarine NW Ordos Basin, Helan Shan and Zhuozi Shan BD Ritts, AD Hanson, BJ Darby, L Nanson, A Berry Tectonophysics 386 (3-4), 177-202, 2004 | 188 | 2004 |
| Early Jurassic extensional basin formation in the Daqing Shan segment of the Yinshan belt, northern North China Block, Inner Mongolia BD Ritts, BJ Darby, T Cope Tectonophysics 339 (3-4), 239-258, 2001 | 159 | 2001 |
| Lower–Middle Jurassic nonmarine source rocks and petroleum systems of the northern Qaidam basin, northwest China BD Ritts, AD Hanson, D Zinniker, JM Moldowan AAPG bulletin 83 (12), 1980-2005, 1999 | 159 | 1999 |
| Stable isotope records of Cenozoic climate and topography, Tibetan Plateau and Tarim Basin SA Graham, CP Chamberlain, Y Yue, BD Ritts, AD Hanson, TW Horton, ... American Journal of Science 305 (2), 101-118, 2005 | 156 | 2005 |
| Oligocene-Miocene tectonics and sedimentation along the Altyn Tagh fault, northern Tibetan Plateau: Analysis of the Xorkol, Subei, and Aksay basins BD Ritts, Y Yue, SA Graham The Journal of Geology 112 (2), 207-229, 2004 | 151 | 2004 |
| Isotopic constraints on intensified aridity in Central Asia around 12 Ma G Zhuang, JK Hourigan, PL Koch, BD Ritts, ML Kent-Corson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 312 (1-2), 152-163, 2011 | 149 | 2011 |
| Organic geochemistry of oil and source rock strata of the Ordos Basin, north-central China AD Hanson, BD Ritts, JM Moldowan AAPG bulletin 91 (9), 1273-1293, 2007 | 144 | 2007 |
| Understanding the geologic evolution of Northern Tibetan Plateau with multiple thermochronometers G Zhuang, SA Johnstone, J Hourigan, B Ritts, A Robinson, ER Sobel Gondwana Research 58, 195-210, 2018 | 142 | 2018 |
| Did the Altyn Tagh fault extend beyond the Tibetan Plateau? BJ Darby, BD Ritts, Y Yue, Q Meng Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240 (2), 425-435, 2005 | 128 | 2005 |
stephan a. grahamProfessor of Geological Sciences, Stanford UniversityVerified email at stanford.edu
