| Subduction and slab detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian region MJR Wortel, W Spakman Science 290 (5498), 1910-1917, 2000 | 1779 | 2000 |
| Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process P Agard, J Omrani, L Jolivet, H Whitechurch, B Vrielynck, W Spakman, ... Geological Magazine 148 (5-6), 692-725, 2011 | 1179 | 2011 |
| Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones R Govers, MJR Wortel Earth and Planetary Science Letters 236 (1-2), 505-523, 2005 | 696 | 2005 |
| A tomographic view on western Mediterranean geodynamics W Spakman, R Wortel The TRANSMED Atlas. The Mediterranean region from crust to mantle …, 2004 | 529 | 2004 |
| The Hellenic subduction zone: a tomographic image and its geodynamic implications W Spakman, MJR Wortel, NJ Vlaar Geophysical research letters 15 (1), 60-63, 1988 | 478 | 1988 |
| On the Hellenic subduction zone and the geodynamic evolution of Crete since the late Middle Miocene JE Meulenkamp, MJR Wortel, WA Van Wamel, W Spakman, EH Strating Tectonophysics 146 (1-4), 203-215, 1988 | 455 | 1988 |
| Subduction history of the Tethyan region derived from seismic tomography and tectonic reconstructions E Hafkenscheid, MJR Wortel, W Spakman Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 111 (B8), 2006 | 421 | 2006 |
| The role of slab detachment processes in the opening of the western–central Mediterranean basins: some geological and geophysical evidence E Carminati, MJR Wortel, W Spakman, R Sabadini Earth and Planetary Science Letters 160 (3-4), 651-665, 1998 | 420 | 1998 |
| Stress in the Indo-Australian plate S Cloetingh, R Wortel Tectonophysics 132 (1-3), 49-67, 1986 | 417 | 1986 |
| Nappe stacking resulting from subduction of oceanic and continental lithosphere below Greece DJJ van Hinsbergen, E Hafkenscheid, W Spakman, JE Meulenkamp, ... Geology 33 (4), 325-328, 2005 | 377 | 2005 |
| Structure and dynamics of subducted lithosphere in the Mediterranean region MJR Wortel, W Spakman Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95 (3 …, 1992 | 356 | 1992 |
| Shallow slab detachment as a transient source of heat at midlithospheric depths DMA Van de Zedde, MJR Wortel Tectonics 20 (6), 868-882, 2001 | 236 | 2001 |
| Passive margin earthquakes, stresses and rheology S Gregersen, PW Basham, S Stein, S Cloetingh, NH Sleep, R Wortel Earthquakes at North-Atlantic passive margins: Neotectonics and postglacial …, 1989 | 225 | 1989 |
| Regional stress field of the Indian plate S Cloetingh, R Wortel Geophysical Research Letters 12 (2), 77-80, 1985 | 209 | 1985 |
| Late Cenozoic mineralization, orogenic collapse and slab detachment in the European Alpine Belt H De Boorder, W Spakman, SH White, MJR Wortel Earth and Planetary Science Letters 164 (3-4), 569-575, 1998 | 207 | 1998 |
| Thermo-mechanical controls on the mode of continental collision in the SE Carpathians (Romania) S Cloetingh, E Burov, L Matenco, G Toussaint, G Bertotti, PAM Andriessen, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 218 (1-2), 57-76, 2004 | 189 | 2004 |
| Lithospheric aging, instability and subduction NJ Vlaar, MJR Wortel Tectonophysics 32 (3-4), 331-351, 1976 | 184 | 1976 |
| Evolution of passive continental margins and initiation of subduction zones SAPL Cloetingh, MJR Wortel, NJ Vlaar Nature 297 (5862), 139-142, 1982 | 178 | 1982 |
| The relative motion between Africa and Eurasia as derived from ITRF2000 and GPS data RMS Fernandes, BAC Ambrosius, R Noomen, L Bastos, MJR Wortel, ... Geophysical Research Letters 30 (16), 2003 | 168 | 2003 |
| On the initiation of subduction zones S Cloetingh, R Wortel, NJ Vlaar Subduction Zones Part II, 7-25, 1989 | 164 | 1989 |
