| Surface deformation and lower crustal flow in eastern Tibet LH Royden, BC Burchfiel, RW King, E Wang, Z Chen, F Shen, Y Liu science 276 (5313), 788-790, 1997 | 1550 | 1997 |
| Topographic ooze: Building the eastern margin of Tibet by lower crustal flow MK Clark, LH Royden Geology 28 (8), 703-706, 2000 | 1490 | 2000 |
| The geological evolution of the Tibetan Plateau LH Royden, BC Burchfiel, RD van der Hilst science 321 (5892), 1054-1058, 2008 | 1191 | 2008 |
| The South Tibetan detachment system, Himalayan orogen: Extension contemporaneous with and parallel to shortening in a collisional mountain belt BC Burchfiel, C Zhiliang, KV Hodges, L Yuping, LH Royden, ... Geological Society of America, 1992 | 1106 | 1992 |
| Tectonics of the Longmen Shan and adjacent regions, central China BC Burchfiel, C Zhiliang, L Yupinc, LH Royden International Geology Review 37 (8), 661-735, 1995 | 1036 | 1995 |
| Rifting process and thermal evolution of the continental margin of eastern Canada determined from subsidence curves L Royden, CE Keen Earth and Planetary Science Letters 51 (2), 343-361, 1980 | 887 | 1980 |
| Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large‐scale drainage patterns MK Clark, LM Schoenbohm, LH Royden, KX Whipple, BC Burchfiel, ... Tectonics 23 (1), 2004 | 751 | 2004 |
| Evolution of retreating subduction boundaries formed during continental collision LH Royden Tectonics 12 (3), 629-638, 1993 | 722 | 1993 |
| North-south extension within the convergent Himalayan region BC Burchfiel, LH Royden Geology 13 (10), 679-682, 1985 | 687 | 1985 |
| The tectonic expression slab pull at continental convergent boundaries LH Royden Tectonics 12 (2), 303-325, 1993 | 625 | 1993 |
| Global Positioning System measurements from eastern Tibet and their implications for India/Eurasia intercontinental deformation ZH Chen, BC Burchfiel, Y Liu, RW King, LH Royden, W Tang, E Wang, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 105 (B7), 16215-16227, 2000 | 613 | 2000 |
| Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet MK Clark, MA House, LH Royden, KX Whipple, BC Burchfiel, X Zhang, ... Geology 33 (6), 525-528, 2005 | 601 | 2005 |
| Segmentation and configuration of subducted lithosphere in Italy: An important control on thrust-belt and foredeep-basin evolution L Royden, E Patacca, P Scandone Geology 15 (8), 714-717, 1987 | 573 | 1987 |
| Motion of the Pacific plate relative to Eurasia and its potential relation to Cenozoic extension along the eastern margin of Eurasia CJ Northrup, LH Royden, BC Burchfiel Geology 23 (8), 719-722, 1995 | 510 | 1995 |
| Late Cenozoic Tectonics of the Pannonian Basin System: Chapter 3 LH Royden AAPG Special Volumes 113, 27-48, 1988 | 470 | 1988 |
| Coupling and decoupling of crust and mantle in convergent orogens: Implications for strain partitioning in the crust L Royden Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 101 (B8), 17679-17705, 1996 | 446 | 1996 |
| Evolution of the Pannonian basin system: 2. Subsidence and thermal history L Royden, F Horváth, A Nagymarosy, L Stegena Tectonics 2 (1), 91-137, 1983 | 438 | 1983 |
| Simultaneous Miocene extension and shortening in the Himalayan orogen KV Hodges, RR Parrish, TB Housh, DR Lux, BC Burchfiel, LH Royden, ... Science 258 (5087), 1466-1470, 1992 | 426 | 1992 |
| Continental margin subsidence and heat flow: important parameters in formation of petroleum hydrocarbons L Royden, JG Sclater, RPV Herzen AAPG Bulletin 64 (2), 173-187, 1980 | 382 | 1980 |
| Core complex geometries and regional scale flow in the lower crust L Block, LH Royden Tectonics 9 (4), 557-567, 1990 | 376 | 1990 |
