| A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age CA Stein, S Stein Nature 359 (6391), 123-129, 1992 | 1726 | 1992 |
| Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow CA Stein, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 99 (B2), 3081-3095, 1994 | 640 | 1994 |
| Deformation of the Indo-Australian Plate JK Weissel, RN Anderson, CA Geller Nature 287, 284-291, 1980 | 373 | 1980 |
| A diffuse plate boundary model for Indian Ocean tectonics DA Wiens, C DeMets, RG Gordon, S Stein, D Argus, JF Engeln, ... Geophysical Research Letters 12 (7), 429-432, 1985 | 258 | 1985 |
| HEAT TRANSFER AND INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION IN THE CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN BASIN CA Geller, JK Weissel, RN Anderson JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH (1978–2012) 88 (2), 1018-1032, 1983 | 182* | 1983 |
| Abrupt thermal transition reveals hydrothermal boundary and role of seamounts within the Cocos Plate AT Fisher, CA Stein, RN Harris, K Wang, EA Silver, M Pfender, M Hutnak, ... Geophysical Research Letters 30 (11), 2003 | 181 | 2003 |
| Heat flow of the Earth CA Stein Global earth physics: a handbook of physical constants 1, 144-158, 1995 | 155 | 1995 |
| A test of alternative Caribbean plate relative motion models S Stein, C DeMets, RG Gordon, J Brodholt, D Argus, JF Engeln, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93 (B4), 3041-3050, 1988 | 135 | 1988 |
| Large heat and fluid fluxes driven through mid-plate outcrops on ocean crust M Hutnak, AT Fisher, R Harris, C Stein, K Wang, G Spinelli, M Schindler, ... Nature Geoscience 1 (9), 611-614, 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
| Seasat‐derived gravity constraints on stress and deformation in the northeastern Indian Ocean CA Stein, S Cloetingh, R Wortel Geophysical Research Letters 16 (8), 823-826, 1989 | 121 | 1989 |
| Heat flow and hydrothermal circulation CA Stein, S Stein, AM Pelayo Geophysical Monograph Series 91, 425-445, 1995 | 120 | 1995 |
| Mantle flow beneath Arabia offset from the opening Red Sea SJ Chang, M Merino, S Van der Lee, S Stein, CA Stein Geophysical Research Letters 38 (4), 2011 | 108 | 2011 |
| Thermo-mechanical evolution of oceanic lithosphere: Implications for the subduction process and deep earthquakes S Stein, CA Stein Geophysical Monograph Series 96, 1-17, 1996 | 105 | 1996 |
| Preconceptions abound among students in an introductory earth science course JE DeLaughter, S Stein, CA Stein, KR Bain Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 79 (36), 429-432, 1998 | 100 | 1998 |
| Plate tectonic models for Indian Ocean “intraplate” deformation DA Wiens, S Stein, C Demets, RG Gordon, C Stein Tectonophysics 132 (1-3), 37-48, 1986 | 98 | 1986 |
| Was the Midcontinent Rift part of a successful seafloor‐spreading episode? CA Stein, S Stein, M Merino, G Randy Keller, LM Flesch, DM Jurdy Geophysical Research Letters 41 (5), 1465-1470, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| North America’s Midcontinent Rift: when rift met LIP CA Stein, J Kley, S Stein, D Hindle, GR Keller Geosphere 11 (5), 1607-1616, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
| Constraints on Pacific midplate swells from global depth-age and heat flow-age models CA Stein, S Stein The Mesozoic Pacific: Geology, Tectonics, and Volcanism, Geophys. Monogr …, 1993 | 84 | 1993 |
| Maximum depositional age of the Neoproterozoic Jacobsville Sandstone, Michigan: Implications for the evolution of the Midcontinent Rift DH Malone, CA Stein, JP Craddock, J Kley, S Stein, JE and Malone Geosphere 12 (4), 1271–1282, 2016 | 81 | 2016 |
| Insights from North America's failed Midcontinent Rift into the evolution of continental rifts and passive continental margins S Stein, CA Stein, R Elling, J Kley, GR Keller, M Wysession, T Rooney, ... Tectonophysics 744, 403-421, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
