| Plate tectonics of the Laramide orogeny WR Dickinson, WS Snyder | 1005 | 1978 |
| Geometry of subducted slabs related to San Andreas transform WR Dickinson, WS Snyder The Journal of Geology 87 (6), 609-627, 1979 | 643 | 1979 |
| Geometry of triple junctions related to San Andreas transform WR Dickinson, WS Snyder Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 84 (B2), 561-572, 1979 | 435 | 1979 |
| Tectonic implications of space-time patterns of Cenozoic magmatism in the western United States WS Snyder, WR Dickinson, ML Silberman Earth and Planetary Science Letters 32 (1), 91-106, 1976 | 272 | 1976 |
| Proposal of Aidaralash as global stratotype section and point (GSSP) for base of the Permian System VI Davydov, BF Glenister, C Spinosa, SM Ritter, VV Chernykh, ... Episodes Journal of International Geoscience 21 (1), 11-18, 1998 | 152 | 1998 |
| Detrital modes of upper Paleozoic sandstones derived from Antler Orogen in Nevada; implications for nature of Antler Orogeny WR Dickinson, DW Harbaugh, AH Saller, PL Heller, WS Snyder American Journal of Science 283 (6), 481-509, 1983 | 137 | 1983 |
| Paleozoic plate tectonics of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent regions RA Schweickert, S WS | 134 | 1981 |
| Late Paleozoic tectonism in Nevada: Timing, kinematics, and tectonic significance JH Trexler Jr, PH Cashman, WS Snyder, VI Davydov Geological Society of America Bulletin 116 (5-6), 525-538, 2004 | 132 | 2004 |
| High-precision U–Pb zircon age constraints on the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in the southern Urals stratotype J Ramezani, MD Schmitz, VI Davydov, SA Bowring, WS Snyder, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256 (1-2), 244-257, 2007 | 103 | 2007 |
| Structure of the Havallah sequence, Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Evidence for prolonged evolution in an accretionary prism HK Brueckner, WS Snyder Geological Society of America Bulletin 96 (9), 1113-1130, 1985 | 97 | 1985 |
| Tectonic evolution of the Golconda allochthon, Nevada: Problems and perspectives WS Snyder, HK Brueckner Pacific Section SEPM, 1983 | 77 | 1983 |
| Widespread effects of middle Mississippian deformation in the Great Basin of western North America JH Trexler Jr, PH Cashman, JC Cole, WS Snyder, RM Tosdal, VI Davydov Geological Society of America Bulletin 115 (10), 1278-1288, 2003 | 67 | 2003 |
| Tectonic implications of detrital zircon data from Paleozoic and Triassic strata in western Nevada and northern California GE Gehrels, WR Dickinson, BJ Darby, JP Harding, JD Manuszak, ... | 54 | 2000 |
| Chemical and Sr-isotopic variations during diagenesis of Miocene siliceous sediments of the Monterey Formation, California HK Brueckner, WS Snyder Journal of Sedimentary Research 55 (4), 553-568, 1985 | 54 | 1985 |
| Sonoma orogeny and Permian to Triassic tectonism in western North America H Gabrielse, WS Snyder, JH Stewart Geology 11 (8), 484-486, 1983 | 52 | 1983 |
| Mississippian through Permian orogenesis in eastern Nevada: Post-Antler, pre-Sonoma tectonics of the western Cordillera JH Trexler Jr, WS Snyder, PH Cashman, DM Gallegos, C Spinosa Pacific Section SEPM, 1991 | 50 | 1991 |
| Deformational styles in the Monterey Formation and other siliceous sedimentary rocks WS Snyder, HK Brueckner, RA Schweickert Pacific Section SEPM, 1983 | 45 | 1983 |
| Textural and stable isotope studies of the Big Mike cupriferous volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Pershing County, Nevada RO Rye, RJ Roberts, WS Snyder, GL Lahusen, JE Motica Economic Geology 79 (1), 124-140, 1984 | 43 | 1984 |
| Usolka section (southern Urals, Russia): a potential candidate for GSSP to define the base of the Gzhelian Stage in the global chronostratigraphic scale VV Chernykh, BI Chuvashov, VI Davydov, M Schimtz, WS Snyder Geologija 49 (2), 205-217, 2006 | 41 | 2006 |
| Diagenetic controls on the structural evolution of siliceous sediments in the Golconda allochthon, Nevada, USA HK Brueckner, WS Snyder, M Boudreau Journal of structural geology 9 (4), 403-417, 1987 | 37 | 1987 |
