| An updated digital model of plate boundaries P Bird Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 4 (3), 2003 | 2966 | 2003 |
| Continental delamination and the Colorado Plateau P Bird Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 84 (B13), 7561-7571, 1979 | 1302 | 1979 |
| Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, version 3 (UCERF3)—The time‐independent model EH Field, RJ Arrowsmith, GP Biasi, P Bird, TE Dawson, KR Felzer, ... Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 104 (3), 1122-1180, 2014 | 779 | 2014 |
| Initiation of intracontinental subduction in the Himalaya P Bird Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B10), 4975-4987, 1978 | 717 | 1978 |
| Lateral extrusion of lower crust from under high topography in the isostatic limit P Bird Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 96 (B6), 10275-10286, 1991 | 659 | 1991 |
| Formation of the Rocky Mountains, western United States: A continuum computer model P Bird Science 239 (4847), 1501-1507, 1988 | 483 | 1988 |
| Laramide crustal thickening event in the Rocky Mountain foreland and Great Plains P Bird Tectonics 3 (7), 741-758, 1984 | 307 | 1984 |
| Kinematic history of the Laramide orogeny in latitudes 35–49 N, western United States P Bird Tectonics 17 (5), 780-801, 1998 | 299 | 1998 |
| Plate-tectonic analysis of shallow seismicity: Apparent boundary width, beta, corner magnitude, coupled lithosphere thickness, and coupling in seven tectonic settings P Bird, YY Kagan Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 94 (6), 2380-2399, 2004 | 294 | 2004 |
| Long‐term time‐dependent probabilities for the third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3) EH Field, GP Biasi, P Bird, TE Dawson, KR Felzer, DD Jackson, ... Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 105 (2A), 511-543, 2015 | 264 | 2015 |
| Thermal and mechanical models of continent‐continent convergence zones P Bird, MN Toksöz, NH Sleep Journal of Geophysical Research 80 (32), 4405-4416, 1975 | 243 | 1975 |
| Kinematics of present crust and mantle flow in southern California P Bird, RW Rosenstock Geological Society of America Bulletin 95 (8), 946-957, 1984 | 241 | 1984 |
| Computer simulations of California tectonics confirm very low strength of major faults P Bird, X Kong Geological Society of America Bulletin 106 (2), 159-174, 1994 | 222 | 1994 |
| Formation and evolution of marginal basins and continental plateaus MN Toksöz, P Bird Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Back‐Arc Basins 1, 379-393, 1977 | 201 | 1977 |
| Finite element modeling of lithosphere deformation: the Zagros collision orogeny P Bird Tectonophysics 50 (2-3), 307-336, 1978 | 196 | 1978 |
| Plane-stress finite-element models of tectonic flow in southern California P Bird, K Piper Physics of the earth and planetary interiors 21 (2-3), 158-175, 1980 | 194 | 1980 |
| Hydration-phase diagrams and friction of montmorillonite under laboratory and geologic conditions, with implications for shale compaction, slope stability, and strength of … P Bird Tectonophysics 107 (3-4), 235-260, 1984 | 185 | 1984 |
| Testing hypotheses on plate‐driving mechanisms with global lithosphere models including topography, thermal structure, and faults P Bird Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 103 (B5), 10115-10129, 1998 | 177 | 1998 |
| Stresses that drive the plates from below: Definitions, computational path, model optimization, and error analysis P Bird, Z Liu, WK Rucker Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 113 (B11), 2008 | 153 | 2008 |
| Stress and temperature in subduction shear zones: Tonga and Mariana P Bird Geophysical Journal International 55 (2), 411-434, 1978 | 142 | 1978 |
