| Cenozoic rifting and volcanism in eastern China: a mantle dynamic link to the Indo–Asian collision? M Liu, X Cui, F Liu Tectonophysics 393 (1-4), 29-42, 2004 | 458 | 2004 |
| Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it S Stein, RJ Geller, M Liu Tectonophysics 562, 1-25, 2012 | 314 | 2012 |
| Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment S Stein, M Liu Nature 462 (7269), 87-89, 2009 | 270 | 2009 |
| A new paradigm for large earthquakes in stable continental plate interiors E Calais, T Camelbeeck, S Stein, M Liu, TJ Craig Geophysical Research Letters 43 (20), 10,621-10,637, 2016 | 227 | 2016 |
| 2000 years of migrating earthquakes in North China: How earthquakes in midcontinents differ from those at plate boundaries M Liu, S Stein, H Wang Lithosphere 3 (2), 128-132, 2011 | 214 | 2011 |
| Extensional collapse of the Tibetan Plateau: Results of three‐dimensional finite element modeling M Liu, Y Yang Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B8), 2003 | 194 | 2003 |
| Did the Zipingpu Reservoir trigger the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake? S Ge, M Liu, N Lu, JW Godt, G Luo Geophysical research letters 36 (20), 2009 | 180 | 2009 |
| Lithosphere delamination in continental collisional orogens: A systematic numerical study ZH Li, M Liu, T Gerya Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (7), 5186-5211, 2016 | 169 | 2016 |
| Stress evolution and fault interactions before and after the 2008 Great Wenchuan earthquake G Luo, M Liu Tectonophysics 491 (1-4), 127-140, 2010 | 166 | 2010 |
| Crustal structures revealed from a deep seismic reflection profile across the Solonker suture zone of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, northern China: An integrated interpretation S Zhang, R Gao, H Li, H Hou, H Wu, Q Li, K Yang, C Li, W Li, J Zhang, ... Tectonophysics 612, 26-39, 2014 | 157 | 2014 |
| Slip rates and seismic moment deficits on major active faults in mainland China H Wang, M Liu, J Cao, X Shen, G Zhang Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116 (B2), 2011 | 156 | 2011 |
| Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China: the kinematics and geodynamics M Liu, Y Yang, Z Shen, S Wang, M Wang, Y Wan | 149 | 2007 |
| A possible buried Paleoproterozoic collisional orogen beneath central South China: Evidence from seismic-reflection profiling SW Dong, YQ Zhang, R Gao, JB Su, M Liu, JH Li Precambrian Research 264, 1-10, 2015 | 145 | 2015 |
| Cenozoic deformation of the Tarim plate and the implications for mountain building in the Tibetan Plateau and the Tian Shan Y Yang, M Liu Tectonics 21 (6), 9-1-9-17, 2002 | 132 | 2002 |
| Petrologic and thermal constraints on the origin of leucogranites in collisional orogens PI Nabelek, M Liu Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| Mid-continental earthquakes: Spatiotemporal occurrences, causes, and hazards M Liu, S Stein Earth-Science Reviews 162, 364-386, 2016 | 119 | 2016 |
| Cenozoic extension and magmatism in the North American Cordillera: the role of gravitational collapse M Liu Tectonophysics 342 (3-4), 407-433, 2001 | 119 | 2001 |
| Bad assumptions or bad luck: Why earthquake hazard maps need objective testing S Stein, R Geller, M Liu Seismological Research Letters 82 (5), 623-626, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
| Thermo-rheological, shear heating model for leucogranite generation, metamorphism, and deformation during the Proterozoic Trans-Hudson orogeny, Black Hills, South Dakota PI Nabelek, M Liu, ML Sirbescu Tectonophysics 342 (3-4), 371-388, 2001 | 110 | 2001 |
| Crustal shortening in the Andes: Why do GPS rates differ from geological rates? M Liu, Y Yang, S Stein, Y Zhu, J Engeln Geophysical Research Letters 27 (18), 3005-3008, 2000 | 100 | 2000 |
