| Plume-generated triple junctions: key indicators in applying plate tectonics to old rocks K Burke, JF Dewey The Journal of Geology 81 (4), 406-433, 1973 | 1362 | 1973 |
| Tibetan, Variscan, and Precambrian basement reactivation: products of continental collision JF Dewey, KCA Burke The Journal of Geology 81 (6), 683-692, 1973 | 1226 | 1973 |
| Development of pull-apart basins P Mann, MR Hempton, DC Bradley, K Burke The Journal of Geology 91 (5), 529-554, 1983 | 693 | 1983 |
| Relative timing of rifting and volcanism on Earth and its tectonic implications AMC Sengör, K Burke Geophysical Research Letters 5 (6), 419-421, 1978 | 666 | 1978 |
| The african plate K Burke South african journal of geology 99 (4), 341-409, 1996 | 648 | 1996 |
| Tectonic evolution of the Caribbean K Burke Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 16 (1), 201-230, 1988 | 625 | 1988 |
| Plume generation zones at the margins of large low shear velocity provinces on the core–mantle boundary K Burke, B Steinberger, TH Torsvik, MA Smethurst Earth and Planetary Science Letters 265 (1-2), 49-60, 2008 | 545 | 2008 |
| Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core–mantle boundary TH Torsvik, K Burke, B Steinberger, SJ Webb, LD Ashwal Nature 466 (7304), 352-355, 2010 | 502 | 2010 |
| Geological history of the Benue valley and adjacent areas KC Burke, TFJ Dessauvagie, AJ Whiteman African geology 1 (8), 7-2, 1972 | 451 | 1972 |
| Opening of the Gulf of Guinea and geological history of the Benue Depression and Niger Delta K Burke, TFJ Dessauvagie, AJ Whiteman Nature physical science 233 (38), 51-55, 1971 | 441 | 1971 |
| The African erosion surface: a continental-scale synthesis of geomorphology, tectonics, and environmental change over the past 180 million years K Burke, Y Gunnell | 394 | 2008 |
| Aulacogens and their genetic relation to geosynclines, with a Proterozoic example from Great Slave Lake, Canada P Hoffman, JF Dewey, K Burke | 392 | 1974 |
| Longshore drift, submarine canyons, and submarine fans in development of Niger Delta K Burke AAPG bulletin 56 (10), 1975-1983, 1972 | 371 | 1972 |
| Large igneous provinces generated from the margins of the large low-velocity provinces in the deep mantle TH Torsvik, MA Smethurst, K Burke, B Steinberger Geophysical Journal International 167 (3), 1447-1460, 2006 | 362 | 2006 |
| Hot spots and continental break-up: implications for collisional orogeny JF Dewey, K Burke Geology 2 (2), 57-60, 1974 | 357 | 1974 |
| Caribbean tectonics and relative plate motions C Cooper, JF Dewey, JP Mann, J Pindell Geol. Soc. Amer. Memoir 162, 31-64, 1984 | 345 | 1984 |
| Tectonic escape in the evolution of the continental crust K Burke, C Sengör Reflection seismology: the continental crust 14, 41-53, 1986 | 342 | 1986 |
| Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents TM Kusky, A Polat, BF Windley, KC Burke, JF Dewey, WSF Kidd, ... Earth-Science Reviews 162, 387-432, 2016 | 340 | 2016 |
| Orogeny in africa KC Burke, JF Dewey Africa geology. University of Ibadan Press, Ibadan, 583-608, 1972 | 330 | 1972 |
| Is the African plate stationary? K Burke, JT Wilson Nature 239 (5372), 387-390, 1972 | 327 | 1972 |
